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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.

This is what I'm thinking of doing, any thoughts, ideas, dirty looks...? Performance wise, will it these rob any significant amount of power? the Holeshots are a touch loud, they can set off car alarms!

i'll post pics. of what i have in mind as soon as the paint dries...

I have Walker Hole shot pipes and cans on my 92 V Max, the holes on the Hole shots are 1-3/4", I'm wondering what will happen if I put a plate over the end of the Hole shots with a 1 & 1/8" hole, I'm looking to make the sound a little more mellow, before I go out and spend major cash on some...

I thought about the amber LEDs, but I was thinking that the tape would diffuse (spread?) the light to the whole grill area, as the amber LEDs would just have a light in one spot in the scoops, & add ambiance and help with the feng shui. as soon as I get it done I'll post pics.

I want to put some led lights inside the scoops and wire them into the signals, i only have white lights so i was thinking about using that amber lens repair tape to cover the scoop grills, here's my question, by using the tape, there will be no air flow through the scoops, will that affect...