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okay thank you for the information! this is all very valuable to me!

so are you saying the screws i grounded on the brush assembly is causing my bike not to charge?

So i wired up the xs 650 with a solid state regulator/ rectifier i bought made by Procom for points ignition systems. Model ESR350. the bike wasn't charging the battery so i began testing. one test told me to ground the green wires from the solid state to see if the battery voltage jumped up to...

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thats exactly what it was. i guess when i put new points on it i reversed the wires!. Thanks for the help!

i've been working on my 1977 yamaha xs 650 and had it running many times before and it used to run good. i recently just put new coils and a TC bros chopper wiring harness on it with a solid state regulator/ rectifier made by Procom engineering. it still has spark even after i put these...

but i had mine on a charger while it was running? is this still not so good?

i just went to start the thing again and of course it died. i tested it for spark and what do you know i have nothing. the spark was white but than sometimes blue when i tested too. i know a blue spark is good and white spark is not so good. is it possible for coils to lose spark one moment and...

so i have the thing idling fine. when i give i rev it up the thing sometimes randomly dies. and im not talking it sputters or slowly dies. it just dies. when it does this i will go to kick start it again and it wont fire up. its almost as if someone were to shut the thing off by the key or it...

yeah thats what im asking. i got it unstuck. i just started it up and jammed my foot on the back tire and it stopped. there is still some drag but thats normal im sure! thanks!

im sorry for the confusing thread question. so basically i have to put the bike in gear start it up and budge the front tire up against a wall and pull the clutch in and see if it unsticks? if that doesnt work i have to pull the side cover off and see if the clutch pads are sticking and take a...

So i have my 1977 xs650 and i hooked up the clutch cable and lever and when i pull the clutch when the thing is in gear the transmission gear doesnt move like it should since it is in neutral. i dont have a chain on it and the thing is not running when i am trying to spin it as i have the gas...

i drained all the oil and added new oil in it to the correct amount and now the thing is not smoking at all! Thanks and the timing is spot on too so it runs like a champ! sorry for getting back to you all late! Thanks!

i just got my xs 650 running and was wondering if the valve covers should be hot or not. currently when my xs is warmed up they are pretty hot and my bike is smoking white smoke but i do have too much oil in it too i noticed i havent had time to drain any out either. is too much oil where the...

not more than maybe 20-30 minutes unless i left it on longer and didnt realize it. what does it do to the points? turn them into complete duds? i had the thing running for about ten minutes at a time too.do you think my coils are messed up too?

i just rebuilt the top end on my 650 and was ready to start the engine. i hooked up the battery to ground on the starter, and the positive wire to the brown wires on the two coils, and the left coils orange wire to the grey wire on the left points, the right coils orange wire to the orange wire...

i was trying to time the points when they were touching in between the timing marks on the stator. i was supposed to be timing them when they were just starting to open on the timing marks.

Thanks for all the info i finally figured it out!