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  • #16
    Yeah I know. I'm joking. I'm glad she enjoys riding with me. I will try to do a better job of protecting my dignity here
    72 Cb900 C
    72 Cb350 Track Bike
    86 Rebel 450
    79 XS11 Standard

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    • #17
      Most of us have a SWMBO. Some ride and like bikes. Some understand that we need toys to play with or we get cranky. Had mine for thirty some years and I wouldn't know how to behave with out her . Nice buy on the pair .
      wingnut
      81 SH (Daily Ride)
      81 650XJ (Brother in laws bike, Delivered)
      81 650XJ Jane Doe (Son's Ride)
      82 750XJ Project bike (Son in law's future ride)
      81 XS 400

      No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.”

      A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.

      Thomas Jefferson

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      • #18
        Originally posted by jetmechmarty View Post
        Truthfully, you should never stop listening or caring. When one of you does, it's over. Just don't tell us about your short leash, or we're going to be on that like flies on a manure wagon!

        My photo was taken last weekend at Deals Gap. Do you think my wife goes there to meet her girlfriends? Yes, it works the other way, too.
        So you admit she wears the pants, you just won't admit it out loud

        I am man enough to admit that if my wife says no, I usually obey
        Nathan
        KD9ARL

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        1978 XS1100E
        K&N Filter
        #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
        OEM Exhaust
        ATK Fork Brace
        LED Dash lights
        Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters

        Green Monster Coils
        SS Brake Lines
        Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

        In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

        Theodore Roosevelt

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        • #19
          Some better photos of the special.





          Got the brakes cleaned and working right. Needs front fork fluid or rebuild. Also can't seem to get the special to turn on. Power to the ignition switch. 11.5 volts on the Hot wire. But then as soon as I switch it on it drops to nothing. Tried three different switches and two solenoids and same thing. Even pulled ignition and solenoid from working bike and same deal. Not sure where to go from there, gonna start tracing I guess.
          72 Cb900 C
          72 Cb350 Track Bike
          86 Rebel 450
          79 XS11 Standard

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          • #20
            After looking at a wiring diagram I am wondering if it is a faulty reg/rec causing voltage to drop to zero in the on position.
            72 Cb900 C
            72 Cb350 Track Bike
            86 Rebel 450
            79 XS11 Standard

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            • #21
              By ignition switch I mean main on/off key switch.
              72 Cb900 C
              72 Cb350 Track Bike
              86 Rebel 450
              79 XS11 Standard

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              • #22
                Bad connection at the fuse block or a bad ground it sounds like.
                2H7 (79)
                3H3

                "If it ain't broke, modify it"

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                • #23
                  I saw those and was drooling wishing I had money, time, and space for them!
                  1980 XS1100G ( ATK Fork Brace, Progressive fork springs, XJ1100 shocks, Offset Handle Bar Risers, Yamaha Fairing , Vetter luggage set )

                  SOLD - KZ650 ( '77 Engine, '78 frame, 80's ignition, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Pods )

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                  • #24
                    +1, M...x , I seriously had the same thoughts!
                    79 F
                    Previously owned: (among others)
                    1969 Harley- Davidson Rapido 125 (Aermacchi)
                    1967 Suzuki X6 Hustler
                    1973 Suzuki TM 125
                    1979 XS1100 F
                    2005 Kaw. Vulcan VN800
                    1991 BMW K75

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                    • #25
                      I'm moving this wiring issue to new thread to hopefully get some more wisdom.
                      Last edited by joep7; 04-21-2014, 05:30 PM.
                      72 Cb900 C
                      72 Cb350 Track Bike
                      86 Rebel 450
                      79 XS11 Standard

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