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i like driving in the 6 -7k area as the engine smooths out then (70 -80 mph). BTW 7k is max power/torque for the engine although mine will pull to 10k (only 5 k into the red nice bike BTW

too true, Ilike that one, got to pass it on....................

A bloke goes to the doctor, and says, "Doctor, I feel like I’ve got something lodged in my arsehole." So the doctor takes a look and says, "Yes you’re right, I can see something." He gets his tweezers and pulls out a £50 note. "What’s that doing in there," he asks the bloke. "Ive got no idea doc, but is there any more?" Armed with the tweezers, the doctor has another look. And pulls out another £50. Then a £100. Then £50, then £20, another £100, and so on for about 10 minutes. Finally he says "I think that’s the lot now." The bloke says "How much was there anyway?" The doctor totals it up and says, "There was £1980." The bloke thinks for a minute and says, "Yeah, that’d be about right. I wasn’t feeling too grand."

xs250 carbs are 32mm, 360 and 400 carbs are 34mm as are the 750/850/1100

:D :D

its not the gas that is cleaner, its the sediment from your tank, the gas stations tank (especially after a tanker has delivered fuel) I never buy from a station if I see a tanker there!!

Velcome whoofta!!

saw one of the directors checking out his newly delivered BM in the car park the other day. Said to him I saw him using the indicators and him thinking "that's the last time I use those", he said he also ripped out his rear view mirror as that was redundant. true ....too true!!

I've seen xs400's for sale with the tank on so it can be done. If you can keep the vaccum tap on, keep it, otherwise go with the harley one and put an inline fuel filter on the fuel line. don't forget to blank off the vacumm pipe though! carbs are fine leave them if they work ok

Bump welcome to the forum

carb diaphramps are either cracked or the slide is sticking, this prevents it rising under vaccum and from dropping for idle!!

if you have a smooth alloy points cover with plugs instaed of screw heads, you have TCI ignition. Ribbed with screws visible - points. check you are getting 12v to the suspect coil!

I've heard hairspray works well, never needed it myself......maybe a long time ago!!!

I don't he's saying its jumping out of gear just that the clutch is slipping!! need to adjust the clutch at the actuator end, slacken off and screw lightly till stop and back off 1/4 turn and lock off. should also be 5mm slack at lever end. also check clutch cable, should be lubed every month or will fray and not return the clutch properly. btw

could have sworn i see 'em on ebay, got my 2A2 seat/helmet lock from USA ebay brand new!!!

you could get a colortune kit. that way you can see a spark and also if it is burning ( good for adjusting carb mixture as well)

sounds like an air leak, check the rubber inlets for cracking and clean out the pilot jets as these supply the fuel for idle.

shouldn't that be 2A2?

mines an xs400D which is the correct year for my bike

thought it was a question on drilling holes!!!

found this; Motorcycle/ATV Year Model Identification Identify your year model by using the letter of the alphabet used as the last digit in the units model name. Eg. YZF-R6S S= Year Model Letter = 2004 YZF-R6T T= Year Model Letter = 2005

my old bike chain had a funny noise comming from it.....although it was wrapped round the wifes neck at the time and had some very tight links in it

I've seen a 120 on an xs400 and you had to cut the chain guard. so it should fit in the swing arm (mm's to spare)

keep up the good work and post some pikkies as you go....which is what i should be doing really

This bloke goes to see his doctor and says, "every time I fart, it sounds like a Honda motorbike." So the doc asks the chap to pull his pants down and bend over. Sure enough, the man farts loudly and its sounds like a Honda motorbike. The doc says, "you've got an abscess up your arse." The bloke says, "surely it can't make my arse make noises like that." The old doctor says, with a cheeky smile, "abscess makes the fart go Honda!"