WelderDave
XS400 Addict
So Friday I drove around with buddies all day without an issue. Ten before sundown we stopped at a club for a few hours. When we left it was dark and I drove about half mile before the bike started to die out and couldn’t keep it running. Had a 1.3ah battery and harness could have been better.
Took the next 2 days and made new legit harness with solder, heat shrinking and the whole 9 yards.
Today we took the bikes out and they said it had some smoke when I really hammered her, and the plugs show no signs of oil. But the bike does run really well for the mikesxs carbs. Then again, after dark we finally stopped at a bar for food, stayed an hour or so, then started back up and not 15 minutes I. The ride it starts doing it again. But now I have a legit motorcycle battery in it. Lights start flickering like the first time and it just starts dieing. Randomly cuts out.
I can dump the clutch to get it back and let it idle before the lights stop flickering and then I can ride a bit before it bogs out again. All that happened both times, difference is the second time I got a huge backfire probably because it wasn’t igniting the mixture and dumping fuel in the exhaust.
Stator wires ohmed out at 1 ohm but while running during the day it runs fine and shows ~15v charging the battery. I don’t understand what this issue could be. Runs good all day, park it, sundown comes and then it starts fine and then just bogs out, lights flicker, and dies.
Anyone have any ideas?
I’m about ready to blow this thing to pieces.
Took the next 2 days and made new legit harness with solder, heat shrinking and the whole 9 yards.
Today we took the bikes out and they said it had some smoke when I really hammered her, and the plugs show no signs of oil. But the bike does run really well for the mikesxs carbs. Then again, after dark we finally stopped at a bar for food, stayed an hour or so, then started back up and not 15 minutes I. The ride it starts doing it again. But now I have a legit motorcycle battery in it. Lights start flickering like the first time and it just starts dieing. Randomly cuts out.
I can dump the clutch to get it back and let it idle before the lights stop flickering and then I can ride a bit before it bogs out again. All that happened both times, difference is the second time I got a huge backfire probably because it wasn’t igniting the mixture and dumping fuel in the exhaust.
Stator wires ohmed out at 1 ohm but while running during the day it runs fine and shows ~15v charging the battery. I don’t understand what this issue could be. Runs good all day, park it, sundown comes and then it starts fine and then just bogs out, lights flicker, and dies.
Anyone have any ideas?
I’m about ready to blow this thing to pieces.