Recent content by evilcycle

I ve been running it and starting it briefly so not to over heat it. I blew the 10 amp ignition fuse. I only had a 15 amp fuse and i know its a no no but put it in and started the bike to set the timing. after i shut it off i ran my hand over the wiring and felt the voltage regulator was very...

Hello All, So it turns out the start button has a small piece of metal that touches the handlebars and creates the ground. For some reason the will not ground out. I even sanded it down and ground a landing area for it on the handle bar, still no luck. So i made up a new wire and installed it in...

Thanks 5twins! Thanks to all for your help. I am enjoying this forum! Over and out for tonight. I will give you all a full report after tomorrows hair pulling. Wish me luck

thanks Motor Mike i will check that in the morning. Now that you mention it, the horn and headlight don't work but the tail light and blinkers all work as should. Im going to dig deeper tomorrow and probe for power to these other problems. I just installed a new battery also.

One other thing, I replaced the points with electronic ingnition.

Yes i replaced the solenoid and when i jump the solenoid it starts. i also removed the starter relay and connected the red wires together. start button still doesn't work. tomorrow i will remove the gas tank and clean all the frame grounds. i keep going back to grounding because for me its the...

Hello Everyone, This is my first post on any xs forum. I have read many posts and am always impressed with the help from the biker community. So heres my problem. I have a 1981 xs 650 . I recently replaced the timing chain guide. Removing the top end and putting everything back together with no...