drewpy

sounds like the engine is overfilled with oil, big style! with a kickstand means the 82' would be an SOHC, which is right at the end of that production run (DOHC's came in at '81) you may have a sight glass on the right hand side, with the bike level and not on side stand, it should be half way up the sight glass! check out ww.xs400.com too

I'm coming saturday, either on bike or mates car (if persisting down)

great, I'll remind you nearer the time, pre book as its cheaper!

yay, It's Jeremy the annoying horse

at least its german, UK would be worse..

drop the bike's guts ..parrp!

which day? I'm riding down with Big Mike but willl pick the best day weather wise

replace seals with sea lions and top up with exxon valdez fluid!

Carol Nash, been with them for 6 years now. I shop around every year and will always match a lower priced quote

got mine from Aldi, its not heated, but TBH I don't use it much!

I drain my carbs and spray ACF50 all over. tank get empited and stored away!

John, you off to Stafford next week?

come on down next year Kev, you'll enjoy it!

this'll keep the 2 stroke bods quiet....

beenz, sounds like you got some stories to tell.......

Wooo! Wooooo! Woooooo! Two Red Indians and an Irishman were walking through the woods. All of a sudden one of the Red Indians ran up a hill to the mouth of a small cave. 'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' he called into the cave and listened closely until he heard an answering,'Wooooo! Wooooo! Woooooo! He then tore off his clothes and ran into the cave. The Irishman was puzzled and asked the remaining Indian what it was all about,. 'Was the other Indian crazy or what?' The Indian replied 'No, It is our custom during mating season when Indian men see cave, they holler 'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' into the opening. If they get an answer back, it means there's a beautiful squaw in there waiting for us. Just then they came upon another cave. The second Indian ran up to the cave, stopped, and hollered ,'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' Immediately, there was the answer..'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' from deep inside. He also tore off his clothes and ran into the opening. The Irishman wandered around in the woods alone for a while, and then spied a third large cave. As he looked in amazement at the size of the huge opening, he was thinking, 'Hoo, man! Look at the size of this cave! It is bigger than those the Indians found. There must be some really big, fine women in this cave!' He stood in front of the opening and hollered with all his might 'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' Like the others, he then heard an answering call, 'WOOOOOOOOO, WOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOO!' With a gleam in his eye and a smile on his face, he raced into the cave,tearing off his clothes as he ran. The following day, the headline of the local newspaper read................. NAKED IRISHMAN RUN OVER BY TRAIN!!!

A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack. "Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday." Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager. Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral. The frog says, "Sure. I have this," and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed. Very confused, Patty explains that she'll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office. She finds the manager and says, "There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral." She holds up the tiny pink elephant. "I mean, what in the world is this?" (folks, you're gonna luv this) The bank manager looks back at her and says... "It's a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone."

that's just looking in the miror Kev!

not sure how to reply to that john, I know

put the plate where the adjustment notches are. adjust the points gap first then set the crank to LF mark (take out the plugs, its easier) the left points should be just about to open when the LF comes on the mark. same for RF make sure there's no sparking across the points when its cranked over as that means the condensor is shot. finally strobe the whole thing when the engine is running. If you can't do all this you need to get a manual and read up or get someone else to do it as its pretty straight forward engineering.

rick, pictures, you don't have the bike unless we see a picture of it

belive it or not, my bike is quiet compared to some of the stuff that was there. (especially the Gilera replica on reverse mega's) it was before the tracker got finished. It will be there next year though and its freeki'n loud that one!

I little vid on the festival the other weekend. Captures the flavour of the day and the group I mentor even feature in it! Kev was there for support too

just seen this footage, your very own drewpy overtakes an RD at the very end of the vid