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  1. K

    Reasons my bike would go to twin mode

    What are you like 5 years old? Well please educate me and the rest of us, why is that extra ground there on the battery terminal? It's on all my bikes and trucks, seems like a stupid way to waste money if it serves no purpose. One of these things is not like the others, one of these things...
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    Reasons my bike would go to twin mode

    Says the person who confuses a continuity tester for a circuit tester.
  3. K

    79 GS550 No Spark Electric Conundrum

    Did you read what you wrote? Does it sound right to you? Continuity light/bulb/tester/setting-on-multi-meter is self-powered/contained. A circuit tester aka test light is the one that requires external power. Two tools that can look exactly the same but do two completely different things.
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    Reasons my bike would go to twin mode

    The "extra" ground is ground reinforcement. It ensures other stuff have a good ground when the "main" ground is loaded up. During cranking is a time when the positive and negative cables will be loaded up - notice the positive cable also has the "extra" split off that occurs at the battery...
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    79 GS550 No Spark Electric Conundrum

    You wouldn't use a continuity light in this fashion. I believe you are thinking of a "Test Light". A continuity light could be use for this but the points would have to be disconnected from the coils and the continuity light/tester connected between the point breaker and ground - the continuity...
  6. K

    Hot fuse box

    Anything aftermarket added to the bike? Additional electrical loads? Also does this occur with the bike running? The headlights with ignition coil(s) always on pulls quite a bit of current.
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    Hot fuse box

    Is this an aftermarket fusebox and did you wire it according to the instructions or did you wire it to match the OEM wiring/configuration. If this fusebox is wired and configured different than the OEM fusebox you may have too many things on the fuse and be pulling too much current.
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    Hot fuse box

    It's not that sinister, HD.LAMP stands for Headlamps.
  9. K

    Reasons my bike would go to twin mode

    You can. A test light connected to battery positive will light up whenever the probe touches something connected to ground. As with a multi-meter, you have to be mindful of circuits that have a path to ground by design to not be deceived.
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    Reasons my bike would go to twin mode

    Checking the resistance of a wire from end to end will do nothing when trying to determine if it's shorted to ground or another wire. To do that you have to check the resistance between the wire and ground (or another wire when looking for wire to wire shorts). When doing this you have to be...
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    Colortune and loud pop out of exhaust?

    A couple of posts on the forum say colortune doesn't work so well with CV carbs https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?261091-Colortune-is-it-needed&p=2648550#post2648550
  12. K

    Ignition System problems - no spark on plugs

    So the real problem is you're not getting power to the kill switch and starter button - why you have no spark and starter solenoid. Inspect fuses, fusebox, ignition switch, and wiring.
  13. K

    Ignition System problems - no spark on plugs

    What makes you say this? How are you getting to motor to crank if the starter solenoid is not working?
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    Reasons my bike would go to twin mode

    You're going to have to work harder than giving him the standard forum replies. He's got a new Rick's stator and a new sh775 RR according to https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?261156-Well Need to separate the charging issue from the running issue and focus on and fix one at a...
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    Reasons my bike would go to twin mode

    If cylinder #4 had good spark like the rest of the cylinders, the wetness would have me starting with the carbs. The wetness can be from too much fuel. Even with good spark, having too much fuel will cause no/poor ignition that will leave the plugs wet with fuel.
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    Reasons my bike would go to twin mode

    What's the battery voltage at during this? If battery voltage is adequate this sounds like a fuel or mechanical issue. You mention lower compression, how much lower is lower? More than 10%?
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    Chasing a short circuit

    Short circuits will typically blow fuses and/or melt and char wires. If you don't have any such evidence then you probably don't have a short in the wiring harness. How are your spark plug wires? Are they original/old? If so when you hear arcing take a look at the wires and see if they are...
  18. K

    Firing before the cylinder

    The bike sounds alright. Gotta get on and butt (poor mans) dyno it to really know if the fueling and everything else is where it should be.
  19. K

    79 GS550 No Spark Electric Conundrum

    Thanks for the update of everything I missed. The OP has wired up the kill switch to the fuse and has 12.6ish volts there. The next step would be to follow the connection from the kill switch to the coils. A wiring diagram would indeed help but considering the GS550's only come with one fuse...
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    79 GS550 No Spark Electric Conundrum

    Well you won't get spark if the motor isn't cranking/turning. When you try to start the bike, do you hear the starter relay click? If no, check for power on the yellow/green wire at the starter relay during a start attempt. If you do hear the relay click, ensure the motor/engine is able to turn...
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