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Thanks anyway man, I appreciate you at least watching it. Also keep in mine I made this vid last minute, and only spent an hour doing the whole thing from start to finish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LtwRG9omA0 Thanks go to Ford for doing fiestamovement.com :-)

I have that and some service manual I downloaded as well. Neither one said anything about spark plug caps, and listed non resistor type plugs (BP-7ES).

That's just the thing...what is standard spec for this bike? By standard caps do you mean non resistor caps?

Seriously? You guys don't know what I need for my bike? **edit** Looks like since it's a CDI bike it should take standard copper core wires and 5k resistor caps (I'll go with NGK like I always do). For the plugs I'll just stick with whatever the manual recommends (I don't remember now, I'd have to check).

http://www.motorcyclekeys.com/keys.html Here you go.

How do I know what to get for spark plug cap and wires for my 1982 XS400SJ? IE - do I need a 1k, 5k or non resistor cap? Inductive wires? Regular 8mm spark plug wires? Do I need a resistor plug or just a regular style BR8ES or something?

We need pics! Also, welcome aboard.

Looks great! Keep us updated, this should be a real sharp bike when all is said and done!

No, you're not the only one. 250cc is too small for comfortably going 60mph, and 600+cc gets heavy in town and uses a lot of gas. 350-400cc bikes are perfect for 55-65mph travel as well as in town, are relatively light weight and use very little gas (between 55-75mpg normally). But for some reason you can't buy them (new) in the US anymore. I wish you could.

The rear wheel will be a bolt on swap with the alloy made for the XS400, this is actually something I'm doing. As for the front, you will need a new fork to do the swap. My bike has an XJ550 front end on it with a 19" alloy wheel and disc brake.

I would love to have an alloy rear wheel, I'll trade you my spoked one if you are interested. Let me know!

Huh, well I won't worry about it then.

So, just to be sure I get you here, you put aftermarket XS650 levers on your XS400 and it worked fine?

Can I use an XS650 clutch lever/lever bracket assembly (like the ones on mikesxs.com) on an XS400S clutch cable? They look the same from the pics I can find, but want to make sure before I purchase.

Under the forum title it says "All non-Yamaha Motorcycle Related Chat", so I figured this was a legit posting. Yeah, I love Yamahas, but that doesn't mean I can't be into Honda as well. Heck, I like pretty much anything on two wheels. Not too big into Harleys though.

Please, everyone sign this petition to bring the CB400SS to the states! Right now it is only offered in Japan and we are seriously missing out. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/USCB400SS This is not only a classic styled motorcycle, but it is small, nimble and gets 94mpg! If they bring it to the US I would seriously buy one new.

I hate walmart. But it's up to you if you want to support the devil. When I was living in Old Town I use to go to Friend & Friend (a local powersports shop in Orono, ME) and they could hook me up with a motorcycle battery for between $20-$50 depending on what bike it was for and how high a quality of battery I wanted. I normally go with a ~ $30 battery.

Depends on how dead it is. Check the fluid level, if it is low top it off with water. Then charge the battery with a low amp trickle charger (no more than 500ma), let it charge till the battery reads 15v. This could take 2-4 days. This overvoltaging will frequently bring an old battery back to life. That said, it will never hold a 100% charge, so if your bike has electric start and you run a lot in the cold and/or your bike requires a lot of cranking over, don't bother. Another thing, why did this battery die? Is your charging system functioning properly? You should have at least 13v at idle on most bikes, and 14.5-15v from 3k rpm to redline. You might also have a short in the system.

That looks great! Also, it looks very much like the Mandarin Copper I'm thinking about using.

Won't be till spring probably, I have a lot of other work to do on it first.

I'm going to be painting my XS400 and I'm thinking either: 2002 Ford Focus Mandarin Copper or 1975 Porsche 914 Copper Metallic My fiance insists they are the same color, but I know they are not. Which one do you guys like?

I'm almost 100% sure the seat and side covers won't fit, but the tank should. Motorcycle tanks are pretty interchangeable for the most part.

Turns out I was wrong, my bike has wiring for a clutch switch. The diagram I have only goes to '81, they must have added it for '82. So, I was able to splice in the XJ550 front end's clutch switch to the XS400's chassis - it works perfect. So now I have an operation clutch switch and neutral safety switch! Sweet

Good to know. Looks like I'm going to buy a set of sprockets, my old ones are thoroughly worn out anyway. I'm going to go 16/39 or 16/40 depending on what I can find. Should give me a bit of extra pep but not kill my highway speeds too bad. The bike won't regularly be going faster than 60mph anyway (speed limit 55mph mostly around here). It might see a trip or two on the interstate at 70-75mph (speed limit 65mph).