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Sooooooo true. The sheer number of dollars spent on apparel alone by HD riders is unreal. I own a ballcap and a pair of boots(that were cheaper than any other boots I could find)...for some guys it is their identity...a status symbol I guess. The clearance items are still double what I would...

As a harley owner('86 electra glide) and xs650 owner('82 Heritage hardtailed), I get and see the draw of both. There is NOTHING like my electra glide and I love it. There is NOTHING like my 650 and I love it. I enjoyed my sportster that I had for a while, marauder, C50, and CB550(I still miss...

looking good mrtwowheel, I'm not surprised you chopped that one... I totally get that some folks are very much attached to the original stock bikes, but some don't have that emotional attachment to them. I like having one of my 4 current bikes as a hard tail. If I could only own 1 bike it...

My hardtail build was my first ever "bring a bike back from the dead" build. The only other "bring a bike back" I had done at that point was a non running '75 CB550 that I cleaned up, tuned, and sold for a decent profit back to my PO's PO. I still miss that bike. I've always liked the look of...

Def smoother with e-advance... however, after frying 2 PAMCO units in less than 50 miles and having no real explanation for it I went to points and mechanical advance without looking back. No issues at all now.

I finally got around to finishing the exhaust. I really didn't want to use the wrap that I picked up a while back. I was concerned about the added heat in the pipes doing damage and possible rust issues, but I did it anyway. First I hit it with VHT ceramic header paint then got the wrap wet...

Good stuff Leo, Battery is brand new and very strong. I'll probably check all of my connections and do some more snooping around as the temps start warming up.

Yes....bare metal....if memory serves me correctly. The motor to frame connection is the one I'm wondering if I'm losing intermittently only at high rpm when she's shaking like a jackhammer. Although my electronics tank could also be an intermittent ground issue even though it's hard for me to...

Yeah, I didn't mean that you said it was a ground issue but I agree with your suggestion that it could be. The only difference from no pamco issues to 2 failures within 35 miles is paint and reassembly. Pete seemed to want me to be able to give him a definitive answer as to why it failed...

Thanks retiredgentleman, I had wondered if the low R coil could be part of my issue, but it has to be a ground issue IMO as you stated. I switched to points with a ballast resistor on this stock coil as of last fall and haven't had any issues. Will I eventually? Who knows, but I don't see...

It depends on the duration of the "spike" and how fast acting the fuse is but the point is that of course high voltage can blow a fuse... I'm not sure when I ever said that high voltage was a short circuit... This is ohm's law...there's only 2 ways to get a current high enough to blow a...

Which is caused by either low resistance(short curcuit) or high voltage.

Here's a little background info on my build that no one may want...:laugh:. And some additional pics. I wanted a badass looking bike and the xs650 looked like the easiest one to make look like what I wanted. I found a pair plus spare parts for pretty cheap and sold off one to help finance the...

Nice looking bike...great job!!!!

Here's mine, 16/19 heritage with tcbros tail

Thanks TwoMany...I'll take it!!!!

I suppose I'll throw mine in there too just 'cause I'm so stoked it's finally done(except for the exhaust paint/wrap), not because it's in the same league as some of these works of art...

nice looking scoot, not sure I like the saddlebag but I do like the brown leather seat...I even like the apes...and I don't like apes so you must have done something well!!!! What else do you have to do for it? Looks great

Thanks TwoMany, I actually read that thread a few days ago. I'll probably change one cap out and see if anything happens...all in the name of experimentation. As a physics teacher I understand a fair bit about electricity, but the practical impact of some of these things in this application...

good idea Leo on the rear engine mount, I'll have to go that route. I used a 6ga lawn and garden cable I believe for my negative cable to a starter bolt...so basically the frame is getting it's "ground" contact via the motor, not the other way around...which is why an intermittent frame/motor...