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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.

i'm on IMGUR a bit clunjy, some guys are using postimage.org with an easy peasy navigation