As long as one condenser lead goes to each coil lead it's golden.
I just salvaged a 1980 xs650 from a farmer who had it stitting in a barn and this is my first go around with this set up and was wondering was is the most down and dirty way to run the elictrical to see if this thing will fire before i start replaceing stuff. I dont need light or anything to work just the engine to run. Any help?
Dont flash her up with out dumping oil and replacing sump and oil pump filters!
Em, after staring at those diagrams for way too long.. I think it got figured out. Most of the diagrams show the power wire coming into the TCI as just red. The diagram you're talking about is more correct because the wire is mostly red with a white stripe and they call it R/W like the factory diagrams.. Anyway I guess when comparing that to the other diagrams, think of the R/W as just red. Most diagrams show that red wire going to a kill switch then to the brown wire for power. The diagram you posted doesn't have a kill switch so that's why it just runs right into the brown wire.