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Old Bike, new rider, same ol' problems - 1980 GS550E

Heres a image of what the wiring was. looking at the wiring diagrams i can find (this was what i could find with the wire colors) they both go to the rectifier and the alternator, so ill keep them unplugged. PO may have done the charging system fix thing I saw Rich post for his 82 GS750, which I likely would have also done at some point, since I already upgraded the headlight to a OE looking LED light since IMO the Halogen one it came with was worthless. yes the light flickers at low RPM but i dont care as it smooths out once the RPMs are above 1K.

I too was thinking it was the battery, as i have killed it cranking it too many times when i first got it, but even with my Lion jump pack it didn't crank. the pack def has the juice needed, ive used it to jump the bike when I killed the battery.

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