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    New wiring harness from mikesxs

    Hello Everyone, Thank you for your suggestions. I found a motorcycle shop in the next town and found a mechanic that has had 3 XS650's. He found out that the Stator wasn't working, but when he took it off and cleaned it, it registered fine. Put it back on the bike and found that the regulator...
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    New wiring harness from mikesxs

    It looks like I am back to the charging system problem. I have replaced the rectifier, brushes, and bought a rewound rotor from custom rewind. I guess I will have to break down and see if the local motor cycle shop can help. Unless anyone has some other ideas. Thank you for everyone's help, I...
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    New wiring harness from mikesxs

    I have looked at the schematic for my bike and I think I have narrowed down the problems, but don't know where to go from here. My tach and speedometer don't have lights, they work, but no lights (which was the same with the old harness). The headlight is working now, but only because I have...
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    New wiring harness from mikesxs

    Ok. I have the new wiring harness in. Everything was the same connection. Now here's my issue. My headlight won't come on. I don't have any power from the green or yellow wire that goes to the headlight. Which was an issue before. A mechanic had wired the headlight directly to a blue wire in...
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    New wiring harness from mikesxs

    I plan ok n taking pics as I go. But, wanted to see if anyone knew where to attach the new fuse box to the bike. Thanks for the pics. I'll definitely use them. Will keep everyone posted.
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    New wiring harness from mikesxs

    Hello everyone, I'm trying to put on a new wiring harness. I wonder if anyone has any pics or video. My old harness doesn't have the same looking fuse box (old one just has electrical tape with wired fuses.). I have downloaded the pdf of the manual, but it doesn't show a good pic of this...
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    Starter gear question

    I still have a leak out of the starter housing. I check it regularly. I found this product and wondered if anybody else had seen it. I thought about trying it to seal the leak. Pyro-Putty® 1000 sealant and metal repair compound is 2-part, powder and liquid system that operates to 1,400°F...
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    Starter gear question

    It's about a year old, I have had it on trickle charge a couple of times when not in use.
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    Starter gear question

    Thank you for all of your ideas so far. I haven't given up on her yet.
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    Starter gear question

    Ok. Looks like I still have a leak, but is less. Now after about a week it went dead. Oil was fine, but seems to have no battery power. I was able to jump it and got home. I am wondering if the mechanic using a live wire in the headlight area to get the headlight working did something to the...
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    Starter gear question

    Looks good so far. I was able to get the cover on and bolts tightened. Since it's cold here decided to put oil in and wait to put outside cover on until tomorrow afternoon to check for any leaks. This evening there still was no signs of leakage. Hopefully it will stay that way. I will finish...
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    Starter gear question

    Well got 4 of 6 bolts in. Man it's tough to get the bottom bolts in. Going to work on it again tomorrow afternoon. Really feel good about solving the leak. Will post after I get oil in it. Thanks for the help. I went to the local hardware store and picked up a wavy washer.
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