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Mostly wires on wires that were not connected at one end. This is my first year with this bike and my first time operating on the wiring. The two noteable things I removed were the flasher canceling unit (easily identified), and this, which I now know is a Rectifier.

I think I was mislead by this and similar Ebay listings... Another question is, if this piece of equipment was shot, and my bike seemingly ran fine, how could it be necessary/vital to operation? Thanks,

Hey Everyone, After my turn signals went on the fritz, I started pulling the wiring on my ‘75 650. There were a lot of disconnected circuitry including the old turn signal cancelling unit behind the battery etc. A lot of wires leading to nowhere were stripped. I am pretty new to electricity and...

Hi all, This is my first post and first summer on my 75 xs650. I’m trying to wrench everything my self or at least be able to diagnose issues before bringing her into the shop. My brake light indicator has come on and now stays on. I changed the bulb, which had a broken filament, but that...