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    Points ignition maxed out

    I’ve been working on my buddies all stock 75’ 650. (I did not check the ignition timing first) Bike hasn’t ran quite right since he got it. I was checking out the mech advancer and found it stuck in full advance. The mechanism was pretty sticky. I had a spare (new) advancer setup for my 81...
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    PMA rectifier 20 volts

    Battery delete. Kick only. Custom harness rat bike. Pma and pamco. Bike left me stranded after 500miles on new PMA and pamco from TC bros. No spark at all. After troubleshooting i found the pamco plate to be “bad” (I hooked up a spare pamco plate my buddy had) - bike had spark again Very...
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    Capacitor in batteryless system

    easy question here Do I install the cap in series or parallel to my fuse block? CURRENTLY- I have it installed similar to a battery (parallel). The ground goes to frame, the + coming from generator to the + post on cap, and the + post on the cap runs to my fuse block. Same way you would have a...
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    Mikuni maxed out

    Have two VM34s on a 81’ XS650: I’ve read through tons of tech and I also have the manual. I’m still scratching my head. The bike idles super rich. Plumes of black smoke, fouling plugs, unburnt fuel and misfires. The idle adjust screws have to be maxed out (screwed all the way in) for the...
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