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Oh the joy of owning older machinery! Last night stepped into the garage to a huge puddle of fuel under the bike yay! The left carb was draining out the bowl vent. I tore into it this morning and found the brass float was sort of heavy on one side and I could feel and hear fuel sloushing around...

Welcome Alaskaindy. You have come to the right place. These guys know their stuff. I was having similar issues and it turned out to be my voltage regulator and a bad ground to the rectifier. Just follow the troubleshooting tree and you WILL find the problem.

I have been getting some miles in now that the charging system is working as intended and I have enjoyed every one of those miles. The other day me, Chris (Kawi H1) and Tony (CAN-AM 800 4 wheeler) put on over 60 miles. Talk about a mixed fleet! But hey it's Wyoming, what do you expect? Many 7...

Oh no, I am not speaking bad about the bike, just making sure it is normal for them to be up in the R's at 50-60mph. I have only ever had 1 cylinder bikes before this so it is all new to me, and believe me an XR400 is screaming pretty hard at 60mph too. I do have an XJ650 in the works too, so...

Thanks for the link Bob!

That is a good idea about checking the engine mounting hardware, will do. I am sure a good tune on the carbs is in order for sure!

The title says '74. Man o Man is it ever a vibratory machine. I have a mirror on it for legal reasons but it is useless above 2mph.

What did I do to my XS today? RODE IT! Yay I finally got to clock a bit more than a mile or two at a wack. Rode probably 20 miles with my Sunpro volt meter on the bars to watch voltages and it seems to hold 14v give or take. So how hard do you guys push these things? I feel like it's screaming...

An aluminum level is a great idea! I was wondering if I needed heat sink compound. What does it do? Is like a putty? I've never messed with the stuff. I like the idea of solder and heat shrink. I was in Houston for X-mas last year went to electronics store called FRY's Electronics and bought...

I hadn't read that one before. Some how I missed it. Good read. Well folks, it seems to be working like a champ! I figured I would also pony up for a new AGM battery from the local CARQUEST. The BWD R292 voltage regulator is doing it's job, and the rectifier is as well. Kicked the bike over...

Alrighty guys, I picked up my new R292 VR. Last night while looking at the condition of the other wiring I found that the black wire to the rectifier was melted in the main harness side of the connector. I removed the rectifier and performed the test I have seen others outline in other threads...

"GM alternator running off of the crankshaft, alternator conversion done from scratch." Been thinking of doing the exact same thing. Nice trip report!

I thought I read somewhere that people were using these too.

I looked earlier today for the vr-115 but none of my local stores had one on the shelf. I can have next day, and will order tomorrow. $26 I did try one of these off of an old Jeep out in the pasture, but didn't make any difference. May be defective. Of course I may not have wired it correctly.

I did watch that one! I did this test on my rotor and it seemed to react the same.

Leads touching 000 across the green and brown 10.4 ohms

My brushes measure INNER - .520" OUTER - .550" are the due for replacement at that length? I have both brushes removed and went from outer slip ring to stator housing infinity - inner slip to stator housing infinity. Thanks for the help guys!

I don't think I have ever joined a forum where everyone is so friendly, especially given the amount of repeated questions. The number of threads started on charging problems is staggering. Welp, I am joining that list. I have an issue that as I ride the bike it discharges the battery to the...

Here is a pic of my buddies 74 H1 and my XS in the drive. The H1 was mine, and was in pieces when I got it. I sold it to him to help raise funds for buying my field service truck. He did a nice job of reassembly. I got to ride it for the first time the other day. All I can say WOW!

Thanks! Who doesn't relate to Al at some level!