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Hey Moker, did you end up figuring out what was causing all the trouble? Would be great to know the culprit, might help in my search of the demon hiding inside my bike.

I don't believe the way the bike runs changes as it warms up, I was running it this morning and didn't notice anything different from cold to hot. I will still re-torque the head though soon, it needs to be done either way. Re-did the compression test with the throttle open this time, gave me...

Hey Leo, sorry about that, should've included more information about the bike. Its a 1980 Special so its electronic ignition, and I've kept it completely stock except for a Chrysler regulator. I've changed out the Rotor and voltage regulator, the Stator is old so that might be the problem...

I have re-torqued the head once, I may need to again, but would that be causing this problem? Yeah.. I thought about stopping immediately but was crossing a bridge in the middle of the night. Thanks for disproving what I've done.. it is useful in a way to know that the oil test doesn't...

Hey Guys, I've suddenly got a problem with the bike out of nowhere.. I was hitting 70, cruising strong.. suddenly the engine starts making some strange noises (metallic possibly) and then can't keep up the speed.. the engine is sputtering and running very unevenly. I stop at a gas station...

Well, seems the problem isn't as bad anymore with the new regulator, but it is still there. With a voltmeter connected I'm reading 14.20V at idle, when I squeeze the brakes the brake light makes that jump down to 13.30V and then slowly make its way down to 12.90, that seems like quite a bit of...

Alright.. I took out the ignition box this morning... what a pain that was, had to take out the entire battery housing out :yikes: When I took the ignition box apart though it looked like it was in great condition, I tested the diodes and they tested fine, doesn't mean something else couldn't...

Thats a good idea TwoJugs, I'm gonna strap a voltmeter to the tank for my ride after swapping the regulator and see what happens. And I'll let you know if I head that way, I might be heading over to Miami within a couple of weeks. Very nice writeup Kent, I didn't even want to look at that box...

I'm staying over in the Cape Coral area, near Fort Myers. I imagined it could be a short but can't imagine where or why it would cause the bike to be limited to 3,000 rpms. I checked behind the headlight and didn't see anything too horrible but I will recheck tomorrow incase anything had changed...

Hey guys, I recently took a trip down from New Jersey to Florida on my 1980 XS650 Special, during the beginning of the trip I was having trouble with my turn signals, neutral light, & horn not working (all of which are powered by the same fuse), when I shook around the fuse under the box they...