bigjake
XS650 Member
Hello. This is my first post. I could use some help...
I just bought two xs650s off of a guy, one runs (72) and the other (71) sat for 25 years not running and it has me stumped.
I started troubleshooting - using a good shop battery - and discovered the key switch was working on position I, but not II. I cut the switch out and tied the red and blue wires together to get power to the handle switch. However, the handle switch was missing the run/kill slide lever, so I bypassed the switch and twisted the red-yellow with blue, and added green and yellow wires (to test the headlight - it works).
Next I tried to kick it over with a screwdriver in the plug wire next to the block and no spark, so I tested continuity on the coils and I got a reading between the red and brown leads on each. Next, I cleaned the points and ohm-tested the rotor. It read 0 ohms from inner to outer, which seems wrong. Rotor and stator look old and dirty, but no obvious damage.
Still no spark. Where should I go from here? Did I miss a step, or wire something wrong when bypassing my bad switches?
Appreciate any help.
I just bought two xs650s off of a guy, one runs (72) and the other (71) sat for 25 years not running and it has me stumped.
I started troubleshooting - using a good shop battery - and discovered the key switch was working on position I, but not II. I cut the switch out and tied the red and blue wires together to get power to the handle switch. However, the handle switch was missing the run/kill slide lever, so I bypassed the switch and twisted the red-yellow with blue, and added green and yellow wires (to test the headlight - it works).
Next I tried to kick it over with a screwdriver in the plug wire next to the block and no spark, so I tested continuity on the coils and I got a reading between the red and brown leads on each. Next, I cleaned the points and ohm-tested the rotor. It read 0 ohms from inner to outer, which seems wrong. Rotor and stator look old and dirty, but no obvious damage.
Still no spark. Where should I go from here? Did I miss a step, or wire something wrong when bypassing my bad switches?
Appreciate any help.