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drewpy
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crap in the carbs causing fuel blockage, float height changed so starving carb of fuel. compensating with choke will make the sparkies look normal BTW modern fuels don't colour the sparkies like they used to!!
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bump!
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hills can have a positive or negative effect to a bikes speed!!
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fluid should be changed every 2 years, use sintered pads with stainless disks. the downside is that they wear out the disks quicker! make sure the brake piston is free to move and justy do a general clean up.
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if you get the manual via this forum, i'm sure there is the revs vs speed for each gear mentioned. I've overgeared mine so its 5500rpm to 60mph usually its 6k to 60mph/9.8k to 100mph (yes i've seen that on my bike) if your still not happy, then you will need to strip down the right hand clutch cover and check the quadrant and pawl is free to move the gears. you will be able to see this happening if someone changes gear (engine not running as you will have no oil in the engine, did i mention you need to drain the oil? ) it's obvious when you see it happening just sounds complicated. drewps
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when the seals are sound, they trap the air to make a sealed resevoir above the oil line in the forks. when the seals are knackered, the oils seeps out and you lose this cusioning effect, making the forks bottom out. having said that your springs could be also knackered!! you need to measure them against spec. dohc manual is available if you search this forum.
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mine does it to some degree, its the age and the pertol nowerdays. 100miles form an 11litre tank is 50 mpg which is spot on. I get less, but i like to ride like i stole it!!
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that figures, I did a search before posting and all i got was curtains!! I fixed my disks with stainless, just fixed any stressed mounting with steel as that stetches better when tightened and isn't as brittle as stainless.
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might have picked up crud from the tank, you did use an inline petrol filter? if ok, double check points, timing and no air leaks via inlet rubber (bung not fallen off?)
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£135 for powder coating is cheep!! I didn't use stainless for engine and brake stuff as I've read it can shatter under load (not by how much though) but used stainless on all the engine. Who is this Armin Bahr? does he/she supply rims and spokes or both? i used "central wheels"which cost a bomb and I'm wanting new spokes for my flat tracker project ( i bet they are the same as RD) drewpy
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yea! A lot to look at, I see you did your own silver painting. did you use cans? Looks like powder coating on the frame and PJ1 satin on the engine cases? can't beat wire wheels on a bike, can't belive that they were seen as a cheap wheel a few years back. All you got to do is choose which to ride next Merv!!, when the sun makes an appearance!!
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not one for words? jeez that's an essay
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it will not only flood the engine but do damage to the bore as it washes the oil away
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also soften them up a bit with a hairdryer as they harden with age. ( i bit ike me really)
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yep that's electronic ignition, still works on the same principle but its the box which gets the coils to fire. make sure its earthed properly undo bolts clean and retighten to make sure (a dab of copper grease whould help).
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now i can see the pikkies, very nice Merv hope you didn't have to displace many fauna from the bike as it was restored? drewpy
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about 3 haggis and 4 Sporron's...... I think they worked out the same price as ebay and the same supplier. I asked a similar question on the classic bike forum and the suppliers post on there. go onto classicbike.co.uk and do a search for xs400 and you'l see drewpy everywhere and a thread on exhausts.
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Is the chrome good on the fenders as these are sought after. there's plenty of after market fibreglass fenders out there.
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float levels wrong and flooding the carb
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Thanks for those, I went back over the woodhead pass and managed to stay behind a micra at 50mph, then it bloody sped up out of my comfort zone, so I had to slow down again!!. Still it was an "interesting" journey to say the least! 6th july is uttoxetor VJMC show and end july is Lotherton hall where I hope to meet XS360!? we could always arrange a meet up to ride up/down to the shows if you're up for it?
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methinks its one of those urban ledgends!!
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I got the '78 dealer update from 360 to 400 and all was mentioned different was the cc's and chamfered casing, lever gaiters. no mention of silencers so i assume they would fit. you won't find any left silencers, i looked for years and managed to get the only one in the country/world.
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can i send my questions on the back of a stamp?
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If they are 34mm I think that the xs triples have the same type as I know they are the same for xs400's. you will need to rejet for the cc's drewpy
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are you on contacts?
