drewpy

the kicker is not affected by the sprag clutch (or lack of), you need a working transmission clutch for it to work though as it runs through there on the right hand side to the right hand crank. BTW the rear wheel axle thread (or front this is from memory) fits on the end of the stator flywheel after removing the central bolt, a little tap on the stator with a rubber hammer and it should fly off

great for what it is

over to you John (he's restored a few)

Adam great intro

forgot about Ned, his shoulder is in the background. lad from Stretford so he tagged along as its only a few miles from where I live. nice street triple he had with a daytona rear end

really, that's your first post? you want a free engine rebuild from a nearby mechanic on an undisclosed make and model. Mr Haynes can show you how but the book is around £17

met up with Tommy and his son Jim at Lymm services late morning for a foray into Matlock Bath. I took them vai macc and the A54 "south of macc" to top of cat and fiddle, a much better road and no speed cameras. Was very greasy as they had overnight rain. the via Velia was shut butthey didn't tell us till 1/2 way down so took a left and went down a cracking B raod to Bakewell then down the A6 to Matlock. Home was through Ashbourne and onto the A515 we managed to experience the 4 seasons ( not Vivaldi) showers in macc sunshine in Matlock hail stones on cat and fiddle we also met 3 members of a rock group

probably linked brakes like vfr800 and some guzzi's

yea, and dont forget to flick the run switch to on too

starter may just need a strip and clean up. sometimes the earth isn't too good, check the metal ground is clean. does the starter lead get warm?

heavier than a 400 so not much go. so yes

its a bratt bike John, nice though, even better with a 400 engine in Chris and there's one on ebay ATM for £150 this is mine

^^^ for motobatt, although the cheapest for my bikes were from wemoto

where on this planet do you live? update your profile

get a kickstart if the mechanism is still there and the PO hasn't mullared the crankcase webbing

the bikes have a dipstick, which is hard to find as NLA there is supposed to be oil in the stator, just put on main stand and only a trickle will come out. for the starter clutch to slip its two things; 1) not enough power/torque to engage the starter pins 2) the pins have worn flat and won't spin out to lock the clutch up. kits can be bought from wemoto or yambits http://yambits.co.uk/xs400-starter-clutch-repair-kit-p-11137.html the 400 is the same as the 250 BTW

get yourself over to xs400.com loads of reading there. the 400 running gear is the same in their respective years . depends on what you want it to do? restore, update or just a runner?

stick with it, I've got my supercharger project on the back burner as I ran out of money and time. will pick it back up later I still google for stuff and occasionally buy if a good price

46k is nothing for these machine, peeps do 100k and so long as oil is changed regulary, you should be fine. As said get on Carpe-TDM, lots of advice there and also JBX site http://www.tdm-yamaha.890m.com/index.php who is also a member of Carpe

I have its grandad, TDm 850

your fa-mouse Tommy

not usre, more into the classic scene. Tony Archer can make you a great seat with gel inserts if you want.