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    My latest electrical kerfluffel

    12.5 is basically battery voltage...not charging. Time to dig into Curly's guide and figure out the problem.
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    My latest electrical kerfluffel

    It should be 14-14.5 volts at 3K rpm. You can check the stator with an ohm meter and the specs are in the charging system guide.
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    My latest electrical kerfluffel

    Have you put a volt meter on the battery to see that your charging system is actually working? The safety relay gets activated by the yellow wire coming from the stator.
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    Electric start question

    On the relay, a heavy cable from the positive post on the battery goes to one of the large posts on the relay and another heavy cable goes from the other large post down to your starter post. You need a switched 12V going to the yellow/red wire and if you are using the stock starter button the...
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    1978 XS650 Right Cylinder No Fire

    Usually if you are getting a lot of arcing from a set of points your condenser is bad
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    77 XS650 Blowing tail lights

    Throw a volt meter on the battery and check to see that your charging system isn't over charging. Should be around 14-14.5 volts at 3K rpms.
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    Replacing Starter Solenoid with Solid State Components

    I've got the original solenoid on my 77 and working great. If it ain't broke.....
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    Replacing Starter Solenoid with Solid State Components

    Are you getting your components mixed up? The starter solenoid has two heavy cables, one from the battery and the other going to the starter along with a red/white positive wire and a blue/white from the starter button.
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    Power dimming when braking

    Go up to the orange tech tab, down to electrical and read the charging system guide. All the info you need is there.
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    Esoteric Pamco/motogadget question + request

    Can't you just check for power at the coil under the situations you describe?
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    Wiring Help

    It looks like the post '81 bikes got the side stand safety switch. The second black/white wire wire looks like it went to the relay for that switch. The other B/w wire goes to the pickup coil which you need. By the way the standard punishment for starting a new thread is be-heading! Lol
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    How to acheive lower RPM for highway riding

    I'm also running the 18/30 combo. It's been on for years without problems. Being the original owner of my 77, I've tried many things over the years to tame the vibes on the mighty XS,including the carb syncs, bar snakes etc. For me this gear combo is the only thing that really works. Do you lose...
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    Surprise Progressive springs!

    According to Progressive's site it doesn't matter, but they say some manuals state to install with the tight wound portion towards the bottom for less spring noise.
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    Fitting XS650 Tank on CB750 - Daryl Dixon Motorcycle

    Some 650's have the gas cap in the center, some off to the side. Look on eBay, there are all kinds there.
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    Battery tenders

    Battery tender jr., using three now.
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