Ill start out with my bike is a 78 xs650 special, the rest of it goes down hill. I was taking a trip a couple days ago when I noticed the brake light on my indicator tree was flashing on and off and then stayed solid red. Now it normaly does that when I first turn the bike on before I start it. Then I noticed the turn signal indicator on the tree stopped working but my blinkers still worked. So I went home and garaged it for the weekend and went back at it yesterday. I checked all the connections and wires leading from the signal/brakes/headlight and none were loose. I check all the fuses and none were blown. I pulled the battery and found it was 3/4 empty of fluid. I noticed the headlight on/off switch would turn the lights off when it was running (didn't mod it for that yet).
I took the battery into work, refilled and recharged and it held well. Put it back on the bike with a volt meter and when running holds around 12.6v and with the lights on drops to 12.3v. I've done a quick inspection of the wires and nothing seems loose. The best way to describe it is the bike thinks its off when it's running.
When I first got it the regulator wasn't working right and cooking the battery but when I went to get it inspected the shop redid 2 wires for the brake and when I did a volt reading a week later, it seemed to be working fine.
I'm wondering if anyone's had something similar happen to them and can give me suggestions on where to start looking for a short or if a modual went bad. Also Yes I have been looking at the wire diagrams on the site but can't find something that would do all that. I will continue to stare at them until I go blind or pass out on beer.
I took the battery into work, refilled and recharged and it held well. Put it back on the bike with a volt meter and when running holds around 12.6v and with the lights on drops to 12.3v. I've done a quick inspection of the wires and nothing seems loose. The best way to describe it is the bike thinks its off when it's running.
When I first got it the regulator wasn't working right and cooking the battery but when I went to get it inspected the shop redid 2 wires for the brake and when I did a volt reading a week later, it seemed to be working fine.
I'm wondering if anyone's had something similar happen to them and can give me suggestions on where to start looking for a short or if a modual went bad. Also Yes I have been looking at the wire diagrams on the site but can't find something that would do all that. I will continue to stare at them until I go blind or pass out on beer.