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    Fried Electrical wiring

    Any other input would be greatly appreciated as well
  2. Batterylizard

    Fried Electrical wiring

    Thank you, since it’s warm now I’m finally getting around to tackling this. If I were to replace the black wire that goes to the rectifier what gauge would I need to make sure it’s all good. I believe that one is the only one that isn’t usable still. Thanks for your help
  3. Batterylizard

    Fried Electrical wiring

    Hey y’all. I had a gas leak and jump started my bike the other day, these wires connected to this ground plate lit up on fire. They seems fried but I need help identifying them. I think I can just replace the ground wires and snip the other ones and get new connectors. Can anyone weigh in on...
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    ‘79 xs650 won’t start ..backfires out of left cylinder on kick

    Got it started , running pretty good! I guess the rotor was installed so the original TDC mark was not accurate, found that someone had markered in the true lines of TDC and fire at about 2 o’clock position and now the timing is locked in , fired right up after a few kicks. Rode it around and it...
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    ‘79 xs650 won’t start ..backfires out of left cylinder on kick

    Cleaned the carbs out, new condenser installed. Trying to start again no luck, still just misfiring out of left cylinder every few kicks. Going to replace the fuses according to the manual, one seems a bit burnt. Could a small air leak somewhere cause this not to start and just misfire...
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    ‘79 xs650 won’t start ..backfires out of left cylinder on kick

    Hey y’all. Just bought this 79 xs650 from a friend for a couple hundred dollars. Forgive my ignorance this is the first motorcycle I’ve truly worked on. After getting a new battery I kick started it and got it to run while giving it gas, although it seemed to be only left cylinder. Now it won’t...
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