Honda xs400 Videos

Awesome! I have a 1980 but with a darker blue. Curious about those bars. Brand/model pls? 

smooth motor dude

+Jason Johnston Is this bike for sale?

$1500 as is, 2000 after I complete it.

damn. Im in the preliminary stages of getting a bike. Still doing research and what not. how much are you selling for/?

+justinalvarado87 I've got one I'm about to sell, if interested.

I actually made it.

Actually extensive mods to the triple spar frame were needed to make it fit, Way more work than i had anticipated. Had to cut and bend the slanted triple tree and had to relocate the motor mount. not easy

Well I'm glad you found the problem happy riding

Hey Shawn, As it turns out I gave up and took the bike into the local shop. The local shop also found nothing wrong withe carbs, the intake boots, the plugs and wires, yet the problem persisted. In fact, the bike started to leave me places when it would act up AFTER I got somewhere just as often as acting up BEFORE I would try to leave. I went over the carbs 5 or 6 times; changing pilot settings, with/without filter, with/without airbox, and NONE of it made any difference when I tested it OR when the bike shop tested it. They also took a look at the valve clearances and head gaskets just like I had done.It turns out, in fact, that I had a ground wire that would decide not to ground unexpectedly. This ground would still let the engine turn over but not let the engine actually run. Interestingly enough, if you removed the loose ground after the engine had already started the engine would continue to run! This is why it would never die while I was mid-ride and also why it didn't matter what the engine temperature was.I find it interesting that I (along with everyone else) was looking at the carbs being the culprit, when it had NOTHING to do with the carbs. After the ground wire was buttoned down the bike has run consistently since then without exception!

Yeah I had a post on there and it would work great for 2 weeks and then go right back to this weird "moody" stuff. I consider myself a patient person, but I finally gave up and took it to a local shop that works on bikes exclusively. I haven't heard from them yet... I hope that means that it wasn't something obvious.

you don't have to block anything on xs400. it only for 4 cyl yics bikes.

Thanks nitrocarmsn, I bench synced them after I boiled the carbs. It's still a similar situation where the bike starts perfectly some days and not at all on others. On days where it does start, there is a lot of power throughout all RPM ranges, including WOT.

+Cosmoraptor 6'