Northside
XS650 Member
Hi guys,
Working on an 81' XS 650 that I completely rebuilt a few years back, sold, then bought back and had to rebuild as it was left outside.
I tore the bike back down, honed cylinders, lapped valves, new gaskets etc and yesterday had the bike running decent. Fired it up maybe 7 or 8 times. It has minimal wiring (tc bros harness, updated fuse box, ). It was not charging so I cleaned the reg/rec connections and was getting 14 + volts after that.
So I had it running and noticed it was leaking oil from the top cover, I pulled tank off and re torqued the head bolts. Like an idiot I started cranking the bike with the plug wires off as I had drapped them over the handlebars to get them out of the way. I have heard this can fry the TCI box?
I am getting decent spark still with the plug grounded to cylinder (same amount of spark as before it was started since I checked initially before I first ran it) fins and have a fully charged battery. It wont fire now with gas squirted in the carb. I have checking timing and re adjusted valves.
I am at a loss here and can't pinpoint this issue? Maybe I am not getting spark when the plug is in the cylinder? If I fried the tci, would it still spark with the plug grounded to cylinder fins? Thanks in advance.
Working on an 81' XS 650 that I completely rebuilt a few years back, sold, then bought back and had to rebuild as it was left outside.
I tore the bike back down, honed cylinders, lapped valves, new gaskets etc and yesterday had the bike running decent. Fired it up maybe 7 or 8 times. It has minimal wiring (tc bros harness, updated fuse box, ). It was not charging so I cleaned the reg/rec connections and was getting 14 + volts after that.
So I had it running and noticed it was leaking oil from the top cover, I pulled tank off and re torqued the head bolts. Like an idiot I started cranking the bike with the plug wires off as I had drapped them over the handlebars to get them out of the way. I have heard this can fry the TCI box?
I am getting decent spark still with the plug grounded to cylinder (same amount of spark as before it was started since I checked initially before I first ran it) fins and have a fully charged battery. It wont fire now with gas squirted in the carb. I have checking timing and re adjusted valves.
I am at a loss here and can't pinpoint this issue? Maybe I am not getting spark when the plug is in the cylinder? If I fried the tci, would it still spark with the plug grounded to cylinder fins? Thanks in advance.