KentuckyCandy
XS650 Member
Hey Y’all. Just got my hands on what is supposedly a 79’ XS650. I have two engines to varying degrees of completion and bins of extra parts. Bike has a long way to go but I’m excited to start from the ground up and learn to weld/wire/etc! First post is gonna be about this clusterfck of wiring coming off the stator, the PO hadn’t touched it, he had too many other projects, so when I say PO I mean the PO before the PO before me.
Anyways, I attached pictures of what I got goin on. I’ve looked at some wiring diagrams and I seem to have an extra cloth insulated wire (Orange maybe?) in addition to the 3 white, Yellow and Green.
Then, at the connectors, he wired the main cluster together with the orange black and white wires, then has them splitting off into a POS/NEG connection, then a red and orange clip connector…any of this look normal or should I start from scratch before the connector splice? Thanks and lookin forward to posting more. I’ll attach a pic of the full bike too.
Anyways, I attached pictures of what I got goin on. I’ve looked at some wiring diagrams and I seem to have an extra cloth insulated wire (Orange maybe?) in addition to the 3 white, Yellow and Green.
Then, at the connectors, he wired the main cluster together with the orange black and white wires, then has them splitting off into a POS/NEG connection, then a red and orange clip connector…any of this look normal or should I start from scratch before the connector splice? Thanks and lookin forward to posting more. I’ll attach a pic of the full bike too.
