Recent content by Petcha2

Ordered. Looks great, guys!

Just to let everyone know, the turn signals, both left and right, are now working (flashing). And the brake light, and headlight, and the horn, as well. Was a wrong color wire making a wrong connection in the headlight bucket chaos. My new multimeter (thx, Jim) was a godsend. This is fun when it...

Making progress. Left side indicators blink, so it looks like the old flasher relay works.Right side lights don’t come on. Plus, on low beam, “lights off” switch doesn’t work (it does with high beam), and the little square “turn” light at the top of the instrument cluster comes on. It doesn’t...

Another great suggestion! Thanks. I’ll check these out today...

Great! I will read the entire article. You rock, Jim. Thanks so much.

Thanks Jim and grizld1 for looking into this. Let me know what you find.I’m in the market for a good, basic multimeter that is well suited for electrical work on a motorcycle - by someone who really doesn’t know very well what he is doing.

5Twins, I just checked online. They are selling the little tin can for $92!!! Hope one of the old ones works...

That’s exactly what I need at this point - a “baby meter.” I’ll check out the Fluke-101. Thank you, Jim.

I’ll have a look online. Does Equus or Sperry still make a reasonably-priced multimeter with the low ohm range you suggest? Thx, grizld1

Found the flasher relay (two actually) in the box of parts I got from the PO. He’s pretty sure the one on the left still works. I’ll try it out once I pull the gas tank. Don’t really care about self-cancelling feature. I can do that myself. Thanks for your help, 5twins.

Yes, I heard back from the PO, and the flasher unit was removed. This is part #2FO-83350-70-00, Flasher Relay Assembly, right? The little tin can. Is the Flasher Cancelling Unit (part# 1A0-83395-03-00 also something that I need?

Both signals are hooked up. Don’t know the wattage of each bulb, but MikesXS “says” that the lights are compatible with my bike. That said, the lights don’t come on or flash. Thank you, 5twins.

Definitely need a multimeter. Can you recommend a brand/model? I’m sure I will become good friends with this tool as I try to understand the wiring on this bike. Are there XS650 posts on the use of a multimeter that you could recommend? Thx, grizld1.

Good idea. Will do - as soon as I get the tank off. Thx.

Don’t know, will ask PO. I’ll take the tank off and have a look at the flasher unit. I assume there is a good post somewhere on XS650 about how to do this? Truly a newbie with this stuff...