1986 400 Xc Rebuild

Cant help yourself eh!

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTergtIdg7o&feature=youtu.be

Nice vid, next time we want to see you ride up that hill at the end!

LOL my friend had this to say on another forum.

Neat vid! Like the sound of those Husky's.

We were getting close to the snow, lol.

Was I the only one that heard the mountain goat off in the distance at 10:30 ? lol
What an awesome place to ride ! consider your self lucky that your gov. allows and even wants you to enjoy what our creator ( The Great Architect of the Universe) made for us...

WE are very lucky to have so many places to ride these awesome machines.

Went yesterday to another nice place.

Nice Single track


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45j2nFN0QOY

Well update time.
400 has been back in the bike all this season, i did miss the monster torque and grunt over the 250.
I found a 430 cylinder and piston on Ebay for 50 bucks with minimal blow by to swap on.
Going with the 400 head for a compression bump for my thin air up here.

Never had the cylinder off in the 5 years i have owned it, why because it ran fine.
Found the piston to be a first over at 82.92 .
The ring has very low tension and some good blow by but no black death lines.
Its never had cranks seal done or anything as far as i can tell.
Talk about being built to last a long time, try that with new junk LMAO

Sorry no pics my camera died from being on the bike all the time and cell phones suck



Steve

pic from July

these bikes are built well! at the higher levels of competition i know they are outdated but for fast playriding like we do they are very awesome! comfortable to boot. i enjoy your threads, your builds and attitude towards riding them are similar to my own.

youre a ford guy too, so that never hurts! i have a few and just picked up a cream puff, never been in the salt f150. good old inline 6 4.9l and a 5 speed.

I'm old and a touch over weight on a old bike, but can out ride guys that are 20 years younger on their new bikes.
My bike never beats me up like a new stiff bike with a hard ass seat and way too touchy brakes.
On my own ride alone i go 30 miles easy in 2 hours non stop, never happens with modern bike riders.
They want to stop and rest all the time and suck on the hose, i chew gum and sweat. no need to stop lol

Wow so mint love it.

my turbo stang

vettes for breakfast and vipers for lunch i say




420 hp at the wheels, turbo 2.3

nice, many think the only way to get power from a fox body is a 5.0..i bet the 2.3 has some nice turbo sounds!

sometimes the old hoosks do get a lil credit...my one riding friend commented that "i was really into them" to buy an ohlins shock and even go so far to install a ss braid brake line.
i actually installed a spare 80s line and master on my 95, even tho it had brembo components. the master is a grabbier new style with a plastic line. the brake is much better now!

Heres one more fast, old, overweight, evo husky rider. Enjoying the thread

heres my 86 430xc with a few upgrades.....

88 forks, flex bars, trail tech

racemx is that a WR subframe on there? Looks not bad, hate the black fender thats all


Bike is running and feels like a big bore now on the kicker.
No kicking it from any position, need to roll it past top dead center now.
Has a good sound to it and it feels the same when you rev it out, more vibration would suck.
Going to play with jets and see what it likes, i imagine it will need more fuel now.

Had it out for a rip down the street, can you say adrenalin rush

Pulls so hard, way faster than the 400 street bike from a stand still. there is Big gearing difference too 55 on the 430 and 48 on the 87.



5 year old powder coat ^^


my 87 street bike with a 400 XC motor



The 430s




My old cylinder on a 82 250 cr bottom, mill it down a touch and make a water pump drive. Rolls over with out the piston hitting the crank.... lol