xj650 ecu help

Alza · Jul 4, 2011

day7a1 said:

I have to agree with SQL, we are trying to figure out why you think it needs a new tci, other than "the shop said so". Sorry, but we have all done this enough that we don't trust bike shops. They mean well enough, but these bikes are so old that if you started working on them at 18 when they were new, you would be nearly retired by now. Just the fact that they call your cdi an ecu shows that they aren't familiar with this older technology. The only person on here with an ecu on their xj just happens to be SQL, that mod isn't easy. Dude knows his stuff, if I were you I'd pm him and say something real nice to make sure he still wants to help you. Nobody likes to be YELLED at.

It sounds like there is a lot wrong with this bike. I don't even know what "indicator switches" are (turn signals, maybe?)
I do know this...paying shop prices to fix these bikes is for fools or the rich. If you're not one of those I suggest you bring it home, get a manual, and not pay someone else to learn how your bike works before anyone can fix it.
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yes the indicator switches are what we call (turn signals) over here so the turn signal switch or button or whatever you want to call it

SQLGuy · Jul 4, 2011

Item 27 on this diagram: http://www.boats.net/parts/search/Yamah ... parts.html

Which shows the same part I linked to on ebay. Although they also show a second part number. Not sure what the difference is between them.

day7a1 · Jul 4, 2011

Geez...you'd think for $559 you could find one somewhere!

Yes, 4k0 is a European model 1980 xj650...you'll need the book and parts for that.

RickCoMatic · Jul 4, 2011

Yamaha Motors PARTS Web Site:

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/partviewer/ ... x?ls=sport

Alza · Jul 5, 2011

i have now a copy of a xj650 manual

link here > http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stor ... &langId=-1

in pdf format, covers my model and year of bike, defantly an TCI unit used.

however i do not believe this to be the same unit the guys at the repair shop found in my bike, i will have to have a look myself.

again thanks to everyone who's replied to this thread

guess i'll take it from here.

NigeW · Jul 5, 2011

The shop you took your bike to are trying to identify the model from the TCI unit rather than knowing what it is?

FZ600 was a chain driven, faired sports bike. If you have a shaft-drive, naked bike with a 4KO engine/frame number you are one step ahead of the bike shop. Change bike shops pronto, and source the correct TCI unit on ebay.

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