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Thank you for all the help and for referring me to the tech section. That all helped me and she's finally running. I had the brown wire on the red and no power to the key switch. Finally after a engine rebuild and bobber fabrication it's almost ready to roll! Just needs to be tidy up

Thank you for your detailed reply. From what your saying is I should have my red wire going to the red on the key switch and my brown wire going to the brown on the key switch? And yes it's a 81 bike

Hi, I recently installed the mikes xs simplified chopper wiring harness. I have a brand new recitifer/regulator for it also. I wired it up as it said with the inline 20amp fuses and grounded the battery to the frame. Also the battery is new and charged. I have no spark. Please let me know if...

The carbs are clean but I will take them apart and order rebuild kits to be sure and let them soak. I will let you know how it turns out. Thank you

Okay, so I got spark now but it still won't fire. The cause of the spark issue was me having wires crossed. I've sprayed carb cleaner in the carbs and the cylinders and checked for compression even though I just rebuilt it and it's fine. Any ideas?

And also what wire would I power? I did the starter delete so I only have kick now but I have a solid red wire that goes to the fuse box, and a red and white, and a blue and white that came from the starter relay hanging. I don't know which one or ones to power

Okay, sorry for the late response. I've been busy lately. Anyway I tested for bolts at the ignition fuse on either side and nothing and I made sure I had a good ground

Thank you everyone for your help so far. I have tested for continuity on about every wire and they all test good. I test for 12v at the coil connector and nothing. I really want to get this bike running but and stuck as to where I'd go from here. Thank you

No I did not. The bike was stripped of everything when I did the welding.

Thank you all so much for the help. I unfortunately still have no spark. My grounds are cleaned and everything is hooked up. It was running before I took it apart so I know everything's good. I'm gonna test for power on the kill switch and go from there.

I don't have a electric starter anymore. When I made it a bobber I deleted the electric starter and from what I understand is if my clutch safety switch isn't hooked up I don't have spark? Is that true?

My safety switch has a block on the end where I would plug it into a connector. Under the right side cover, you said the relay is there. If I understand you right I can remove that relay and not have to have this safety switch at all and still get spark?

Thank you for the reply. I will look as soon as I'm by it again. I don't believe there to be an unconnected connection but I will look. The clutch switch was hooked up before when I tore it down it just took me awhile to build it and I forgot where it went.

Hi, I recently built a 1981 Yamaha xs650s bobber and I cannot figure out for the life of me where the clutch safety switch hooks up to. There are no empty connectors anywhere. If someone could help I'd very much appreciate it. I also can't find it in my wiring diagram.