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Hey folks, thanks for having me! I’m having some issues completing the starter circuit on a client’s 1981 xls 650 custom cafe racer. I’m using a simplified chopper diagram, but can’t seem to figure out how to integrate the OEM style starter button/killswitch since all the simplified wiring...
So I bought an xs2 that me and a friend are building into something new, no previous xs2 experience, just learning as i go. The bike was in pieces when i bought it and I am now wondering, as the bike has a starter motor, should there be a start button, or was it all part of the decompression...
I ordered a new right side run switch/starter button/throttle housing from Mikes. I had gutted the balls (contacts) out of my old stock one from the 80 SG, when I was having a problem with it years and years ago. (turned out to be bad ground, anyway that was years ago).
So the starter button...
Hey guys..
I have a 1979 XS650 Special (SF). My starter button intermittently works. I have not been able to track down where the disconnect is happening, but I was wondering if you guys knew a good place to start. It seems to always work first thing in the morning, and then after that...
Was wondering, what's to stop someone with an XS with abbreviated wiring, from using this sort of switch in order to go ahead and use the elec. starter.
Description says it can be used without a relay.
http://www.debrix.com/Standard-Push-Button-Starter-Switch-Harley-p/15012-m1.htm...