Recent content by Icepick

5 min.? hell it took me 2 days!!!

let me ask this, on the damper rod i have a small 1"? spring, and a small plastic tube, does it matter which one goes on the damper rod first, the spring or the tube?

Think I'll lower the front end, (raise forks) while I'm at it.

Progressive springs are good then?

I'm rebuilding the forks on my '92 V Max, following the manual, and my forks do not have the "Air balancer, Air valve, and the other associated parts that go along with that part of the forks, the holes where the air obviously would enter the forks were welded closed. Is there a reason why...

got it! they were synced, but i had the idle too high then synced the 2nd carb, all is well

could it be a timing problem that is missed?

doesn't look like it, it's like the slides are sticking but everything is operating like it's supposed to, (except for the RPM revving problem)

yea, i forgot to mention that, release throttle, pull clutch, engine stays at rpm's or rev's up.

cool took vmaximum's advice, no backfiring now when i'm riding it and pull the clutch in, the engine starts revving up, any ideas? Thanks to all...

I'm working on a buddies bike, ('78 XS 400 sitting for about 9 years,-it started out with just a tune-up, clean carbs etc...) So after cleaning carbs, new points, coils, air filters, adjusting valves, the right cyl. is backfiring BOTH thru the carb. and out the exhaust! Everything in the carbs...

the bike is running fine, I'm just wondering if I will get better gas mileage with the stock air box on, Looking at the air box, there are screws to take off part of the top, I may try that to see what it does, I had some tuning issues a while back, and finally got it dialed in, not sure if I...

I' m not a big fan of the K&N's what is an "open top"? I don't want to remove the correctors. I've read the stock airbox will evenly distribute the air flow to the carbs.

Finally scored a stock airbox , have the stock main jets 153's and a full Walker Holeshot exhaust with K&N pod air filters. Is there anything I should change or be aware of after I swap over? Thanks

Well I tried it, sounded like my friends XS 400 w/stock pipes! only took one ride to and from work (20 miles) and they were removed! Stoopid, stoopid, stoopid! To hell with the neighbors.