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So, if I understand correctly: 1. I can ignore the black wire because both my rectifier and alternator are already grounded to the frame. 2. The two brown wires are TO the rectifier/regulator, will be joined and connected to a switched hot line. 3. The blue line is the neutral switch/ground...

Need help with my wiring. Bike is 1982 XS650J. I'm assuming the wiring is original, except that someone had converted back to points ignition. I'm going back to an electronic ignition. See first attachment. I'm using a wiring diagram as attached as my guide. I am also using a portion of...

XSLeo - thanks, very helpful. I had misinterpreted the 20amp unswitched line as always hot to the rectifier, but now understand that it charges the battery. Makes sense. As I mentioned, but problem is that my purchased fuse block has a ganged hot side with a single wire. My fix is to either...

I see a red "hot" (non-switched wire) wire and a brown switched wire to the rectifier in the last diagram. I assume there is a good reason to isolate the single "hot" line with a seperate 20 amp fuse from the rest of the circuits. But, I'm just checking. I have a fuse block with 6 fuses...

Can someone tell me if what appears to a a "hot" (non switched) wire in these diagrams to the rectifier is required to be so? I was wondering why this wire couldn't also be switched. Thanks

Also, meant to mention that I bought front and rear NOS GT750 rims on Ebay and laced them to the GT750 front hub and the stock rear XS650 hub. The rear hub laced w/o problem. Bought spokes from Buchanan's.

I'm posting a response to my own question with the hope that it's useful to others. I fitted a GT750 4LS drum to my '82 XS650 cafe project. Here's what I did: Measurements of the stock XS650 and the GT750 hub widths dictated ~1/8" (~3mm) off each side plate. The stock XS650 axle was machined...

Interesting that I found much discussion about the '72 Suzuki GT750 4LS front brake hub on the XS650 forum, but didn't find any "how to" discussion. So, for others: - I considered swapping the triple trees or changing the front forks for a slightly wider front fork to accomodate the GT750 4LS...

FYI - I'm moving along with the project. I was hoping for some "coaching" from folks who had adapted the GT750 4LS hub, but no luck. I figured out that the easiest fix for the axle is to have it machined to the same diameter as the GT750 axle. This is ~17mm to ~15mm. The XS650 axle body had...

You seem to know something about this from your postings. I have a GT750 4ls brake assembly that intend to modify for my '82 XS650 project. It has been respoked to a correct NOS rim. I understand norrowing the hub, but have some questions on the details: - appears that a correctly narrowed...

Update - I did respoke the 4LS hub to a NOS Suzuki GT750 drum rim. Rear XS650 hub has also been respoked to a new rim. Getting ready to go back to the shop to have the 4ls hub modified for the XS forks. If anyone out there has actual experience with this, I'd like to hear from them. Also...

Thanks to all responders - yup, just needed a bigger hammer. It's apart now. I did have frame braced braced laterally with a short board to a metal post. I used an 8 lb sledge. Actually bent one of my drifts. I went to a short piece of rebar (5 inch or so) that would just fit in the hole...

I'm either doing something wrong, or I have the grand daddy of stuck rear swingarm shafts. I read through all the postings on removing the rear swingarm. I can drive the shaft till it's flush on the RH side, but it won't move beyond there. This moves it far enough that I've been able to use...

Update: The concensus seems to be that it's pretty easy to remove material from the gt750j 4ls drum hub to fit the xs650 fork width. I'm assuming the axle will need some mods too. I've found NOS set of Suzuki rims and plan to lace the Suzuki 4ls drum hub to the 19 inch hub up front and lace...

Thanks - the GT750J hub came with a 19 inch steel rim, but it's somewhat pitted and seems to have an unusual "bump" on the inner side in one spot. Doesn't seem to be due to impact. Looks almost like it was made this way, but never seen this before. Any thoughts on the fork width??

I'm working on a cafe project based on an '82 Heritage Special. I found a complete '72 GT750J hub in pretty good condition for cheap locally. First thing I noticed is that the hub appears to wider than my stock forks. 1. What's the easiest fix for the fork width. I will need more than 6...

Don't know if this is helpful or not, but I have a set of the Heritage Special 64-spoke wheels. So, the front would match the one in your picture. The rear is 16 inch 48 spoke wheel, so looks similar to the rear in the picture. They are standard width. The photo looks like standard width...

I'm working on an '82 Heritage project and want to replace the 64 spoke wheels w/ 36 spoke 18" (rear) and 19" front. I have a cosmetically good 18" rear steel wheel (needs spokes) and would like to find a matching front steel wheel. Any thoughts? It needs to be sound and have good chrome. I...

Looks like I had a problem posting the images. I'll try again.

Glad to talk to anyone interested. I'm only interested in a good 19 inch front that matches my current 18 inch steel rear, or a good 18/19 matching set. I'd prefer that my 64 spoke wheels go as a set, but I'm open to the best solution. See attached images. The first image is my 18 inch...