Who thinks this is dodgy?

it is a fact that it's getting bloody boring.

 

Yeah.
I got one I need doing.
Wonder who did it....

Dave

 

No actually this bike wasnt "sussed" by TOG.............all his post
showed was what a clueless twat he is!

k

 

Ah the black paint "rebuild"............just the sort of thing TOG
might be capable of!

k

 

<plonk>


Regards,

Simonm.

 

Ahh a UKIP supporter.................these loonys dont seem to be that
far from people like the BNP etc etc...............

k

 

When are you going to "realise" that TOG, is almost certainly even more
clueless that you are?

k

 

<Bad form post>

And even sillier sod won it for £530.

And I've just noticed that the whizzo restoration didn't extend to
putting a sidestand on it.

And the front guard is one of those pattern things - nowt wrong with
them per se, but I'd at least cut off the mounting bracket extension
that bears the additional mounting holes for larger front wheels.

A rear mudguard would have been nice, too.

I wonder what the lucky auction winner will do when/if he discovers that
he's bought a messed-with XS250 and not a genuine XS400?

To convert a 250 to a 400, all you need to do is bore out the barrels. I
think the carbs are the same. However, the 400 has a different
crankshaft with a different balance factor, to allow for the higher
reciprocating weights, and thus a simple bore-out means the bugger
vibrates even worse than normal. A straight engine swap, of course, is a
different kettle of fish.

 

Do you think when he goes looking for other pervs, he plays "sub"? It
would explain a lot.

 

Maybe this forum is the only place where you can find others who have
even less knowledge than you?

k

 

Ok then Andy m8.............would you or TOG be able to rebuild a
spoked wheel accurately, or make a professional repair on a broken set
of crankcases?

Lets get away from the toss you post on here, and see if either of you
can actually do anything in real world terms!

k

 

Either of these bikes are utter and complete crap...............the 250
would probably be better as insurance would be cheaper!

k

 

I can't remember if sweller ever flogged his XS400.

I quite liked the couple I owned, in a sort of ShiteOldWorkingBike way.
The engines were definitely torquier than most other 400 twins of the
era (the Z400/440 was an honourable exception[1]), and they didn't
handle badly, but the weak electric start was always the bike's Achilles
heel. At least they fitted a kickstarter.

[1] That one I ran for a year or so was a *lovely* little hack. You may
remember Petrolcan bought it, and then some nameless shit nicked it.

 

Wotcha.

How about a professional repair to a casting, which then needed lacing to a
wheel rim ?

http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/frontdisc.htm

Sometimes it's a case of having to do it.
"If you can't buy it - then you must build it"

 

Looks an excellent job...........having some castings done at the mo,
in regard to tooling for making alloy tanks.

k

 

Andy Wegg said...

Weird that. I owned an XS400 and a 400N, I prefered the Honda. I also
owned a rat-bike XS250 for 3 years. Slow as ****, and took forever to
start unless fitted with B8EV plugs, but it was one of the most reliable
bikes I ever owned. I liked the 250 more than the XS400, I always
thought the chassis wasn't up to 400 performance, but could just cope
with the 250 lump.

 

Ken said...

I did both of these last year. I'm pretty sure both TOG and Andy can
too.

I can, and regularly do.

 

Being honest, I have never attempted a wheel rebuild and I have no
welding skills. However, I wouldn't consider these the be-all and
end-all of bike restoration. I've lost count of the number of engines
and bikes I've rebuilt.

And I've owned 300-odd bikes in the last 30 years, of course.

<AOL>

You look back on some projects and think: "That was worth it...". Like
the 400 Four, and sorting out the camchain tensioner by going in through
the sump, which is *definitely* not a solution mentioned by Honda or
haynes in their respective manuals...

And you look back on others and think: "What a waste of time that
was..." Like the CB500T. I see some classic dealer has got one up for
grabs at about £1500. What's sad is that some twonk may buy it.

 

I thought "suss", certainly the schoolboy version, was derived from the
police SUS powers.

 

£261 on ebay - bloody cheap for a 400 with 12 months ticket I can't
remember if it had tax - I may have got £350 ish in the local Friday-Ad.

Probably right for the dog that it was. Awful thing.
http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/xs400/