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Just wanted to pop in and introduce myself... the name's Jay and this site has already been a major help in getting my "new" 1980 XS1100G *back* on the road.
I bought it back on the third and rode er home (~45 miles). Putted around town for a week or so, then decided that since there were no flare ups I'd take it 20 miles to the next town over for my Paramedic class. Whoops!
Downloaded the FSM and tore into the ignition system. Everything seemed to spec out okay (the secondary coils were high, but equal... so I assumed that they at least were good enough to support ignition). Everything was good so I moved to the pickup coil. As soon as I pulled off the side cover I saw a 10ga wire had been soldered and heat shrinked as a patch. I gently pulled on one of the pickup wires and it was just insulation. I cut out the solder and just butt spliced it together and it's back up and running. It has some odd issues, but runs and rides great for a bike as old as me.
Next up is to properly repair/replace the pickup coil and the turn signals (all bulbs are good and the switch seems to work, but the clicker won't even turn the bulbs on, but you can hear it engage.) Then I have a low end stutter/stumble.
I bought this bike, ahem, admittedly as a project for a trike... but for now I'm having WAY too much fun riding it around.
Thanks for having me!
I bought it back on the third and rode er home (~45 miles). Putted around town for a week or so, then decided that since there were no flare ups I'd take it 20 miles to the next town over for my Paramedic class. Whoops!
Downloaded the FSM and tore into the ignition system. Everything seemed to spec out okay (the secondary coils were high, but equal... so I assumed that they at least were good enough to support ignition). Everything was good so I moved to the pickup coil. As soon as I pulled off the side cover I saw a 10ga wire had been soldered and heat shrinked as a patch. I gently pulled on one of the pickup wires and it was just insulation. I cut out the solder and just butt spliced it together and it's back up and running. It has some odd issues, but runs and rides great for a bike as old as me.
Next up is to properly repair/replace the pickup coil and the turn signals (all bulbs are good and the switch seems to work, but the clicker won't even turn the bulbs on, but you can hear it engage.) Then I have a low end stutter/stumble.
I bought this bike, ahem, admittedly as a project for a trike... but for now I'm having WAY too much fun riding it around.
Thanks for having me!
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