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Thinking about swapping to a drum brake on the front of my 73 cb450 project. The stock disk set up is in pretty rough shape and would probably need to be replaced completely. And I also like the looks of the drum and no master cylinder on the bars. Has anyone attempted this before? I cant...

I bought this 73 CB450 in 2008 with the intention of turning it into a cafe racer. I tinkered with it a bit, and rode it here and there for a little while. It was in storage for over 10 years while I was in the army. Now I’m out and have the time and a place to work on it. Right now I’m...

I need some floats for a cb450k6. I am willing to buy complete carbs if that is the only way I can the them.

My carbs started overflowing on my new 73 cb450 the other day. I pulled the bowls off and the left side float was full of fuel. I was going to solder it but I found so many cracks that I am worried that it may be too heavy. I started looking and no one seems to have them in stock, and I am...

By a new bike! Another craigslist find, 73 cb450 only paid $500 and it runs pretty well. Just need to fix a coupkle things (front brake, new battery, oil leak) and it should be on the road.

I recently found a decent cb/cl450 on the local craigslist. The bike needs a little work, but the price is about right and the guy is selling a lot of extra parts with it. The one thing that worries me is what he calls the brake pivot arm(?) is broken. He recently installed a 2 into 1 exhaust...

I have a 79 yamaha xs400 that I need to get rid of to make room for another bike. I haven't really decided if I want to go through the trouble of parting it out or not. If anyone is interested in the whole bike let me know. If all you need is some parts, we can probably work something out.

Just watched a show on discovery about Michael Czysz founder of Motoczysz. In 18 months his company went from a home garage to having a brand new bike that is almost ready to compete in MotoGP. The website is a little vague about the status of the bike, but it is still pretty impressive that...

I am trying to figure out what tank I am going to run on my xs400 project and I think I have decided on a tank from a xs750. My question is this, my bike only has one fuel petcock, feeding the left carb. The tank I want to use has two petcocks. If I do run this tank should I use two petcocks (I...

Started working on my xs 400 some last weekend. Cleaned the tank, set the points, new battery, cleaned and repainted the battery box. and a new tach cable. With my limited knowledge of carbs, I took them to the local bike shop to be cleaned in the ultra sonic cleaner. The guy I talked to there...

Hi everyone I just found this site and have to say that there are some amazing looking bikes and lots of knowledgeable people. I just bought a 1979 Yamaha xs400 (sorry no pics yet) and am thinking about turning it into a cafe racer over next winter. I was surprised to see that so many people on...