JaxShane650
XS650 Enthusiast
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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 working on cars, small engines, etc. The motorcycle had been sitting in a barn for some years and was supposedly rebuilt and restored before it was put away. I have been going through this motorcycle trying to get it road worthy and somewhat restored and have run into a few issues. The fist one, which is the more major problem, is that there is a pretty good oil leak coming from somewhere by the front sprocket. It is causing a good amount of oil to come out at times and has me concerned. The second issue is a electrical related one having to do with the blinkers. I get the left side blinkers to work flawlessly, but when I switch to the right side blinkers the rear one will blink fine (sometimes) and the front one will not blink at all. I have already changed out the blinker relay and changed out all the bulbs out for good ones. I feel like it is a grounding issue, but have no clue where else to look or if that is even the problem. Any Ideas or troubleshooting things I could do would be much appreciated!
One more thing I almost forgot, is it normal for an XS650 not to be able to shift into neutral while running, but be able to shift into neutral while not running just fine?
One more thing I almost forgot, is it normal for an XS650 not to be able to shift into neutral while running, but be able to shift into neutral while not running just fine?