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I'm thinking of buying a '78 for a what I think is good price, and either stripping it down, or flipping it for a bit of profit. I've never had a shaft drive bike though, and don't know much about them. Anyone have any thoughts?

...a '78, all tarted up with the farings and all the trimming, that i'd take off right away, unless I wanted to sell it. But I've never had anything to do with a shaft drive before and it gives me pause, has anyone ever had any dealings with one? Thoughts? Comments? Derisive criticism? The fella...

Hey guys, I'm having a hell of a time figuring out what's going on with my liitle bike, it's a 1980 xs 400 and here's what's happening: when I'm idling at a light, it either wants to dive and stall, or, if I give it some gas to keep the revs up, if I give it too much, (idling at about 3500rpm)...

Hey guys, I have a 1980 yamaha xs400 and went to put drag bars on it today. Inside the throttle side of the stock bars was a metal rod. Does anyone know what's up with that? I am going to need to reroute the throttle cable as well as the bike was racing as soon as I started it up, but I'm...

By that I mean the 400 series highway. I'm putting together a little catalogue in my brain of the ways to get out of town without taking the main highway, I've got a nice-ish little route along the 7 to the 48 to the 12 that can take me as far as orillia, but at highway 11 I'm kinda stuck...

Hi guys, I moved here on my cb750 a few years ago, but sold it shortly after arriving and have regretted it ever since. I'm doing some work in the Sault and found an old '80 yamaha 400 for a steal, so I picked it up and am going to drive it back down to the cuty in a few weeks. It's more or less...

Hey all, I am selling my old workhorse. I drove it to toronto from halifax last year and it did great but now I have nowhere to put it and no money to keep it on the road. It has sat for a year, but with a new battery and oil and plug change should run great, I put a lot of work into it before...