Hey everyone, I am restoring an 81 XS400 Special 2. Its been running like a champ for a few months, the other day I got all new crancase covers and the one on the left side of the bike had the stator in it.
Since i replaced it the bike hasnt run the same, its taken allot of spins to get it started and has occaasional backfire. Today the bike slowly died out like it ran out of gas, but it appears to be that the system wasnt charging and the battery drained. Runs perfect if I hook up the bike with jumper cables to a car so im sure its the stator thats messed up or something around it.
Anyone have any suggestions on what this can be? Do you think perhaps i screwed something up so minor when i changed the left crancase cover with the stator that it took a few weeks to finally die?
Since i replaced it the bike hasnt run the same, its taken allot of spins to get it started and has occaasional backfire. Today the bike slowly died out like it ran out of gas, but it appears to be that the system wasnt charging and the battery drained. Runs perfect if I hook up the bike with jumper cables to a car so im sure its the stator thats messed up or something around it.
Anyone have any suggestions on what this can be? Do you think perhaps i screwed something up so minor when i changed the left crancase cover with the stator that it took a few weeks to finally die?