Hi folks, new here but I know where you go when you need help. Owners on forums.
I have an 82 XS400 that is to be my sons first bike. It was my dads trailering bike and it has about 9600 miles on it. It started cutting off after about 10 minutes of riding. Short cool down and it would restart. I went thru everything fuel/wiring etc and traced it to the CDI box. I bought one off of ebay, put it on and presto. Running bike. Rode it for about 35 minutes with no problems and a bit more pep it seemed. Called my son to come over and go ride with dad. The bike had no spark at all. Put the old box back on and it fired up. WTF??? Did I just get the last 35 minutes out of a good box or is there a gremlin that I need to know about. Thanks in advance.
I have an 82 XS400 that is to be my sons first bike. It was my dads trailering bike and it has about 9600 miles on it. It started cutting off after about 10 minutes of riding. Short cool down and it would restart. I went thru everything fuel/wiring etc and traced it to the CDI box. I bought one off of ebay, put it on and presto. Running bike. Rode it for about 35 minutes with no problems and a bit more pep it seemed. Called my son to come over and go ride with dad. The bike had no spark at all. Put the old box back on and it fired up. WTF??? Did I just get the last 35 minutes out of a good box or is there a gremlin that I need to know about. Thanks in advance.