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Man this bike is a headache and a half but a blast when it does run lol turns out the “fire wire” was the positive lead for the electric starter. Got that removed and and rewired with its own separate fuse just in case it decides it wants to go again. Got a new rectifier/regulator wired up and...

Alright so, small update. Replaced the regulator with a rectifier/regulator from dime city, started up on the first kick and voltage stayed consistent and charged the battery(yay!) but about 1/4 mile down the road and had a small electrical fire from what looks like the relay box? I believe it’s...

whoops lol I do remember the guy I bought the bike from saying that it was a new stator but now that I’m having issues with other “new” parts I’m wondering how new they actually are

Sorry for the late post for pictures, work has been kickin my ass this week. I snapped a couple of the regulator and fuse box and the battery itself, didn’t take the tank off just yet because I’m hoping that the problems are easy to get to lol I included the headlight birds nest just so you can...

It is running on the points, we cleaned and sanded them the first week trying to get the second cylinder to fire. Turns out it was a bad coil pack and easy fix for that problem lol

I’ll snap some pics tonight when I make it home from work. I’m workin two jobs right now so I’m away from my house most of the day lol I’m gonna give the shop that did the work on the bike a call when I can also and see if they have any ideas what might be causing the issues. Luckily they aren’t...

But also thanks, good to finally join the club lol my dad has his ‘72 xs650 that he bought when he graduated high school sitting in his garage and I’m hoping this one will motivate him to fix his lol

Alright so new regulator is going on the parts list. Can I reuse the wiring from it? The regulator and wires are probably the newest things on the bike, or should I just use new wires with the new regulator? Also, is there anything that would cause the regulator to fail? It does seem pretty new

It is indeed and looks to be one of the newer/shinier parts on the bike, I’m guessing it was replaced when they turned it into a cafe racer? I’m just at a loss because it was running great up until a week ago when it died. I did have to refill the cells on the old battery a few times so now I’m...

Thanks for the quick reply! I ended up removing all the fuses and unplugging the headlight and then put all the fuses back in while leaving the headlight off. Fired right up after about 3-5 kicks(it’s been sitting for a week), checked the voltage at the battery terminals while it’s running and...

Hey all, about a month ago I bought a ‘79 special that’s been chopped into a cafe racer that I knew was gonna be a little bit of work but I kinda jumped into the deep end with this one. Long story short; went out for a ride last week about 40 miles round trip(that’s as far as I got) when I tried...