Hyperballsmcgee
XS650 Enthusiast
Hello all, I've got an 81 that at one point in time was a heritage special. now it's a pretty much stripped swingarm bobber. anyways I've got Hugh's new CDI kit on it as well as one of his new capacitors, the bike runs phenomenally and charges GREAT, however, all is well until I turn the headlight on under load. the only "accessories" on this bike are a head light, taillight, voltage gage, and an LED strip under the tank that illuminates the engine. I can kick the bike over, idles and charges great, taillight and stop light both work fine, but when I turn on the headlight all seems well and the gauge still reads around 12 volts, I go to ride it, and the voltage dumps off. turn the headlight back off and voltage comes right back. I checked with a meter for an exact reading when it was acting up and I'm only getting 6 volts with the headlight running. I tried removing the light bulb from the voltage gauge, putting a low draw led bulb in the tail light, turning the led strip under the gas tank off, and even daisy chained a second capacitor in, and still get a voltage dump with the headlight on. I thought maybe a bad ground so I made up a new ground strap for the headlamp and ran it straight to the frame and it has not helped. any ideas?