Recent content by Chet3

Don't mean to hijack, but I'm having similar problem. Replaced the coil, blue box, battery, ground strap, stator -- still no spark. Just checked my coil wires to spark plug -- setting on ohms, expecting to get zero reading, instead I get ~5.12, on both wires. ?? I have some replacement kits...

Thanks for the suggestion, Rasputin. I found this: http://www.boyerbransden.com/faultfinding.html More reading! :)

Thanks for the link and suggestion, Jan. The battery was strong before the bike quit, but probably not as much now. I'll look into the ignition wiring more thoroughly. I was hoping maybe a swap of the PCB was what I needed. The ignition is some custom work, so a little more difficult, but I...

Yes Paul, the white spot was visible -- I pushed the kick start lever with my hand until I could see it through the hole, so when I reinstalled I could put it back close to where it was. Thanks.

Is it normal to "sweat" so much? That is what I was worried about (especially red arrows in attached pic). Thanks again.

grizld1, Does this look like grief? I'm thinking it does. Thanks.

:D Thanks fredintoon, and yes the front brake is still there. It ran really well for quite a number of 20-30 mile trips, before it stopped running at all.

Thanks grizld1, that's the kind of help I was needing. Looks like I need to buy an ohm / volt meter!

So, I've got a '79 XS650 that a previous member put together. It was running fine but I transplanted from the north to the south (Louisiana). I foolishly let it idle about 5 minutes one afternoon (95 degrees) before hopping on and getting about a mile down the road when it died and wouldn't...