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 Topic: Bike won't start up and stay running |
bobiii84
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 Forum: Electrical Posted: November 29, 2009, 10:08 pm Subject: Re: Bike won't start up and stay running |
Well I've given it some thought, what do you guys think about the permanent magnet swap off of a rd/rz? It really doesn't look too hard to do and will cost me about the same as a rewound rotor.
If ... |
| Topic: Bike won't start up and stay running |
bobiii84
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Forum: Electrical Posted: November 29, 2009, 7:10 pm Subject: Re: Bike won't start up and stay running |
| yes we tested between the slip rings (key on) and got a 1 instead of the 5 or 5.5 we should have gotten. |
| Topic: I need a rotor...badly |
bobiii84
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Forum: Stock Parts Posted: November 29, 2009, 1:13 pm Subject: I need a rotor...badly |
| I've got an '82 HS with a bad rotor and need a replacement. I've had enough of the stupid charging system draining on my battery. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
| Topic: Bike won't start up and stay running |
bobiii84
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Forum: Electrical Posted: November 29, 2009, 1:10 pm Subject: Re: Bike won't start up and stay running |
| I've also been looking on eBay for them but it's very difficult to find my year specific rotor ('82). Does anyone know the parts interchange on these? Will an early 70's rotor solve my problems? |
| Topic: Bike won't start up and stay running |
bobiii84
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Forum: Electrical Posted: November 29, 2009, 12:44 pm Subject: Re: Bike won't start up and stay running |
Thanks for all the help guys. Sorry I haven't posted any updates in awhile but the weather here has been pretty wet. (no garage  )
Anyways, I've come to the conclusion that the rotor is bad. W ... |
| Topic: Bike won't start up and stay running |
bobiii84
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Forum: Electrical Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:50 pm Subject: Re: Bike won't start up and stay running |
Sorry for the confusion, I'm trying to make it as easy for you guys to understand me but I'm new to this.
Alright, when I tested the Ohms on the slip rings I got a reading of 1 so is that infinity? ... |
| Topic: Bike won't start up and stay running |
bobiii84
Replies: 23
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Forum: Electrical Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:10 pm Subject: Re: Bike won't start up and stay running |
| Okay so we were testing the slip rings today for ohms because a guide on this site had it as a next step. So far we have been unable to get any reading off of the slip rings. Any clue why this would ... |
| Topic: Bike won't start up and stay running |
bobiii84
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Views: 10297
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Forum: Electrical Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:37 pm Subject: Re: Bike won't start up and stay running |
| Alright so noob question here. There are two parts that I'm not sure what the difference is between. There are two black rods with springs beneath them that roll along the rotor, what is this called ... |
| Topic: Bike won't start up and stay running |
bobiii84
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Forum: Electrical Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:30 pm Subject: Re: Bike won't start up and stay running |
| First of all it's an 82 Yamaha XS650 Heritage Special. We went ahead and put a battery next to it and started it up (not from the coils, right from where the old one used to connect) and it started u ... |
| Topic: Bike won't start up and stay running |
bobiii84
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Forum: Electrical Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:31 pm Subject: Re: Bike won't start up and stay running |
| Do you mean just hook up another battery in the dead ones place? Some of the tests say I need to have it running, for example to figure out if it's charging correctly. I think I have ruled out the r ... |
| Topic: Bike won't start up and stay running |
bobiii84
Replies: 23
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Forum: Electrical Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:46 pm Subject: Bike won't start up and stay running |
| If you charge the battery on this bike, which is new (battery), it will run for a while, then die. The person I bought the bike from said that the charging system was bad, however, so far I am unable ... |
| Topic: Need Guide for 82 650XS HS to clean carbs |
bobiii84
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Forum: Fuel Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:27 pm Subject: Re: Need Guide for 82 650XS HS to clean carbs |
| yeah I saw that one, was hoping there was one with better pictures etc. Thanks though, I may use this if I can't find anything better. |
| Topic: Need Guide for 82 650XS HS to clean carbs |
bobiii84
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Forum: Fuel Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:20 am Subject: Need Guide for 82 650XS HS to clean carbs |
| Sorry I'm new to this site but I have been trying to read through and find a good guide with pictures and have yet to find one. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places but if someone could help me I wo ... |
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