1979 xs1100s ignition issue

[BA80]

Damn thing ain't working right now. The useful idiots must be working on it again.

[dondons1984]

Yup that is where I signed up

[BA80]

Is this where you signed up?

http://s154.photobucket.com/

[dondons1984]

Well what do u use?

[BA80]

http://m1274.photobucket.com/profile...83BScU6sLq4%3D

Pictures of the bike

I don't even recognize photobucket anymore. It's stupid now.

[dondons1984]

I like the pipes don't get me wrong but I'm going to get the carbs tuned and everything set. After that we will see but I think I'm gonna stay with them cause it let's people know I'm there and I have an appointment with the Washington state patrol to make sure they are legal and to have a paper saying they are

[CaptonZap]

Man I pissed off my neighbors starting that bike up though. freaking loud as a pisser

Please do the rest of us XS11 owners a favor, and put some quiet mufflers on your bike.
We owners are trying to cultivate a perception that we are cultured motorcycle aficionados given to smooth, unobtrusive high performance riding, and not given to the insecurity based needs of the leather clad, do-rag coiffed poser HD riders and the blatant pleas for attention that their loud pipes beg.

Besides, cops use loud pipes as an excuse to stop you, and the neighbors hate you.

CZ

[dondons1984]

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[dondons1984]

Greg actually helped me and it is running now!!!! I am trying to figure out if I can take the gasket ring that is on my 1976 cb750 petcock and put it on the left petcock that is leaking? hmmmm, may just try that and if that works then just put on a new fuel line since I dont like the shape of the one now and I am good to go!!!! Man I pissed off my neighbors starting that bike up though. freaking loud as a pisser

[CaptonZap]

.............and uphill all the way..........

Brant, that sounds like your kind of ride. Maybe you better go along to make sure he doesn't get lost. Or at least carry some of the beer.

CZ

[BA80]

.............and uphill all the way..........

Ha ha ha........according to the map.

[CaptonZap]

2000 miles is a little more than a weekend run though.

Not if you're running the Ironbutt rally.
They average 1000 miles a day, according to my calculations. When do they sleep or change their oil?
I hope you run into some cloudy days with no rain, especially across the Great Mojave Desert.
A few years ago I came across there in the day time on a BMW K bike, which has fuel injection, and the return fuel heated up the gas to the point I couldn't keep my knees aginst the tank. Last summer on the XS, it was almost pleasant.

Have fun, and watch out for the idiots.

CZ

[motoman]

Thanks for the help CZ, I thought I was all alone here.

I'm ready to head out to the west coast to try and help don. I have some in laws (ex) in Port Angeles I haven't seen in a while anyway.

2000 miles is a little more than a weekend run though.

.............and uphill all the way..........

[BA80]

Thanks for the help CZ, I thought I was all alone here.

I'm ready to head out to the west coast to try and help don. I have some in laws (ex) in Port Angeles I haven't seen in a while anyway.

2000 miles is a little more than a weekend run though.

[CaptonZap]

just did the test light. with the red and white still plugged in i removed the orange and grey. I touched the test light to the orange female and I have light. touched the the grey and I have light. so on to the next. maybe it is the battery?

I thought you had to work? Are you back already? If you're still diddling with this, here's more.
Don't be in such a hurry to spend money on your baby.
Plug the orange and grey wires back in, and go back to the TCI. Unplug the 8 pin connector, and find the orange and grey wires going into it. With it unplugged, turn the key on, and use your test light and see if you have voltage there. (the light goes on)
If you do, you have just completed a continuity check of the primary winding circuits of your coils. So we know that part of them is good. Turn the key off.
Now, I think I remember you saying that you have a meter.
Set it on ohms, the highest scale the meter has. Take the caps off of the plugs on #1 & 4, and put one lead on the metal inside one cap, and the other lead on the metal inside the other cap. You should get a reading. Write it down. Now do the other set, #2 & 3. you should get about the same reading.
If for any reason you do not get a reading, unscrew the caps from the wires, and use the probes on the wires inside the hugh tension leads. (spark plug leads). If you get readings there, chances are one of the resisters inside the caps is bad. Give that a try, and let us know what you find out.

CZ