troubleshooting

I found a project I picked up a few months ago that already had a hardtail welded on and was looking to switch it up a bit to have it suit the style I was interested in. This is my first rebuild project and while I'm willing to put in (and already have) countless hours into it, I've run into a...

About six months ago my dad and i finally got our '73 xs650 started after 8 years of trial and error. While it was running, the brake light burst from being overpowered and once we killed the bike, it refused to turn over again. It would start on the first kick before the light burst but has not...

What's up guys. I have a chopped, kickstart only, 81', and I'm pretty sure the ignition is kaput. About a month ago I was about to go for a ride but it wouldn't start. I kicked it for about 45 minutes until my battery finally died and no joy. Buddy came over, tried push starting, still nothing...

The bike starts first kick and runs fine for about 10 or so miles. After that RPMs drop, pops from both cylinders and bike has a hard time going from a stop. Eventually it will stop running and won't start again until its cooled down I've checked: -Coils, good -Plugs, slightly rich but not...

Hey everyone I'm James. I'm new to this site and this is my first post. I'm not sure if this is the right section for this post but here's my problem. I just picked up a 1981 XS650, I'm not sure if it's a Special, I haven't ID the bike yet but there is something that is concerning me. When...

Have done banshee swap, pamco ign, dual coil. Everything was working fine. I noticed my wiring to tail/brake was hanging by a strand. New tail/brake. Now electric cuts in and out. Light operates fine at first, but everything cuts out after about 45 seconds or less. Removed wiring to tail and...

Put in main fuse. Turn on ignition. Blows fuse. Stock bike 21,000 miles. Any ideas? Was missing batt starter rectifiar. Let me know what I can check? Thanks for any help.

- trouble shooting - hope this can grow organically over time … comments and suggestions will hopefully correct, complement, improve and extend this - an engine is basically an air pump - add fuel, timing and spark, you get an internal combustion engine - break this system anywhere and you...

Took out the tach cable to make sure it was not broken. Lubed it as well. Seems it will only operate between 1500 and 2000 rpm on the gauge.... when the engine is running... Any thoughts or answers ? Much appreciated

when I let my bike idle, the left cylinder is dead, its only running off of the right cylinder. When I rev the bike, the left cylinder immediately kicks in and its running like there is no problem at all. checked the spark plugs, compression seems fine when its actually engaged. wheres the...

took the bike out a while back (75 xs650) and was startled that it all of a sudden wouldn't shift into neutral. has never been a problem, but now it won't. i did put high mid pegs on and a longer shift arm with the shifter arm running up behind the foot peg, but i can't get the damn thing into...

ok back again with more problems when bike is on idle it sounds like the left side is not fireing correctly and throws out warm air and un burned fuel and right side is hot sounds good when i rev it it works but kind of back fires not loud but out seqence and also this is the part that really...

I bought a 650 about 9 years ago. It was in rough shape. I rebuilt the engine, cleaned the carbs, and all was good for a 4 years. One day the bike died, the pickup coil had melted. This prompted me to buy a boyer ignition system. While I was mucking with the bike, I decided to finally take care...

I rebuilt the engine because it had low compression and I finally got it back together and running. I replaced the cam chain, rings, gaskets/seals and clutch plates. Couple of things though. It starts up pretty fast, but it only seems to be running on the left cylinder. I pulled the right plug...