frenchyinspace
XS650 Member
Hey Everyone,
After my turn signals went on the fritz, I started pulling the wiring on my ‘75 650. There were a lot of disconnected circuitry including the old turn signal cancelling unit behind the battery etc. A lot of wires leading to nowhere were stripped. I am pretty new to electricity and mechanics, so I also ended up taking off what I later identified as a Hitachi TCI. The reason I took it off however, was that it was connected by both a red and a black wire shortly after the main power output, but also had four white wires connected to nothing. I assumed at first that it was an inactive component. It also looks like something that couldn’t possibly be in functioning order. My Questions are:
1. Does this thing work or is my XS running on another kind of ignition timing device/mechanism?
2. I turned the bike over after removing it but didn’t actually start it. Have I ruined the ignition timing and now need to get it retimed?
Keeping in mind that I don’t understand how ignition timing or TCI’s or points actually function (though I will soon). What should my next step be?
Thanks in Advance,
After my turn signals went on the fritz, I started pulling the wiring on my ‘75 650. There were a lot of disconnected circuitry including the old turn signal cancelling unit behind the battery etc. A lot of wires leading to nowhere were stripped. I am pretty new to electricity and mechanics, so I also ended up taking off what I later identified as a Hitachi TCI. The reason I took it off however, was that it was connected by both a red and a black wire shortly after the main power output, but also had four white wires connected to nothing. I assumed at first that it was an inactive component. It also looks like something that couldn’t possibly be in functioning order. My Questions are:
1. Does this thing work or is my XS running on another kind of ignition timing device/mechanism?
2. I turned the bike over after removing it but didn’t actually start it. Have I ruined the ignition timing and now need to get it retimed?
Keeping in mind that I don’t understand how ignition timing or TCI’s or points actually function (though I will soon). What should my next step be?
Thanks in Advance,