Recent content by shphillips

IMHO the resistors are 1.5 Ohms each. That's brown, green, gold = 15 X0.1 = 1.5 Ohms. The other brown (or red?) and black bands at the opposite ends are tolerance and maybe temp coefficient or wattage (varies by manufacturer). The color banding doesn't start from the black end because a value...

To gggGary: Ouch, that's one fried ignitor. The pc board is badly burnt which makes me think a cold solder joint caused the pc board to heat up first, then the transistor failed (shorted) and then the coil. Quite a mess. Glad you had spares and were able to get the bobber going. To 5twins...

Hello 5 twins. Thanks for your advice. The sidestand switch is already missing from the cycle. I was going to buy one with the idea of putting it back in the interlock chain and make the cycle more "stock". Am aware of the sidestand relay interlock and the neutral switch override via the...

Per the feedback, here are a couple photos of the '82 survivor. I just got the luggage rack installed. The tank is not in as good shape as it appears and will need respraying this winter. Also, it was missing both lower side covers (apparently a common issue). I found a lower right side but...

Hello to all on the forum, Bought a '82 Heritage Special that was not running and spent several weeks getting it going. Now it runs well and is a pleasure to ride. I rode a friend's XS650 back in circa 1980-82 and liked it then. Now it's even better. The cycle is mostly original and has just...