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Offline CaptainCory

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1979 CB650
« on: September 26, 2016, 11:36:49 PM »
Hey guys im very new to the bike scene. Im basically going in blind lol but i picked up a 79 CB650 project bike.  So fat i have put in a new wire harness and a starter solenoid. I replaced the harness because when i installed the new starter solenoid it burned up my wire harness. SO i replaced it and thought it was a short or being grounded out somewhere. I tracked it down to what i think is the crank case. The wire goes beyond that tho. Dose anyone know how i could replace that wire or even how to fix the problem.

All help is appreciated, thanks
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2016, 07:02:20 AM »
I'm pretty sure I put it on correctly , I put the key in and the  neutral light popped up , when I shifted the bike into first to lock the wheels in place thats when it started to smoke and burn my wires.
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2016, 07:09:33 AM »
I'm pretty sure this is the problem but I will take a pic of the starter solenoid and post it as well.
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2016, 07:31:37 AM »
Yeah lol so I'm sure that's why it started to smoke lol. How do I fix that tho :/
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2016, 08:30:26 AM »
Here is better pictures of what I'm looking at currently
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2016, 08:58:08 AM »
Okay so when I take all that stuff off should I be careful , meaning like is stuff gonna fall out and I have to remeber where it was ?
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2016, 02:00:16 PM »
Hey Captain!, remember to take pictures of what you take apart, it will be much easier to go back and look at them when you put it back together.
Nice project!!
Cheers
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2016, 04:14:01 PM »
That's the wire for one , two it looks like this was repaired in some way . Tbh I'm a little iffy about taking it off. And also the screws are stripped to hell :/
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2016, 06:47:23 PM »
Okay lol , do you know what the wire name is , on the wire I need to replace ?
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2016, 08:01:12 PM »
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2016, 12:01:46 PM »
Also , I was replacing my wire harness and for some reason it isn't long enough to go to my tail lights , I made sure I bought the right year and everything.
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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2016, 05:48:54 PM »
Quote from: CaptainCory on October 01, 2016, 12:01:46 PM
Also , I was replacing my wire harness and for some reason it isn't long enough to go to my tail lights , I made sure I bought the right year and everything.

You may need to plug-in another rear fender wire harness extension,check an online parts description break-down picture for your model year and see if they used one.
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75' CB400F/'bunch o' parts' & 81' CB125S modded to a 'CB200S'
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Do your BEST...nobody can take that away from you.

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Re: 1979 CB650
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2016, 11:21:41 AM »
Alrighty lol , I'm back . I put a new stator on the 650 and got power to the bike , I only saw my signal lights turn on but hey it's better then nothing.  Now my only problem is when I got the bike I didn't see how my throttle cables and choke cable connected . I can't find any pictures online to help me :/ .
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