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After a few days with these things it’s still running good. They seem to want to accelerate a LOT when I had the bs34s it was pretty even through all the acceleration. These just kinda want to go go go if you know what I mean. Not necessarily a complaint but that’s just kinda how they are.

I can get better pictures of all this stuff if anyone is interested. Thanks!! - Caleb

Took off my old charging system and ignition. Just gonna throw it all out if nobody wants any of it. Pretty sure coils are dead but I could be wrong. Rotor has less than 100 miles on it. Stator is in good shape as far as I know. TCI computer and rectifier might be bad. I’m not sure what all...

That’s a good thought 2xsive I’ll check the plugs and see what the coloration looks like. Feels like it’s running rich right now but I’ll double check

No problems here! Just a quick story about my carbs So my carbs broke AGAIN recently on my 1981 XS650. I had the stock bs34 carbs. They ran like crap pretty much no matter what I did to them. a few days ago they bit the dust for good. Could they have been fixed? Probably, but I was tired of...

thanks 5twins! I’ll get on that

Copy that 5twins, looks like I need to go back and re do it. However I marked it according to the PMA instructions here. https://www.mikesxs.net/blog/how-to-install-the-xscharge-pma-kit/ I believe it’s step 9 if you wanna look. TDC is the mark on the right I’ll try and snag a wheel today...

Got the bike idle smooth again! Carb issues haha!! Now back to the timing issue. If you check the link a few posts up you can see where my timing mark is. From what I understand it needs to be 15 degrees to the left of TDC at idle and on the left most mark at 3000 rpm. So my timing is correct on...

Also my float was stuck in place. Free’d it up and gas flows smooth. However my T is leaking now. Gonna try Pete’s fix and see how that goes. Other than that all seems to be in order

That’s great to hear. I searched for an hour or so this morning on that topic let me know if you find anything 2XSive

Oh okay well then that’s great. So I don’t know if you could see it in the video where it was but if I understand you correctly than my idle timing is correct?

I’ll give that a shot. Any idea on the timing portion. I have it as far as it will go to advance to the right and it’s still not on the mark

This is what my left side cover looks like. where the xscharge plate is. Also i would like to add that as soon as you take off the choke it dies. Really does sound like a fuel problem the more i think about it. Which would be much easier to deal with.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dnlz4w4g0e820zw/IMG_6004.MOV?dl=0 I couldn't get the video to upload to this site for some reason but if you use that link the video is there.

I’ll go back through my carbs again and double check everything! See if I can find any issues there

When I bought the bike the previous owner destroyed the odometer rig and claimed it had 15000 miles on it. That was a lie it has more I’m just not sure. I had the engine apart recently and the cam chain was in good condition. I’m not saying it’s not the problem but it ran fine before I put the...

I would also like to add that both spark plugs are working i tested them as well

Hey everyone! I have been reading forums for a while today and yesterday and it doesn’t seem that my issue has come up on the forums. So here it is. 1981 XS650 I that I just converted to the xscharge PMA and ignition. Bike ran before I did the switch but after months of troubleshooting the...

Copy that, thanks Jim!!

Totally understandable! Unfortunately I have tried all of these steps, and am still not figuring this out. Thanks for all your help Jim!!