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if you have the complete switch or assembly that would be amazing. After a bit of research elsewhere i found another assembly that looks very similar to the one on my 1980 XS650 and it appears that other people have hooked these up but im not sure about the wiring...

Long story short the black connector piece in the turn signal switch is destroyed. Does anyone know of any alternatives to either fix or replace this? As cheap as possible would be great. Thanks in advance for any help.

would you recommend going there for a riding trip? im just above in colorado

on that I was in the switches and was getting 13.5 on the meter and yet nothing on the test bulb pretty sure that the flasher relay is just shot and as soon as any load is applied it dumps

My bike only has 4000 miles on it right now so any idea at what miles those bearings go out at? anything i can do to prolong their life?

Thanks ill look at both and see which i prefer appreciate the tip ( Part of the reason i have to be cheap right now is because i sunk all my money into buying my bike :laugh:)

First off thanks for all the help so far but could you go more in depth on repairing the oil strainer?

I don't need it for any major repairs at the moment i mainly use it for wiring diagram and such but i do appreciate your effort to help

Thanks man appreciate it and it'll help alot

First off my fuel petcock is stuck ( thankfully with the fuel on ) anyone know any solutions? Second my choke knob is broken could i still buy one from yamaha? even if its 37 years old haha Third, Oil filters, do i need to buy new ones is it just a clean then done a bit confused on that? am...

Does anyone know of a good manual that i could download as a pdf? would like to buy one but its much cheaper to download one :laugh: any help appreciated