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Hi,

Just finished restoring my xs, and thought I'd share it with you.

Mods have included twin disk with xs1100 master cyl and drilled disks all round.

Just been out to Rivington today on it and it ran beautifully, can't wait till Stafford

xs400C.jpg

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Nice Work Drewpy! B)

It never ceased to amaze me how many parts on those Beast's are just like my RD! :thumb:

Gotta love that Yama-Interchangability ;)

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nice one Drewpy

merv

cheers guys, did any of you go to Stafford on Saturday?

I did see a blue ac-rd go by on the A34 towards manchester! anyones here?

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cheers guys, did any of you go to Stafford on Saturday?

I did see a blue ac-rd go by on the A34 towards manchester! anyones here?

Just got back from VJMC Nabs head show near Preston UK, and received 3rd overall for best in show!

As you can imagine I'm dead chuffed B)

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Drewpy,

Awesome job! B) I have an XS400/H and that I'm in the process of restoring. I had a couple of questions...

Did you paint the engine to get it looking that new?

Did you totally strip this down to restore it? I'm assuming you did to get it looking that nice.

What parts did you have to replace that you couldn't restore?

Thanks,

BrewTrooper

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Drewpy,

Awesome job! B) I have an XS400/H and that I'm in the process of restoring. I had a couple of questions...

Did you paint the engine to get it looking that new?

Did you totally strip this down to restore it? I'm assuming you did to get it looking that nice.

What parts did you have to replace that you couldn't restore?

Thanks,

BrewTrooper

I totally stripped the engine and frame.

Used PJ1 yamaha silver paint on the engine cases, which were stripped to bare metal, then baked in the oven for an hour after painting.

I replaced all bearings and seals and a few electrical items, the tank i got new from ebay and had it laquerd. the frame was powder coated and all the chrome items were redone using parts from ebay as chrome and english winters don't mix.

the wheels were painted with PJ1 satin black as were the switchgear and other black items.

It took 2 years to do but i did most of it myself buying tools as i went along.

If you have any specific things you want to know just PM me and I'll be glad to help. I took pictures as i did the restoration.

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Hi,

Just finished restoring my xs, and thought I'd share it with you.

Mods have included twin disk with xs1100 master cyl and drilled disks all round.

Just been out to Rivington today on it and it ran beautifully, can't wait till Stafford

xs400C.jpg

Perfect drewpy!!! I love it!

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Perfect drewpy!!! I love it!

cheers, its got stainless wires and valanced alloy rims on now!!

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Looks good enough for a story in MCN classics section I reckon.

;)

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Pm yamguru he was looking for bike retsos the other day for CMM

Merv

already done that Merv, but no reply.

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contact him through CMM he is Chris Pearson there must be an email addy on the CMM website

merv

didn't realise it was Chris, should have used his "writebike" forum name

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whooa !

that is real nice ,

after stafford , might you consider lotherton sir ??

:D

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whooa !

that is real nice ,

after stafford , might you consider lotherton sir ??

:D

I was there last year with the XS, great ride over with me mate on his cbx1000! (it doesn't like corners!)

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Hi,

Just finished restoring my xs, and thought I'd share it with you.

Mods have included twin disk with xs1100 master cyl and drilled disks all round.

Just been out to Rivington today on it and it ran beautifully, can't wait till Stafford

xs400C.jpg

Drewpy, i have a question about your front brake calipers.

are they faced towards the back of the bike originally, or was that a decision you made when you changed it over to dual front discs?

Does it lessen the fatigue on the mounts - with them facing backwards, they push against the fork instead of pulling away when braking?

just curious.

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