xs850

Hello All, I got an 81 xs850 Just replaced the spark plugs now the bike dies instantly. Tried putting in the old plug and still dies right after it starts. Any ideas?

I have a 1980 xs850 Midnight Special that was running amazing up until today. I took it for a short ride and it was running great however, as I was pulling into my driveway all electricals just died and it refuses to even kick over. Hoping it’s just the battery as the electric start was being...

Hi everyone new to this forum, I need help allot of help I just bought this xs850 triple for very cheap. towed it home, and got a battery for it the next day, it was missing a fuse as well the main one I think, I drained the fuel and put new fuel in, and new sparkplugs, the bike was running...

Hi folks, I have a 1980 XS850SG (special) and I measured the ignition coil resistance to make sure I am in spec. The factory service manual spec calls for 2.75ohm on Primary and 7.9ohm on Secondary with 10% torelerance on both. Is this secondary spec considers a spark plug cap installed or...

looking all over for a good picture or diagram that shows the order of the coils in relation to the 6 pin unit that seems to control them. Did engine swap and didn't do a good job of remembering. I read that a 650 has no order so wondering if its the same for the 850?

Will buy and pay for shipping USA. Only catch is you gotta know the compression values. Or know it works very well. Would like it with the carb. Thank you. If you know someone with one let me know. What I see on eBay is hit or miss.

Greetings, I am slowly reviving this old XS850 and I noticed today that when I have it running, even if I am bringing the RPMs up to 5k, I get no charging voltage back to the battery. What do you think? Take apart the connections and clean? Classic Reg/Rec issue? Alternator? The wires...

I've seen a lot of online success with the 650's, but will the "PAMCO Hall Effect Ignition System" work on an xs850 engine as well? Or, really any solution to get rid of the igniter box.