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Hi there people, Another day another question! Now that I've got the engine running nice I attached the clutch cable to go through the gears and make sure they were all engaging right. They are all engaging OK but with no use to the clutch cable... I tried adjusting it all to make the...

Cheers Drewpy, I managed to get it running today, turns out it was all a timing problem. Here's a link to it running, could do with idling at a slight lower RPM but still chuffed. Thanks for the help everyone!

Cheers, I've had another look today, checked all the wires to and from the points, condenser and coils. I've replaced the points wires with some new ones as the old ones were looking tatty and made sure the left contact point will be firing the left plug etc and now nothing is sparking. The...

I just checked to see if they both sparked and only one side is sparking. I only used one plug so must be coming from somewhere else? Coil or gap in points!? Thanks mate

Cheers guys! here is another video of flames out of the exhaust. Cheers for your help!

Tried testing my engine via an electric start but it's not firing. Seems to be turning over OK but not doing much else. :banghead::confused::wtf: I did also get a flame out of the right pipe along with a load bang (backfire?) before I filmed the video. Please click the link to see the vid...

Hi people! I've got a 1980 xs250 that I've pretty much re built (apart from the engine). After a while of searching on the web of how to do a basic engine test I finally got it running with thanks to drewpy. Battery; negative to frame. positive to both coils points to neg of coils...

Cheers frwinks, I'll get reading!

Hey people, I'm half way through the (very loooong) process of restoring/bobbing a 1980 xs250 and I'm at the point of re wiring. It was a complete mess when I first got it so I have no idea of how all the wiring should be as the loom was pretty much torn to bits. I've done a basic engine...