1986 400 Xc Rebuild

It runs but i have no chain yet.

Thanks.
It is made in China.

So i made up a nice little stand for the bike, got no kick stand.
Also made a fork saver thing for when i load it in the truck.
Rubber pad on the fender end.







Tested outside even lol

I got a kickstand mount from a 1987 430WR I use on my 86 400WR from eBay about 2 years ago. I feel any bike except a motocrosser should have one but that is my opinion. Also congratulations, needing only a drive chain is still a great place to be in a restoration.

Nearly ready to ride 86.

You are going to love that motor especially on any real ugly hills.
If you find the front brakes lacking you can fit the 87 left slider and twin spot caliper.
The improvement is well worth the trouble.

Thanks guys.

The front tire looks way small to me, think I'll change that before i ride it.
I had the urge to make a skid plate today, its nice to have a friend to tig it up for me.
Got it hanging of the front lower mounting bolts and at the rear it kicks up for a clamp off the center tube, pics when i get it back and on the bike.



Steve.

Looks GREAT!

Thanks

So here is my homemade skidplate.

Wow I love it. Great work! How is the rear area of the skid plate attached?

A hose clamp on the middle bar.

Short test in the alley


View: http://youtu.be/qecK-YLx030

Nice job on the skid plate?
Would like to get one made like this one.


I have two, might experiment and modify one.

Still kicking around an idea for an add on pipe shield. Thats a nice one though, whats that style bolt too on the gold ones?

The slots are for 3 frame brackets that should have come with the skid plate.
I think they can be ordered through MSR. They look like single hole 1/2" electric conduit clamps, only 3 times as heavy.
The rear two tabs bolt to the two lowerer frame brackets, with one super long bolt.




Seen one that bolts on to a MSR skid plate. I'll try and find a pic.

I found this pipe protector on ebay the other day.

Nice find.
I like that hole open in the back for the stand.


Steve

This is the one I seen on ebay.

I saw that one too. Are you bidding up my cross bar pad? LOL

Cool video i just saw on utube

Fun to watch


View: http://youtu.be/cAlQXEjCha4

Going to put some studs in the tires and go riding this weekend. woohoo

Any one know what oil is safe to use in the tranny?
10w30, straight 30????
20w seems hard to find these days.