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My 79 xs400 build

Discussion in 'The Garage' started by bennett834725, Dec 22, 2013.

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  1. Mar 11, 2014 #201
    bennett834725

    bennett834725 Military xs400

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    got the xs400 licensed and title today, oneday closer to riding the fuck also got a caam for it:thumbsup:
     

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  2. Mar 11, 2014 #202
    xschris

    xschris XS400 Guru Top Contributor

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    It's always nice to be legal:)
     
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  3. Mar 12, 2014 #203
    Spad

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    xs, Party Pooper!!!!!
     
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  4. Mar 12, 2014 #204
    bennett834725

    bennett834725 Military xs400

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    ?????:confused:
     
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  5. Mar 12, 2014 #205
    bennett834725

    bennett834725 Military xs400

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    well last night i spent most of the night making brackets for the battery box which the battery sits in nice and firmly, also got the license plate bracket mounted up
     

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  6. Mar 12, 2014 #206
    Spad

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    Bennett, Supposed to be joke you were going to ride legal....Play on words...
     
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  7. Mar 12, 2014 #207
    bennett834725

    bennett834725 Military xs400

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    oh ok lol i gotcha lol, and where i live if you ride with out endorsment or registation on ou they impound the bike on the spot
     
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  8. Mar 12, 2014 #208
    Spad

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    Oh,oh, good to know, I live in the same state just down the road...Bill
     
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  9. Mar 12, 2014 #209
    bennett834725

    bennett834725 Military xs400

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    thats for grant county washington though
     
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  10. Mar 12, 2014 #210
    Spad

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    I'm in Benton County..not gonna check...Bill
     
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  11. Mar 14, 2014 #211
    bennett834725

    bennett834725 Military xs400

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    So I started wiring the bike today and decided to scrap the old harness and build my own from scratch so I got the regulator mounted and recifier mounted up and started running wires and a buddy of mine says I'm going to have to run a resistor between the battery and ground cause the original harness and wires and lights acted like a resistor, so any one have some insure on this :shrug:

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  12. Mar 14, 2014 #212
    bcware

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    The lights and harness do act as resistors, that is true. I do not believe any of that resistance is necessary for everything to work, however. It serves a purpose; wires add resistance, but you need them obviously. Lights add resistance but we use the light, etc.

    Drewpy has a howto for making a custom harness from scratch. I don't think he threw in any extra resistors or anything.

    http://www.xs400.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5934
     
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  13. Mar 14, 2014 #213
    Spad

    Spad XS400 Addict

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    This advice you might have heard before, but take a picture of the old wiring harness before you throw it away..Take some pics of when you are redoing it....Some random pics of the wiring...It helps...Bill
     
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  14. Mar 14, 2014 #214
    willem

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    or just don't throw it out until your replacement works perfectly ;)

    bike sounds awesome btw!
     
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  15. Mar 14, 2014 #215
    bennett834725

    bennett834725 Military xs400

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    well the harness i had originally was hagered as fuck, po did his own custom shit in the harness :cussing:.

    so i found this harness diagram for the xs650 which uses the same reg and rec setup and same amount of wires coming out the stator, so i am wiring the engine up today and then im going to wire lights turn signals and such once iget the engine to run and charge at the same time
     

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  16. Mar 14, 2014 #216
    16VGTIDave

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    Where in the wiring was your friend suggesting this resistor be installed? On the ground from the battery negative to the frame/engine??? If so, I'd suggest he put his pipe away for a while...

    While that wiring harness is for the XS650, it is basically correct for the XS400. Keep in mind that we have 2 ignition coils. The horn/accessory connection could also be used for turn signal, gauge, neutral and oil pressure lights
     
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  17. Mar 14, 2014 #217
    bennett834725

    bennett834725 Military xs400

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    yea i already had the coils wired up to the point where i could connect them to a battery and fire it up, but i am mainly using the charging system part off that harness diagram :D
     
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  18. Mar 15, 2014 #218
    bennett834725

    bennett834725 Military xs400

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    so today i found out why my system isnt charging, my rectifier was fried , so i looked around locally for one and couldnt find one at all so i made my own. :D
     

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  19. Mar 15, 2014 #219
    bcware

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    Yep. It's just a bunch of friggin' diodes. No reason to spend like $100 on a used one.
     
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  20. Mar 15, 2014 #220
    bennett834725

    bennett834725 Military xs400

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    yea lol an only 2 parts inside it with 5 wires on it i used radio shack 276-1185, and wired them up like this was pretty easy and thanks to who ever made this diagram, i do not take credit for the pin out :thumbsup:
     

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