Recent content by Scrappy

Ok, I got the answer. Nothing will happen. Just blow fuses. Rectifier is fine.

Well, I have not been able to keep it running long enough to grab that reading unfortunatly...I have checked a before and after reading with the new battery, and I am not loosing any volts...and when everything is off, I am not drawing...

Hey folks, So I discovered that I had wired this part incorrectly. It is from MikesXS, part #24-2085. here is the link: https://www.mikesxs.net/product/24-2085.html Soooo....this guy didnt follow simple instructions (like an ass) and re wire the harness for about 70 miles or so....now...

So it ended up being the bad rotor, shorting to ground, causing the battery wire to get really hot and slowly blowing the fuse. Got to rotor pulled off my 78 and installed on my 79 and all is good....as far as that issue....and I got to take my bobber around the block a few times after getting...

Superhero....well at least in the school district....I am an IT guy....started out fixin cell phones hairyBlackDude, I hated it too, and I am 32, so young yet with plenty of working years ahead of me (less the Myans are right) people always in pissy moods comin to see you and bitchin bout their...

yup yup, got the rotor puller on order from a local shop here, so i spose i will work on cleanin up the mess i made of everything else while trouble shootin this issue...

Hey fellas, I appreciate all the info and things to look for. In doing some outside research, I also found that the rotor should ohm out between 5 and 7 ohms....mine jumps from 3 to 18, if i read this right, that is my issue. Thankfully I have a parts bike, and that rotor ohms out at 5.5. I...

Could this issue just simply be a bad battery and or bad switch? hmmmm......

thanks Leo bout the make info, on the harness, cut down the stock harness to the basic components that the tc bros one ends up using. However the stator wires and connector ended up being junk, and i was having other wires heating up, so thats why i am using the one from TC Bros, and in the...

LOL!!! i will give it a shot....that would definitely complete the rat look i have goin on :-D

right on man, I will try a new switch...any thoughts on what kinda load capabilities i should be lookin for?

Thanks Gary, so i am just using a push button switch that has two leads coming out iof it, one hot the other switched. The type of switch that you hit once and things go hot, and again and things are off. Does that change anything?

Heya folks, i am new to this forum (forums in general) so here goes. I am in the process of finishing up my first Bobber project and have come to a brick wall. This a 78/79 xs650 (the frame tag says 9/78 so not sure what model year that counts as) and i have it set up for kick only. wiring...