Ignition Switch. Check power voltage before then after switch.
Hi All
A friend of mine gave me his 79 xs650. It’s been sitting for decades. Trying to get her back on the road.
Electrical loom cleanup should have been the first thing to do.
I am on my phone and don't have access to my bookmarks, on my laptop.
Post #5 in this link has a list of links for electrical, (loom), cleanup and a great description from XSLeo on how everything works when turning the key on
https://www.xs650.com/threads/instrument-lighting.65738/#post-828365
Ignition Switch. Check power voltage before then after switch.
I don't know where you are located, but in the USA the headlight, and tail light are on all the time that the bike is running. It's the law.Hi All
A friend of mine gave me his 79 xs650. It’s been sitting for decades. Trying to get her back on the road.
So far I rebuilt carbs, changed oil, adjusted valves and worked on brakes.
Brakes are where my question comes in.
When I turn the key to the on position the brake/tail light comes on. Is this normal? There’s another switch over on the right handlebar for engine run\stop. If I switch that to stop the brake/tail light goes off.
Is this normal or do I have an electrical issue to chase down?
I did replace the front brake cylinder and rebuilt the rear. Maybe I did something wrong?
Thanks for your help!
I’ve found that the vacuum tubes from the petcocks to the Carburetors to be quite a nuisance. At the cost of having to manually shut off my fuel I capped off the intake manifold ports and switch over to the gravity fed petcocks. Every single vacuum petcock I’ve ever used whether it be new or old have eventually started to leak fuel through the diaphragm.I found another issue. The left cylinder backfires. I sprayed some wd-40 around the boots and I did get a brief increase in rpm. Then it backfired and I could see some air puff out under the intake manifold boot. Looks like that’s the next step. Hopefully I’m in the right track