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I mean nice sure but my word. No wonder they all jumped on Facebook haha.

Apparently the 500s claim to make 35+ more horsepower than the 400s.

Oh, RG400s?! That would be fun for quite a bit less than the 500s command.

This is kinda fun to listen to for a few minutes. Randomly popped up on my feed, so figured I'd give it a look.

I still think an 'arm off an early-ish XJR400 is worth a try.

Extruded aluminum, twin shock, dirt cheap on Yahoo Japan.

https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c1186462431

https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s1215249153

I had no idea Yahoo Japan was a thing for bike parts. Good stuff.

Looks like the upper limit of tire size on a stock XJ is 130-140. After trimming the pivot tube down, that would be a really sweet swing arm if you don't want to go modern day fat with tires.

Just an FYI, I sourced most of my chrome replacement front parts from Yahoo Japan through a broker (Neokyo). Was still cheaper than what some of the scalpers wanted here on eBay.

Yea, it's also a baby motorcycle, where ringing its neck is the norm for freeway speeds. I blew mine up (as Mark might remember) a few years back on the freeway, just trying not to get run over.

I've been absent for a while now, but that's because we have a new little two stroke enthusiast on our hands. Born May 5th. This one is always wanting a full gas tank, or he gets cranky!

We had a long stint in the hospital for mom (40 days) and another long NICU stint for baby boy (30 days).Big brother is super happy, and jealous of all the attention this little firecracker gets. Everyone is doing ok so far. My wallet has cobwebs in it, but that's to be expected when you hit the max out of pocket for insurance and have a well pump take a shit all in the same month... It's only money after-all!

I wanted to go again this year with my buddy, but we just had a new addition to the family and a well pump replacement/plumbing repair for $5,000 on top of medical bills. Basically, fun plans over lol.

https://www.economycycle.com/product/group-520-chain-sprocket-conversion-kit-for-rd250-350-400/

One of these has been on my radar for a while now. But, the Suzuki kinda took over for a while. I think it's time to give the Yamaha some love. She needs a top end first.

Man, I thought you were going to describe the forks clanking over bumps, because mine does that lol. I think I need new outer fork housings. That little popping noise is probably a fuel issue. It seems to do that after you let off the throttle completely. Check your pilot circuit, air screw settings, and/or your pilot jet size.

^What SoCal said!

Oh... haha, well, mine could be that as well. I never replaced it, but I think it looked ok last I had it all apart.

We can file to collect refunds from UPS. They are refunding people.

Air gap ha? You know what's funny? I just had that issue on my damn lawnmower. I had to replace the coil because of this shit. I thought I needed a battery. But, I'm glad the engine didn't start because I woulda had a fire.

Anyway, air gap wasn't quite right and the engine was really hard to start.