Wow, my advance system is jacked for sure. Good catch. However, that does not seem to be a problem so far... but there's more...
So Saturday morning, the happiest guy I can be, decided to head up to Malibu for breakfast with a buddy of mine. It's about 12 miles from where I am. So first, all runs fine. I got it started in the morning at the first kick. We met at the gas station first here close by, but it was warm enough I even got it going with the self-start (yes, on my XS2 it does work...when warm). I have installed a volt-meter, my battery charges, etc. Floats around 12 when not running to up to 13 when running. We hit the road and there I notice the first issues with the engine. I think it's all gas and maybe jets. The bike runs fine up to 3rd mid-range. Once I revv it up and shift to 4th it starts sputtering - it's like it's missing gas ever so often. It's going fine but sometimes it's sputtering, especially as I revv it up and as it gets to 4th and 5th gears. I've felt this before. From what I have read this is likely that it's running too lean, or maybe my jets are not so up there in the upper ranges. In 1st never seems to happen no matter how high I take it before shifting to 2nd. In 2nd I feel it maybe (maybe) as I am shifting to 3rd when I am pulling it up the higher revs. In 3rd it starts happening halfway to 4th. In 4th if I accelerate I feel it more and more as the speed and revs go up, etc.
Now the kicker (or lack). All is fine. We get to the breakfast place, turn it off. All good. On the way out I got more compliments than I expected by some local guys who build stuff like the stuff you see on TV
they happened to be there for breakfast too. I guess my paintjob turns heads
In any case, so we get off, start heading back and about 2 or 3 miles in the bike dies on me. As in, flat out, no lights, no power whatsoever. So I look around and I figure the fuse has blown. Interesting. I happen to have been through some of these things before so I had a spare 25. I put it in and start again, all fine. I go maybe not even 1 mile down further and same happens - bam, no power, no lights, etc. No fuses but a friend who happens to be thinking to go out on a ride calls and I ask him to come by and bring some fuses. No dice, it got worse and worse. As I kept putting the fuses, this time it would not even go farther than a couple of revs before me even getting back on the bike... so end result, had to call AAA and got a tow back home...
I guess my major problem now is electrical. Which might as well be it. Since I had on my plans to eventually tackle the electrical and do a complete redo. Debating if I am going to build my own harness or get one of those premade ones - Suggestions?
With that and the info I see in you guy's previous posts, I guess I have to also figure how I am going to fix those weights, or bite the bullet and get whole Pamco thing with the e-advance system too.... there goes the budget babayyyy!