Tyler Jay
XS650 Enthusiast
BIKE:
79 XS PMA/PAMCO/Sparx Capacitor/Kick-only/Lighting system on separate toggle circuit
BACKSTORY:
My daily bike, I was riding around all day, turned it off, then all of a sudden hard to kick over, once I did, it bogged with any throttle applied.
TESTS: (Fires and idles fine at low rpm with all tests)
Cleaned Carbs - Checked all functions. Butterflys, Vacuum Diaphragms, Ports, holes and orifices. Twice.
Swapped Carbs/Intake Manifolds for VM36s
Swapped Headers
Swapped Spark Plugs
Swapped Ignition Coils
Cleaned Grounds
Checked Diode of regulator/rec - all within 10% across 6
Checked Ohms of stator - all within 10%
Swapped capacitor for full charged battery 13.6v
Checked voltage at idle on battery - 13.8v ("battery tender" lithium battery 13.8v was max charge with mid rpm on a stock charging system) - drops to 13.4 with lighting circuit on.
I tried hooking a battery up, starting bike, and pulling the connection between stator and reg/rec. Results: turns off. But I'm not sure what that tells me. I'm electrically inept. Im stuck.
79 XS PMA/PAMCO/Sparx Capacitor/Kick-only/Lighting system on separate toggle circuit
BACKSTORY:
My daily bike, I was riding around all day, turned it off, then all of a sudden hard to kick over, once I did, it bogged with any throttle applied.
TESTS: (Fires and idles fine at low rpm with all tests)
Cleaned Carbs - Checked all functions. Butterflys, Vacuum Diaphragms, Ports, holes and orifices. Twice.
Swapped Carbs/Intake Manifolds for VM36s
Swapped Headers
Swapped Spark Plugs
Swapped Ignition Coils
Cleaned Grounds
Checked Diode of regulator/rec - all within 10% across 6
Checked Ohms of stator - all within 10%
Swapped capacitor for full charged battery 13.6v
Checked voltage at idle on battery - 13.8v ("battery tender" lithium battery 13.8v was max charge with mid rpm on a stock charging system) - drops to 13.4 with lighting circuit on.
I tried hooking a battery up, starting bike, and pulling the connection between stator and reg/rec. Results: turns off. But I'm not sure what that tells me. I'm electrically inept. Im stuck.