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    Electrical Frustration! (Turn Signals, Indicators, etc.)

    Hello again! I am having some serious frustration with my bike. My turn signals have stopped working from time to time, and jiggling the cable going into the switch has always fixed the problem...so I always assumed it was solder joints in the switch. Well, the other day I lost the turn signals...
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    Starter Motor Issues

    Hello again, I am having starter issues am I am having a hard time feeling confident in my abilities to isolate the problem. My starter has been sluggish for quite some time. My bike runs very well so even though it is sluggish it starts the bike. Kick start works too. It makes a whiny noise...
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    Replaced my flasher relay...my lights are brighter?

    Hey everyone...I performed my first repair on my bike today (if you want to call it that). My flasher relay liked to auto cancel at random times, so I replaced it with a Tridon EL12 that I saw some have used on here. It was pretty self-explanatory and works fine. The only surprise was that I...
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    Hello from a New Member w/ Pic of My Bike

    Hi everyone, I just joined the site, and also just bought my first bike. I have wanted to try out riding for a long time. My brother in law rebuilds older bikes as a side job and found me a 1981 Special II XS400 that he got for next to nothing and rebuilt for me. The bike is kind of a beater...
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