drewpy

if your engine skills are as good as that mount sytem, that's gonna be one hellava engine!

I recon they don't sound as good, there's no back pressure to seal the incoming charge on valve overlap so there might be some HP lost. the reverse cones are LOUD though!

i'd re-read it Foams, you didn't quite get the gist

fitted these lamps today. think they are ok? I'm using a hidden switch to activate them along-side a VW headlamp dimmer relay

just come accross this

between certain times of the day, when its quiet, some traffic lights go into auto mode. they are triggered by headlamps, pressure sensors or the metal in car bodies via magnetic strips in the road ( its those criss cross bitumen lines on the road near traffic lights). unfortunatly, bikes are too light and don't have enough metal to trigger the signals. I'm sure I read somewhere you are entitled, after so many mins, to ride through lights if they are faulty. I had to do that on a right turn coz I'd been there 10 mins!! i pushed the bike across the junction you can buy a magnet that fits under your bike to energise the sensors. give the lights a flash as well, those sensors are on top of the lights themselves drewps

talk about a cop out Paul

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you'll need a multimeter on DC and connect on battery terminals. It should read 12.5 v, with engine started @ 4k revs should be between 13.5 and 15 volts.

have you tried an online fiche? that usually gives the way they are fixed via a broken line! try here

i'd check the dimensions so they look right against the bike, maybe photoshop a pair on so you can see for sure if it works. its amazing what looks good on 1 bike is not right on another!

maybe thinking of this?

there was a german track race called the yamaha cup which used the xs400 for a while. the bikes weren't heavily modified except for rear sets fairings. the exhausts were not changed at all!! I have seen racing exhausts which are reverse cone megas but not pea shooters and if you wanted them upswept, you will need to change the gear change footrest and brake pedal postions, not impossible but mucha luca!!

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I remember a certain game called Doom came out on shareware!! it needed 4 mb memory, i had only 2 mb, it cost me £70 for an extra 2 mb, then i had to get a "game blaster" sound card 8 bit of course remeber the Cyrix chips, they were cheaper than intels, but wern't as fast!

you, you ....bar steward

i used this guy, he's local to me so no mail issues

that's John Cane, he lives 2 miles from me, nice guy but the only problem is that he's scottish

there isn't any. think about it, you have the camshaft running in two halves and with gaps measured in the thou'. why would they ( yamaha)stick a 1-3mm gasket in there which squishes to whatever the gasket wants? you even have to ensure the top cover and cyl head have the same machining numbers or you'll have a seized camshaft. there are 2 schools of thought on sealing this; 1) use nothing and ensure all surfaces are spotless and true 2) use yamaha herme seal/wellseal very very sparingly ( as in official yam service manual) i have done both and ATM have the wellseal on with no probs drewps

there is a powder coaters who have a 7 year guarantee and the part is galvanised first, an't think of them off hand, but I'm sure they are in CMM!

to the YOC ghandi the xs250 is a simple engine, and if it is old enough, has points ignition. assuming you have a points model; I would use the points coils as they are different then elctronic ignition ones. I'd wire the igniton system separatly from the VF loom, it very simple. the charging system may stump you as it uses a feild coil to create magnetic field ans excite the stator to produce the AC. So i would use a separate charging loom. the way this is going; keep the vf lom for lights and graft in the xs loom just for ignition and charging. wiring diagram here also check out the sticky in the classic section, the xs400 is virtually the same engine.

some guy on chopper underground used a tiny battery http://www.thechopperunderground.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=36508&hl= most peeps go for a 4amp