drewpy

Foamy, if you have the original you can get one made here

eh up Nathan, to the forum.

what day is uttoxeter?

forgot that one. I'm too busy that weekend and its the last one there a well!!

hips post in the workshop section for any mechanical woes you may have drewps

no-one has mentioned Cof G as this affects how the bike behaves and what you can do with it. you can tighten up a bend by leaning low and forward on the side you are turning and the bike will steer that way better. rossi in the GP today was trying out a different approach by kicking his leg out early to set the bike up for the bend. drewps

try fuel in the bore as well, don't know if you drained the carbs before storage, otherwise its a carb strip and clean!!

the procedure is in the manual which you can get in the sticky that yamagod has posted. for the cam tensioner, you will need to lift the head off and it might be a good idea anyway, so you can check valves, rockers for wear etc oil should be ideally on the top line, but between is ok, are you using the correct grade (20w 40 in usa, 20w/50 in uk) and are you checking AFTER just resting the dip sick ontop of the casing (ie not screwed in!) drewps

not running clean, maybe you have an air leak in the manifold. have you tried spraying wd40 over the inlet sto check for airleaks? checked your valve gaps? could also be tensioner blades for the cam chain

I don't do Mways, urmston, Lymm, A50, Little chef, A500, A34 to stafford

the bike was only £200!! the only "goodies" we got was the bloody salt from the rain we got on the ride there!! I got a rack for me bike ( for N Ireland trip) £25 NOS spoke keyand 2 rim tapes and 2 grommets that OG swore would fit ( and they don't, so you owe me 40p OG!!)

should have let us know you were going. you could have rode with us from eccles!! and we would have lent you some money ( with interest of course) drewps

Wild Foamies new bike, OG demonstating it's road hugging abilities George Formby Metal flake Hyabusa. the gas cap alone cost £300 to make, gulp!! tried to find wild foamy here, but he must have gone for a wee a very nice Vincent engine in a featherbed frame

if you go to the classic section, I have put a sticky for xs400 links. gas so has also put a very useful link for sorting out xs650 carbs. drweps

one for OG and Goff to smooch to

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will do, only if you post pikkies of zimmer frames with tassles on

try http://www.motogrid.com http://www.nwvintagecycleparts.com/ http://www.oldbikebarn.com/Motorcycle_Parts?search=XS400

dirk please bring your whoes and we'll try and help

I use CN for the past 3 years, tried to get a better deal but no-one else could touch them. I am on classic policy with an agreed value, breakdown cover and fully comp £120

we do it ourselves in the uk, so we can't blame anyone else

I thought the flies go faster than a "ped"!!

screwing out the pilot is richening the mix, so i would say your carbs need cleaning, and not just a squirt of carb cleaner either!! If you have an ultra sonic bath use that, and compressed air to get at the tiny galleries within the carb. drewps

starter clutches are notorious for wearing, especially on a big engine. usually can be done with the engine in situ, but still a pain to do.

sounds lean to me, try richening the pilots out a bit. gas so put a link to a carb tune (its for xs650 but info can be used for all carbs) look under classics and pinned "xs400 links" drewps