Before you go too crazy rebuilding the carbs, etc., you might want to check compression. Make sure it's worth the work.
It might be a little more grabby than you're used to. Be a bit ginger to start.
+1 There's going to be a cascade of failures finally ending in those ICs. I spent the better part of a decade repairing electronics equipment...
Good find! That's a darlington pair in a discrete package, along with regulation circuitry. You can't drop in a single transistor, you need a...
In a darlington pair, the first transistor generally acts as a switch to turn on the second transistor, which does the primary work of...
If it's a common darlington pair, either a TIP102 or TIP107 should drop in depending on whether it's an npn or pnp. I'd probably try a TIP102...
Yeah, I know, and I've done the same thing as him many years ago. Hell, I drove a Honda Cub through South America, so I know the drill. But...
I'm gonna throw this out there and probably get flamed from here to Sunday, but I'd feel like a heel if I didn't say it. If it were me I'd...
Thanks Fitz.
I picked up some Pirelli MT66 tires on sale for around the price of cheap brand tires. When they came in I checked the date code and ran my...
Anyone know of reasonably priced new coils for a 1981 XJ650 Maxim? I'm seeing close to 200 bucks for Dynas, is that right? Thanks!
Regardless of how I feel about the errors, you guys deserve a bit of praise for owning up to them here. Don't let this scare you away from...
Did you do an oil change and use either a non-motorcycle specific oil or a synthetic oil? That can give these symptoms. Do a change to...
