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Hey guys, Long time, no post. Since my last time on here I have built maybe 50 bikes, all with fully customized wiring. As many times as people say "Yeah the CDI is dead" or "The coils are fried" when I buy parts bikes...I always get spark out of them and get them running without needing to...

So. 73 KE100. Ridden for 5 years with zero issues. Went to go for ride, started on 3 kicks (always 1 kick previous to that),made it about 100ft then it died. Kick and kick with nothing. I figured fouled plug, new plug, still nothing. NOW FOR THE FUN. So the bike has no spark when I pull...

78 GS 750 Started bike....smoked. 1) Compression check: 30, 90, 30, 30 (1-4) 2) Pulled engine, leak down test. WITH CAMS IN: Fail,Pass,Fail, Fail (1-4) WITH CAMS OUT: Pass, Pass, Pass, Pass (1-4) 3) That tells me, rings are good, valve clearance too tight. 4) Checked clearances 5)...

Decided to go for it and rip apart my 96 900ss this winter and make something cool. Found a bunch of parts locally from a 916 and using my mill cut it up to fit the 900ss engine mount. Frame was cut in the rear and tightened up. suspension swap from a hyper. Custom exhaust. Overall a super fun...

Hey guys. My CX 500 is only putting out 70psi / head right now. The bike feels pretty slow out of starts and has no real top end. Makes plenty of noise but not get up and go. After extensively tuning and cleaning carbs and ruling out other options I figured this was it. (Checked compression...

Alright. So I just moved from living at sea level to living at 7500' above sea level. Whenever I do a bike, I usually open the exhaust, and put pods on the bike. I did this back at sea level and usually bumped 3 main sizes and one pilot size and the bike would run great. Now that I am way up...

Another project finished! '78 GS 550

Project I just finished up. Quick carb tune for 7500' above sea level and im off!

Heeey guys, So im almost done the CB500 I have been workin on for a while now. Have the bike running nice, but the charging circuit isnt being friendly. With the bike running it shows about .02v and when I rev it u it makes it to around .5v or so. I bought one of the eBay Regulator /...

Rewired my FJ1200, no spark. Checked it out, and the Black w. White tracer (B/W) wire coming out of the CDI was going to no where. CDI: Black gets grounded...check Red gets +12v...check Orange to Coil...check Gray to Coil...check Pick ups are plugged in...check Coils have +12v...check...

- 2, 2-to-1 straight pipes - Pod Filters - At sea level Just wondering if anyone has jetted a bike for a similar setup. I was thinking bump the main +4 sizes, and the pilot +1

So due to various reasons, I had to take the entire engine apart on my girl friends new found CB 500 Project bike. Now that I have all the new parts on the work bench im ready to re-assemble. However, I have a few questions before I get to crazy... So the part im worried about it getting the...

So I took the heads off the bike to check the pistons, and when I re-assembled the engine something changed within the intake valves. When the engine is cranked, the intake valves make a very loud metal-on-metal hammering sound. When i took the cam cover off the engine, I noticed that the...

So here is my second solo project. I bought this ’80 Yamaha XS 400sg as a bobber project. Had a handful of parts but still a good amount was missing. Along with the missing parts, it had a homemade wiring harness that was barely half way complete. I was able to pick it up for $300 so I looked...

Thought this was neat, can anyone vouch for the accuracy of it? http://motorcycles.wikia.com/wiki/Rejetting

So I have an 82 GS 450, and an 80 XS 400 and they both have an awesome low rumble to them when they run. I also have an 83 GPZ 750, but (IMO) it sounds like crap. I really like the separate "glug - glug - glug - glug!" of an engine (from the GS and XS) rather than the constant "merrrrrrr!" that...

Working on rebuilding my buddies Virago 750 last night, and rebuilt the wiring harness. When we tested for spark, #1 coil HAD spark, #2 didnt. Thinking it was a bad coil, we switched the coils just to see, and #2 had spark and #1 didnt. So the GREY wire coming out if the CDI was putting out...

Hey guys, im picking up a Bandit 1200s in a few days for a winter project bike. I really really wanna do a single side swing arm with it, but im not really sure where to start. Any tips on what to look for? Anyone done it to their own? Know anyone who has? Thanks

So the '82 GS 650 we have been working on hates getting throttle. The carbs have been cleaned 1000 times so there is no blockage anywhere. The only ting we changed was the float heights and reset them to the factory setting, however, after that we went from a running bike, to a backfiring...

So I have an XS 400 and it has a homemade wiring harness. All it has is the Rectifier, Voltage Regulator, CDI(igniter) and the bike runs great. My friend has an 81 Virago with a rats nest of a wiring job and I was just wondering if we stripped it bar bones if my technique of just having the...