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I’m swapping the stator and rotor from my 1981 donor motor to my 1976 bike. I’m keeping the type B charging system, I’ve upgraded to VR115 and new 3 phase rectifier. I have the GN250 igniter, new Honda coil. Can someone provide a wiring diagram for the GN250 igniter and the TCI pickup coil? I...

I've been working through jetting for pods and pipes, and throughout the process, as well as before, it seems if I run at 70 mph for any length of time, it starves for fuel after a couple minutes. If I slow down or stop, it may die, it starts right back up but from then until I park it, it runs...

The turn signal pilots are way down by the handlebar clamps on my 76 XS650, not anywhere near my line of sight. I am a firm believer in making sure I let other drivers know what I'm doing. I'm not great about habitually cancelling my signals and the pilots don't catch my attention so I wind up...

I got a parts motor from a friend of mine. Here is what I know: 1981 motor Head and valve cover were both loose 1 piston was out of the motor I found bits of the other piston when I removed the oil sump The motor had been apart before that, lots of orange permatex remnants I’m considering...

I just picked up a 1976 C that had been parked in a shed since 1997. Got it running decent, the stock pipes were rotten so I bought a cheap pair of 17” long megaphones, look great, way too loud for my taste (old guy I guess). I put the small sink strainers in the ends of the mufflers, fit...

I’ve been scouring the various TCI threads and I am seeing fragments of what I need, just looking to confirm my thoughts/assumptions… I can replace the 1976 stator and rotor with the 1981 stator and rotor? I can use a GN250 igniter in place of a stock Yamaha igniter (I didn’t get that with the...