For a while now I have taken these barn find bikes with a title for almost nothing with a grain of salt. I now believe it can be done. A friend at work said a friend of his had an old XS650 Special. He thought it was an 83.
We went look at it and it was. It even has the lock box and cover.
A friend of his bought it in 92 and rode it about 1329 miles. The title is in the first guys name, the guy I got it from never got it in his name. This title said the odometer read 4668 miles, it now reads 5997 miles.
It's a bit dirty, rims show a bit of rust and the head pipes are blued. The exhaust looks very good, no sign of it being down. No rust I can see. Tank looks poor but I have extras.
It's dirty from setting in a shabby shed but out of the weather.
For $200 it came home with me.
He got it from a friend a while back because his friend tried to jumpstart it from his car when the battery was dead.
I think he had the engine running when he did. After that it wouldn't spark.
I did a bit of investigating this morning. The ignition fuse in the fuse box is missing, wires just twisted together. The wires just outside the right side switch housing are cut and twisted together.
Other than that things don't look to bad, With a spare battery everything electrical seems ok except the TCI box and pick ups. The guy had the TCI box off. I tried it on my 81 and the 81 wouldn't run, so bad TCI.
I took the alternator cover off to check brushes and rotor, I also checked ohms on the pick ups and got no reading. Rotor tested 5.1 ohms no continuity to ground, Brushes very short. Almost to the wear line on one, too the line on the other. Stator tests ok, .9ohm reading with .3-.4 leads reading put it right in the .46 range the book calls for in the book. Those leads bounce back and forth between .3 and .4 ohms. No continuity to ground.
So far so good. I haven't put a compression tester on it but with the wires twisted together by the right switch when power is on the blue/white wire can touch the ground wire, thus the starter works, seems to have some compression.
I think with a purchase from Pamcopete and it should run.
I'll find out soon.
It's raining a bit today but when the sun shines I'll get some pics.
Leo
We went look at it and it was. It even has the lock box and cover.
A friend of his bought it in 92 and rode it about 1329 miles. The title is in the first guys name, the guy I got it from never got it in his name. This title said the odometer read 4668 miles, it now reads 5997 miles.
It's a bit dirty, rims show a bit of rust and the head pipes are blued. The exhaust looks very good, no sign of it being down. No rust I can see. Tank looks poor but I have extras.
It's dirty from setting in a shabby shed but out of the weather.
For $200 it came home with me.
He got it from a friend a while back because his friend tried to jumpstart it from his car when the battery was dead.
I think he had the engine running when he did. After that it wouldn't spark.
I did a bit of investigating this morning. The ignition fuse in the fuse box is missing, wires just twisted together. The wires just outside the right side switch housing are cut and twisted together.
Other than that things don't look to bad, With a spare battery everything electrical seems ok except the TCI box and pick ups. The guy had the TCI box off. I tried it on my 81 and the 81 wouldn't run, so bad TCI.
I took the alternator cover off to check brushes and rotor, I also checked ohms on the pick ups and got no reading. Rotor tested 5.1 ohms no continuity to ground, Brushes very short. Almost to the wear line on one, too the line on the other. Stator tests ok, .9ohm reading with .3-.4 leads reading put it right in the .46 range the book calls for in the book. Those leads bounce back and forth between .3 and .4 ohms. No continuity to ground.
So far so good. I haven't put a compression tester on it but with the wires twisted together by the right switch when power is on the blue/white wire can touch the ground wire, thus the starter works, seems to have some compression.
I think with a purchase from Pamcopete and it should run.
I'll find out soon.
It's raining a bit today but when the sun shines I'll get some pics.
Leo