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The bike was purchased by a builder in Seattle who was buying it for a client of his. Seemed highly interested in the original condition, so I get the sense it's going to a good home. Got a little extra parts money in my pocket, so now it's on to the 70-something café project... Should be...

Nice find Jeeter! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks! Title says it's a 72, but doesn't matter much to me. Front fender is off of a sporty, I think.

Here's what I'm working with...

Hey gang, Just starting to dig into converting my bike into an urban cafe. I bought the bike recently and am unsure of the frame ID. The motor is a 447-11xxxx, so the Vin sticky helped identify the year there, but the frame prefix isn't listed. It's a CS3-20xxxx. Any ideas? Apparently...

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Indeed. You guys talked me out of butchering it... for now. Reserve not met, so I guess it's still a possibility. The (non-original) '72 is going under the cutting wheel as soon as the '71 moves on to a 'nicer' home. Thanks again for everyone's help. I'm sure I'll ask more dumb questions...

Woah! That is tucked in there! I saw another post that said where they were and I looked, but not deep enough.

Vincenthdfan, based on your profile, looks like you and gggGary are competing for who can own more early bikes... Thanks XSLeo. I have the Clymer, which seems just okay. The responses in this thread have been a huge help in understanding how the system works, and how to troubleshoot. Looks...

Oh, and here's a photo of the '71.

Thanks TwoManyXS1Bs. That's a good schematic. I have determined my rotor tested out fine and is getting power. Need to test coils and set points still. Sorry I'm not a purist... I knew where Gary was coming from. I just prefer custom bobbers and Cafe bikes. However, the stock '71 isn't what I...

Thanks peanut, I'll give that a try. gggGary, appreciate the note. It is actually bone stock, but I want to focus on getting it running before deciding what to do with it. I can appreciate the scariness of cutting and twisting wires, but I'm not going for a restoration and I don't have much...

Thanks Fredintoon. I did have the ohm meter too high. It's reading 5.1. Can you elaborate on how to hook up the coils to the battery? There's a red and brown lead coming from each and don't know what to hook up to positive/ground. Also, once they're hooked up, how would I test?

Hello. This is my first post. I could use some help... I just bought two xs650s off of a guy, one runs (72) and the other (71) sat for 25 years not running and it has me stumped. I started troubleshooting - using a good shop battery - and discovered the key switch was working on position...