voltage

Hello, while I’m new to posting I am a veteran lurker. I have previously owned a 79 but unfortunately had to sell. I now own a rather troublesome 81. When I first bought the bike it was completely stock apart from the missing battery box. The original ignition black box was shot so I fiddled...

ok the charging system was up graded to the banchee and the owner said it was riding fine fo a cupple of weeks after started one kick every time then one day it just cut out and lost all power. now today key on i have 13-14v at the brown wire going to the coil now here is where it gets wired...

chasing problems with bike running I believe may be battery. Runs for a few moments cold then dies, won't restart till sitting. Took me a bit to realize the battery was weak (kick only) Kick only '74, pamco ignition, updated coils from mikes (the dual output black one). Original charging...

Hi Everyone. So I am nearing the completion of my build, and noticed that the headlight is not working when the bike is running. I have a '80 xs650 special. Now this may seem like a silly question, but I am not sure how to test whether or not it is the headlight thats not working or my...

Hi hope you wonderful people will take the time to help me out here cause i am puzzled. I have the mikes pma kit and when i measure the output voltage at idle its 14,5 but when reving it drops to between 3 and 7 volts ???? Setup. the bike is running on a seperate battery and i am measuring...

I have an 81 xs650 and in the fall it was being difficult and the headlight would not always turn on. After it completely died on the highway I took it to my mechanic and he said that it was the voltage regulator. I've looked at most of threads on here about replacing the rec/voltage reg, but...

Okay, so last week was my headache trying to get the headlight to come on when it was just the bulb burned out! I'm hoping this issue is as simple to fix! :laugh: I rarely if ever have any problems with this machine, but when I get the occasional minor issue I tend to go overkill and replace...

I'm really stumped right now with my '78 XS650 bobber. I've wrapped up all the mechanical, and I wired the bike up using this diagram: http://www.xs650chopper.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/noid-chopperwiringdiagram.jpg Briefly, the electrical system: stock points ignition, stator, rotor...