electrical issue

Hey everyone! Bike: 1979 Yamaha xs650SG bored out to 707 Ignition system: Boyer ignition I just got a new battery and it was running the other day but by the end of the day it would not turn over. The lights don't look dim but I know that its not getting enough power to get it started. I...

Video showing and better explaining issues - Hello, this is my first post on this forum and I hope y'all can help me out with this one. I have recently acquired a 1980 Yamaha XS650 that was not in too bad of shape. I'm new to motorcycles and never worked on one before, but I have experience...

Hey all, Hoping maybe someone has seen this before but I was riding and the indicator lights for my turn signals and neutral light started to act funny and twitch out. Eventually both indicator lights for the blinkers and neutral just stopped showing. Now both front and rear turn signals...

I hope someone has had this issue before and can help save my sanity. I rebuilt my 1980 xs650 special SG and finally fired it up. Runs great but for some reason my rear brake light is always "On". I thought that I reversed a wire connector between the yellow and the blue at some point, but I...

Gents (ladies), I would be grateful for your assessment: the first issue I am tackling is to get the electrical start/push button to work. I found the correct wiring diagram in my Haynes manual, and started tracking the wires back from the right side controls. Connections in the headlamp seem...

Any help appreciated; I have a 1973 TX650 with... -mid 70's linked BS38s w/Uni stage 2 foam pods rebuilt and jetted 1 up on mains and 4 up on pilots -Stock headers cutoff about 3" behind mid controls with home made small baffles I've used on several bikes with no issues -New peanut tank...

i980 xs650. When I use my right side signals, no problem. When I use the left side signals, they work only when the key is in the on position. As soon as I start the bike they don't work. Only the right side signals work with the engine running. I recently replaced the rear left signal, but not...

I replaced every light bulb in both instruments and the bulbs on the center display. I wanted them all to be the same brightness. Last night coming home after dark I realized I didn't have any instrument lights. Today I pulled the instruments and all the panel lights are burned out. High beam...

So I bought this 79 Special and there are some fried wires, melted connectors and a lot of stuff that is wired that I don't plan on using. I want to run the bare min in Michgian, tail, break, head lamp. I've pulled out the entire harness, right or wrong, I started trying to just isolate...

I just got my first bike, a '76, about a month ago, and have been tinkering with it to try to get it ready to ride in spring. I tried to kick-start it one day, and seemingly ran into a lot of electrical issues and couldn't get it started. I'm going to post all the information I can provide...

Hey guys i got my xs650 recently it only has 5000 miles on it and the headlight fuse started blowing right after i take off riding and now it has done it to the blinker fuse too. The clips that hold the headlight fuse and the fuse get really hot when i start the bike. I also took it to the...

Posted this on XS650 Garage, too... My bike is kick-only (only because the starter doesn't work - I think this is a solenoid problem), and has been converted to a GM HEI ignition by a previous owner. Borrowing 12v from a car battery, I get 12v at the red wire on the coil, but no spark. The...

My main fuse shorted so I bought some new ones and replaced it. Now when I turn the bike on the neutral light is very dim and the bike eventually shuts off. Any ideas on why the main fuse might be shortening?