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Found myself on the web and found this... http://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/5878477674.html Seems like someone decided to drop a XS650 motor into this poor little car. Looks very interesting none the less.

Hey guys iv had this SL350 for about a year iv done some work and now im ready to move on. Its a 1973 it had sat for a few years before I got it, so I got it running and ride able (in the yard). The motor is strong and low miles on it (3,000) if i remember correct. I took it all apart and...

Hey guys iv got a set of xs650 carbs that I have sitting around. I soda blasted the carbs so they are pretty clean and the float bowls have been polished and are very shinny. I haven't messed with the inside of the carbs but they look good and will need a rebuild kit and a cleaning and they...

Hey guys iv done some work on google and iv seen people shorten stock forks by cutting and re-threading the tube to the size you want. But im looking at getting a XS650 with some crazy long forks! From what the guys over on the XS650 site have said that the fork lowers are stock to the bike and...

First of all thanks to everyone on the forum for your help and all of the inspiration I get from everyone's builds. So here we go! I got a 1973 honda SL350 a few weeks back with a title for $200 It had been sitting in a shed for 9-10 years and only has a little over 4K on it. So I got it...

Hey guys im not 100% new to motorcycles im putting the finishing touches to my 1977 Yamaha XS400 that iv been doing a resto/mod on building it into a cafe racer. Im always on craigslist looking at bikes and cars and when my brother was looking into finding a project bike I started looking for...

Hey guys looks like im taking the plunge and rewiring my 1977 XS 400D The wiring was a bit messed up when i got the bike and trying to fix it has only meant more trouble. So im going to do a bare bones to go with the look of the bike. I decided to have a game plan before i take off cutting wires...

Hey guys I took the bike out the other day and all my power died. After a push back to the house and checking the fuses it turned out to be 2 burnt fuses. So I replaced them and tried again, same thing happened it blew the fuses. So im thinking its the voltage regulator/rectifier. But i don't...

Hey guys i need some help to find a new brake line for my 1977 xs400 that im cafing out. I have lowered the front end a inch and also put some small clip-on bars that are pretty low. So the stock brake line has way to much slack and well its old so replacing it wouldn't be a bad idea. But i can...

Hey guys iv been thinking about getting a set of the PWK carbs made for a xs650 off of mikes XS.com for my 1977 xs400D, Here is a link to the carbs. http://www.mikesxs.net/product/48-9010.html The carbs are not a bad deal and i will end up spending about the same on a set of carbs off ebay...

Hey guys iv been working on my 1977 XS400D for a few months now and iv been trying to find a set of carbs that will work. The carbs that came on the bike were a un matching set that just aren't going to work... So Iv found a guy selling a basket case XS400 for $200 not to bad. So what i really...

Hey guys iv been working on this old xs400 that has Mikuni BS34's. So im having a good friend get the bike in running shape and he is having some trouble with the carbs. From everything that i have seen i have 2 Mikuni BS34's on my bike but one looks like it is stock to the bike and one looks...

Ok where do i start.. Well im a student at Western Carolina and iv been looking into Cafe Racers for a while now been jumping around here on do the ton and some other sites. So finoly i had enugh to get a project started so i looked for a bike. And didnt find one, but after a few month spent on...

Hey guys i have bought a 1977 Yamaha XS400D from a guy that got it from a friend who got it from a friend in South Carolina... So lucky for me he still had the title and the man that owned the bike in SC signed off on his part of the title. I have also heard that in SC you don't have to have a...