Bart......................if you had come onto this site when you first had electrical problems, we could have solved any issue you have and recommended the correct replacement parts. This site has seen and corrected every problem that has ever existed on XS650s.
You also may have been able to connect with another XS650 rider in your area, who could have helped you with the wiring.
The Pamco you have is an excellent ignition. I would recommend you go back to using the stock type alternator.
We need more details. When did you get the bike and was it running then or not? What was the cause of break downs on the side of the road?
........well retiredgentleman, i purchased the bike about 3 years ago, under the pretense that all this bike needed was a new alternator rotor, i then, in turn, purchased said item fo the sum of $150.00 from mikesxs.net as per the instructions of the previous owner. Upon the failure of the first rotor, i then turned to this site for help, and recieved it in the form of instructions to purchase yet another rotor from mikesxs.com and yet again, the rotor in turn failed. I turned again to the help from experienced members such as yourselves from this site, who then further instructed me to purchased a new rotor and stator case, which cost me an additional $200.00. So up to that point i had spent $500.00 plus the original $1,000.00 for the bike itself, placing me at the sum of $1500.00 invested in this bike to enjoy the pleasure of riding. Subsequently, the rotor again, purchased from mikesxs.net, failed and left me stranded on the side of the road for nearly 4 hours while i waited for help. Ince i got home with the bike i tore the failed components out, yet again, and replaced again the rotor, and stator case, which added an additional $350.00 alone to the now grand total of 1850.00......new components were installed, and within two weeks bike left me stranded again...in the middle of an intersection, nearly having me killed due to it being rush hour. I had the bike towed to a mechanic, a neighbor had suggested, who thwn told me the rotor and stator case had failed again, along with the voltage regulator. So nownhaving to purchase again another rotor, stator case, and now a voltage regulator. At that point i had lost count of.how much money i had been blindly dumping into this hobby.. the repair had lasted about 3 months. And yet still again, left stranded on my way home from work. This time i had enough, i towed the bike to a reputable bike shop in my area where i had spent $1100.00 to have this issue resolved. After waiting 3 months to get my bike back, i picked it up, rode it to a point which was a half a mile away from my driveway, where the bike died again. I immediately had it towed backed to the place that had fixed it, and they replaced the alternator rotor, again as that had failed. I gave up on riding for the season as i was in financialctrouble and couldnt afford to keep spending thousands of dollars to keep this been running every couple of weeks. The following season, i started fresh, new rotor, new stator case, new regulator and a newly purchase interstate battery. This new repair had lasted anither month or so, before finding myself on the side of the rode on a dark and chilly night... towed the bike back to my house, and found all of the newly installed components had failed, rotor and all. I turned to every bike mechanic i could find including spending countless hours in this website doing research on how to fix this problem once and for all, following numerous amounts of wireing diagrams, and copious amounts of cell phone battery recharges to solve this bikes attitude problem once and for all. I gave up and bought another rotor, stator case, voltage regulator, and another new battery. I got maybe a month of riding in before the baike failed again. I again asked for help from mechanics who at this point had been tired of me calling and asking them questions about what is going on....ni one wanted to help me anymore, i searched this website for a persin in my area whi could help me, but no one on this site lives in my area, so i read some posts about this fantastic you cant believe it PMA kit, that was claimed by mikesxs.net to solve this charging problem finally.....now a new light at the end of this very very expensive tunnel. It took me another year to finally have the funds necessary to purchase this amazing setup from mikesxs.net, who additionally stated on their own website that this kit came with detailed instructions on the installation of this product. For several weeks before clicking the purchase button in mikesxs.net for this now $525.00 setup, i had numerous emails back and forth with an associate representing mikesxs.net, who assured me that "we literally sell hundreds of these kits and we stand by our products reliability". Now with a new blind faith from mikesxs.net, whom may i remind you i had been purchasing products from all along that continously left me stranded, i decided to take a leap and give mikesxs.net again another chance to win me over. PMA kit was ordered, it arrived a day early, wbich had me so excited i was in tears...finally i can rude my bike again!!! I opened up the box, looked like everything from the pictures were there, but no instructions as previoisly advertised. I immediatley emailed mikesxs.net , who subsequently told me to visit their site and follow their installation instructions. I did, and now im here, with a bike that is overcharging my battery, which i have been informed by other members of this site that will fry my electronic ignition if i contunue to use this bike using this set up. I am now also being instructed to return my back back to the orginal setup which has cost me thousands of dollars already. Im in debt now financially to this bike, and have no one to help me fix it. I need someone to stare at this bike next to me and figure his out...i cannot continue dumping thousands of dollars month after month to keep this buke going, of course i would love to just drop 10k on a brand new bike like everyone else can, but im a single guy with a mortgage payment, and cant afford a new bike, although its a nice dream to have......so that is my story, its ling and drawn out, but you did ask for some background, and now you have the ENTIRE story....i am now her begging for someone to come look at this bike, i dont know what else to do.
