Recent content by Sallison396

Wiring gremlins are my kryptonite. If the solenoid was out, the kick start would still work right?

I noticed than when I turn my key on, the solenoid relay makes a noise. Kind of like a wind up toy or something. I've never noticed it before.

So I've been crazy busy, but finally got a chance to mess with the bike. Decided to just grab some oil, fill her up and see if she'll start. No luck. Same stuff as last time. Can't even get it to turn over. Driving me nuts too, idk what to do next

I'll pull the plates back out and get some pics before I fill her up with oil, I should have time after work tomorrow. I'll get some pics of the basket too, it looked alright to me but maybe y'all will have a better eye

So I went ahead and just used clean oil and a rag to wipe them all down, then let them soak in oil for an hour or so. Some of them were a bit dry, not exactly dirty though. I won't be able to try and start it till I get paid though, don't have the money to buy enough oil right now. Where do I...

I've got the side cover off and the plates out, what should I clean them with?

Alrighty I'll let ya know how it works out!

I'll try cleaning the clutch then. Why do I need to take the kick start off though? I thought the clutch was on the shifter side.

What ya think about the clutch thing though? Wife made me go do stuff today lol but I'm gonna try figuring it out tomorrow. Idk if it's connected but I've never noticed it before so maybe.

And it will occasionally backfire like a gunshot when I'm trying to start it

So, I've had my 81 xs400 special since July, I've had some wiring problems, but overall it's ran really well. Since it started getting colder it got a lot harder to start, but I've always got it to start. Until now. A few days ago I tried electric start and kick start till I killed the battery...

Got the new relay today, sure enough that was the culprit!

So I was messing with the bike today, and noticed there's a second fuse for the lights? The wire runs into it and then out of it, and it's a car style fuse, with the 2 prongs. Pretty cool actually, I never noticed it before. Idk why they added a second one but sure enough it was blown. Swapped...

Well I'm gonna order the relay and see what happens when I put it on. I'll let y'all know if it works

They are the ones I had issues mounting originally. And there isn't a running light, but i realized now what I did. There's a red, a black, and black with white stripe going to the signals. They're 2 filament, so previous owner probably split the hot wire to run to both hot wires for the...