Vivianthebarbarian
XS650 Member
First of all, Hi folks, I'm new here! I have a 76 XS650 that I used to ride all the time...but got a Goldwing in 2007 and parked it. I have had a urge to ride it again and pulled it out of the shed. The tank was a mess, the petcocks trashed (plugged and fuel uptakes rusted off). I cleaned the tank with vinegar and replaced the petcocks then cleaned the carbs. Everything was standard in there except the needle clips were on the bottom setting. There was some carbon showing so I put the clips on the middle position, and set the float heights to 25 mm. I wasn't getting spark on one side so I cleaned the points...no effect. Checked the coils and one was shorted out. Replaced it with another old one I had and got spark. (BTW, all the coils were reading about 5.2 ohms when tested...a bit higher than they should be if I understand correctly...could be causing weak spark?)
So, after all this I got it put back together today and tried it.....cranked a long time...didn't seem to matter if I used the choke lever or not. A couple of time it did fire and run for a few seconds, but when I tried to rev it up it immediately died. I put it on the battery charger for a few hours, but the results were the same. I'm not sure where to go from here...suggestions?
So, after all this I got it put back together today and tried it.....cranked a long time...didn't seem to matter if I used the choke lever or not. A couple of time it did fire and run for a few seconds, but when I tried to rev it up it immediately died. I put it on the battery charger for a few hours, but the results were the same. I'm not sure where to go from here...suggestions?