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Hey everyone, is anyone interesed in a 1980 XS? I live in Mystic Ct. and have lost my storage space . The XS is in pretty good shape. I did an awful lot of work to her, but she's gotta go. Less than 13000 miles on, she ran excellent when she was together. I was gonna make her a hard tail for...

AHHH,yea!

OK, count me in!

Clipping off a coil will cause the advance unit to be slow in advancing and quick to retard. The 5K boot's are not usually a problem and your neighbor's will get noise from the plug's. I do believe that the Pamco and point's advise using them. I would get an advance tune up kit, I think it has...

I think you are correct thinking that the advance is retarding quickly causing the popping. How old is the advance unit and how tight are the weight's and spring's? As far as the frame mount's go, I just suggested that could be a problem area, and could very well be your source of trouble. A...

I was checking the voltage reading's at the higher rpm's looking for some oddities. I had the jumper's on to be sure that the battery wasn't getting overloaded. Had steady reading's with the jumper's on, but as soon as I removed them I got very high and spikey voltage reading's. Changed out the...

FWIW, I had burned up 3 charging rotor's before I found that the engine and frame of the bike wasn't making a good conection. I would get perfect reading's up to 3000 rpm, so I thought all was good. Then, out of shear luck I stumbled across the ground problem. Had jumper cables on, and checking...

RLU= Reserve Lighting Unit. I still have mine in operation, as I have a switch in line with the headlight to turn off my headlight during the day. It let's the high beam come on at a much less voltage and amperage. It helps in keeping the battery charged. FWIW, this does put a load on the RLU...

Check to see if it is charging. Also, are you running LED'S? If yes, you need an electronic flasher, as the load from the LED lamps is not enough. FWIW, the wire you left unplugged is to cancel the signal's after a certain amount of time. Not needed and very hard to find that particular type...

It could be that your battery is not up to full charge and thats why your voltage only rise's up to 13.5 volt's. Even with a fully charged battery 14.2-14.5 is close to the normal area, but anything above 13 volts is usually good. Eventually your battery will get a full charge if you run it long...

Sorry, but I have to stand with Leo on this one. I think he was too high on the price, BTW.

If your running the stock charging system with that small battery, that is your problem. Not enough amps to keep the bike running and to satisfy the battery. In other word's, the battery is not taking the charge properly. It is desighned to take a small charge, not the 16 amp charge that the...

Mine used to 'tick' all the time. Solution was using the swivel foot adjuster's. All's quiet on the home front now.

FWIW, I burnt up 3 rotor's before I found that the engine was not making a good ground to the frame. My symptom's were like your's, 2000 RPM=13.2 volt's. 3000 RPM= voltage/ meter going crazy. I made a ground strap from the cam chain adjuster to the frame where the negative cable attach's. No...

The rotor has to be at5 to 5.5 ohm's. No less, no more. These stock exhaust system's are double walled pipe, and are known for the inner pipe collapsing closed. That could explain your different exhaust temp's, even as your testing them. Easiest way to find out is to remove the system...

If I was to go hardtail, I would go with one of Travis' kit's. Finely engineered, good quality pipe, and the cost is very reasonable.

The ground on these bike's can be very tempermental. I burned up 3 charging rotor's before I found that the engine wasn't properly grounded to the frame. So definately make that ground connection as good as you can possably make it. I ended up using a foot of 4 gauge wire and went from the frame...

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Well, both. But on a fresh rebuild, I do both. But if the air filter's are like a week or 2 old, they should be ok. Check your oil, too. Take a little off the dipstick and smell it. Doe's it smell like gas or turpentine? If yes, change it. The oil 'filter's' are brass screen's, so a good...

Twin's is right, and I was TOTALLY wrong. OPP'S. Look at the site Twin's posted, it say's motor oil. Now, I ASSUMED they ment 2 stroke, my bad. Use the Rotella.