Jack Crank

So being pretty new to the whole moto world, what's the pros/cons of the K82 and the K70? They're both fine looking shoes but which will hold me to the road better? Also, how do you like your Cheng Shin's?

Posted that before I read yer thread man. Sorry for the confusion. I was more interested in the 2into1's.

Anyone got a set of the 2into1 MAC pipes on their 400? Looking at these on ebay. My left pipe is dunzo (completely smashed in on the header) and I was thinking why not redo the whole thing if I gotta redo one anyways. Also, what's the bar diameter? 7/8ths?

Mmmmm.... foundjah!

Danke!

I've actually already rejetted a CV carb on my Buell so I'm sorta familiar with that process, fortunately I have friends with knowledge. Thanks a bunch for the knowledge man. Did the rearsets stop you from being able to kickstart?

So consensus says best option for large-ish tires on a 400 are 110/90/18 front and rear? Any recs for street tracker tires? I've heard good things in general about Metzler and Dunlop but not specific models.

That's exactly what I'm talking about! Stripped down and rad! Where'd you get the seat and what's the tank from. I'm feeling that seat and some wrapped, black 2into1s. Renthal bars and stripping off as much weight as possible. Drewpy, did you move the foot controls at all or just change the pegs? They look like they're in the standard spot. Also, is it viable to strip off the electric start and just have kickstart for these bikes? I'm assuming yeah but would that mess with anything else?

Just picked up an xs400 this week and your build is friggin awe inspring man. Great stuff. So good in fact, that it inspired me not to cafe mine cause i could never do a job like yours. Im going street tracker instead. Killer work, seriously. Questions for you would be - how much was the seat? - how much we're the rear sets? - did you use the widest or thickest possible tire? I ask cause im worndering what i could fit on with no mods - what was the trickiest part of the build? Looked like electrical from all the shots of the internals in the headlight. Anyways sorry if you addressed any of these but i don't speak too much dutch man.

Thanks for the welcome yous guyz (ats howitz sed in brooklyn). Good to know there's a solid community of xs owners out there. I just went through all of that dutch cafe build's thread and was blown away. I don't know my ass from my elbow when it comes to most moto stuff but that was definitely inspiring. Ill be sure to check out the bob job tomorrow. Im leaning pretty heavily towards a street tracker as my blast is kinda cafed out right now and i've been spending some time at the dirt circle watching friends race. Anybody have any fav street tracker xs's they care to share? Or just nice ones in general?

Hi YOC, 1st post in the community. Name's Jack and I live in Brooklyn and through a stroke of luck I just picked up a 1981 XS400 Special II for a steal. I'm fairly new to bikes (my other bike's a Buell Blast, it's my 2nd "first bike"... long story) and this is going to be my first real project. She's definitely not in the best shape, but she's definitely got life left in her. Currently she's not running but that's half the fun isn't it. Here's a crappy cell phone pic from the dark garage: I'm looking to do either a street tracker or cafe build as I feel the bike's not in good enough shape to warrant restoring to original condition. Currently the list of things I know she needs is: - Clutch cable - Clutch lever - Tires - Battery - Fuses - Left exhaust pipe - Mirrors - Probably a chain - Probably new brake lines Anyways, I've really enjoyed perusing this forum so far and have picked up a bunch of things already. Looking forward to getting deeper as the winter goes by.