drewpy

only painted it a few months ago!

there's only 1mm difference so the rear pedal will travel a bit further, but you should still have a rear brake. have you tried it with this set-up yet or are you assuming there is a problem?

I think there is a glitch there, but ignore the warning and preview it and It'll accept it. A pain I know

I think its the letter pronounced KA!

Gadge

just took delivery of this today. cost £40 but is new and complete and there is a space for the speedo. now looking for 28mm dia headlamp ears which stick out 130mm and slightly raises the lamp up near the upper yolk.

here's wishing we all have a better new year weather wise. maybe get more biking in! Happy New year peeps!

I admit its a different kettle of fish, but give it time and they'll crack it. another emerging bike/car manufacturer is India!

I do my belts every 30k miles with a gates belt. good insurance my zaffy is chain drive, so regular oil changes are in order!

you all sound like the brit bikers in the 60's when the Japs first brought their machines over

got one on the 400 and it was a boon on the motorway. I think if it was windy you will get benefit by tucking behind it. don't talk about waist, mines expanding due to crimbo

Cheers DDT D AH wish they did, I saw that the top says Nakano Ward in Tokyo http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&cr=countryUK|countryGB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Nakano+Ward+in+Tokyo&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=Nakano+Ward&hnear=0x605d1b87f02e57e7:0x2e01618b22571b89,Tokyo,+Japan&cid=0,0,296658690098010118&sa=X&ei=lHDfUJL5IrDM0AXImIBI&ved=0CHsQ_BIwAA I wonder what the left symbol is?

This is a tough one.... bought a show plate for my tracker as it had the 333 in the reg. I would like to know what the japanese writing means as I have no way of copying the images for google translator. cheers

no engine build ischeap anymore, my XS is £40 on just gasket kit alone. last build was £200 and that was just to replace an NOS crankcase I got for £1.50!

I also have issue linking to my photobucket. even manual image tags are sometimes rejected. If i ignore the issue it sometimes accepts and posts.

i would say the carbs need cleaning as they don't like the modern fuels and easily gum up. there's a few guys from aus on www.xs400.com who may be able to help with regional stuff for you

failing an MOT is not technically illegal, but is a requirement under the highway code act. It means you can own a vehicle without an MOT but can't use it on the road. If you don't use your indicators, you'll be just another BMW driver and blend in

I wouldn't have the lock tabs in stainless, its the wrong steel for bending. you can still get them from yamaha or try HVC cycle. I think the slotted disks was off the ypvs 350 but can't remember if they fit or not!

you were lucky yesterday, weather was nice

you need to use the xj550 fork lowers or font end. this chap in Germany did it http://yamaha-xs400.de.vu/ guy from Netherlands did it (from xs400.com) Front brake: easy conversion. I just swapped the lower forklegs with a pair of XJ550 items and installed 2 calipers from an XV920. Brake cylinder is from a CBR600 with comfy adjustable handle. Standard front rim takes 2nd disk with no mods.

or make 'em ride behind John on his KH750 for 2 hours

sounds great, when your going to ride it

used to fly RC planes off Chivenor.

well the shortest day is over, so its getting lighter now

Funniest autocorrects of 2012 If you don't laugh at this, your dead http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-25-funniest-autocorrects-of-2012