dopesickness
XS650 New Member
The bike is a 1980, and truth be told I've done most of the electrical myself without having much of any idea what I was doing. So this problem just started coming up recently, although I haven't touched the electrical system in a few months. When I brake my headlight/tach/speedo all dim out, and if I brake too much too quickly the whole bike dies. I'd blame it on brake lights drawing power, but my front brake lever isn't hooked up to the lights and it still happens using front brake only. Read somewhere else that it's possible the charging system isn't producing enough juice at idle? But I wouldn't know how to fix this.