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    Well, since he is all back together been riding to work. As I was pulling into my parking space it died no power all lights out bump back on just a hick up. I got on rode almost all the way home, perfect then died no power. I put a new battery and cleaned all the grounds great. I went out and no power now, tested battery ok got power to the part the pos cable bolts to.

    what the heck
    Bike History:1980 XS 1100 special current bike
    1980 XS 850 special wife sold

  • #2
    Check the main power wire from the battery, it may be broken making intermittent contact. And it's connector.

    Also the main fuse.
    Greg

    Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

    ― Albert Einstein

    80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

    The list changes.

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    • #3
      I had the same issue - the bike would die for no apparent reason, then started working again. I found the issue to be crimp job I did on the new fuse box ( I apparently suck at crimping, I used cheep crimping tool) I need to buy better tools
      Ty

      78 XS1100E - Now in Minnesota
      80 XS1100LG - The Punisher
      82 XJ1100 - Current project - The Twins
      82 XJ1100 - Wife's Bike - The Twins
      82 XJ1100 - Daughter's Bike
      72 Suzuki TS125 - Daughter's Bike
      72 Yamaha Mini JT2 - Youngest Daughter's bike (She wants a bigger one now)

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      • #4
        i had a similar issue, problem ended up being the big white electrical connector behind the fuse box, the connectors were in desperate need of a good cleaning.
        1979 XS1100SF 37000km
        Green Dyna Coils
        Stainless Brake Lines

        1973 CB100
        kevXS

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        • #5
          wiggle jiggle

          Well seat off wiggle jiggle everything and it seems to be coming from that wire connector that goes over or beside the air intake rubber got it to turn and off by moving that around
          Bike History:1980 XS 1100 special current bike
          1980 XS 850 special wife sold

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          • #6
            Pickup coils?
            Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

            You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

            Current bikes:
            '06 Suzuki DR650
            *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
            '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
            '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
            '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
            '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
            '81 XS1100 Special
            '81 YZ250
            '80 XS850 Special
            '80 XR100
            *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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            • #7
              got her figured out

              Well pretty sure I found it. I was getting the dying while wiggling the two red wires that go over the rubber air intake. Well I pulled the rubber fuse holder and one fuse had the end off, two new fuses and seems to be the fix
              Bike History:1980 XS 1100 special current bike
              1980 XS 850 special wife sold

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              • #8
                Hey Jeff,

                Good find! That's the separate MAIN fuse that Yamaha put on the other side of the bike vs. the fuse panel! Mine was also a GLASS fuse, I got a SOLID ATCO style holder and put it on in place of the glass one! Would highly suggest you do the same in the near future. You'll want to get one with some 10-12 gauge wire and can handle 30 amps!

                T.C.
                T. C. Gresham
                81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
                79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
                History shows again and again,
                How nature points out the folly of men!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by trbig View Post
                  Pickup coils?
                  Doubtful..............likelyhood of faulty connections is MOST likeley as BA80 stated.
                  81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.

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