dan28

when i got the bike i had awfull trouble getting it to run right in the end it turned out the the previous owner had fitted a mini moto single cable throttle witch was causeing the butterfly on the carb not to open an close correctly i have since put a standard twin cable throttle on an it seems to run ok with the filter although the exhaust now crackles when high reving

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thank you

thats correct the yellow is postive to the brake light so on the brake lever there is the yellow wire mentioned above an a another that goes to earth an makes contact with the switch when the lever is pulled if i earth the other wire to the frame will the brake light then work ?

can some one explain in words (or maybe diagram) how brake light switches are wired my rear light has a yellow(live) wire this then connects to two other wires one coming from the rear brake pedal other from front brake lever . so how do the switches earth? at the moment neither are working

when i start my xvs it takes approx 5 minutes for the engine to become warm enough for it to be rode if i try pushing the choke in it wont rev until the engine has warmed up its using an aftermarket choke an cable is this normal leaving it warming up for 5 mins at 6am annoys everyone

my is a steel unbranded one i had to cut it down as due to the angle of the curve it would foul the tyre mine is mounted to the bridge on the frame you can add spacers if its too high

that looks nice i think your frame is shorter than mine an mine has been chopped too

if your mate needs any parts theres a breakers near me that are breaking a xvs 125 if you still need adive with fuel pipes i may be adle to get a pic of mine EDIT mine has two on the carb one slightly below the other

there is nothing straight forward on my bike most if it was bodged when i bought it, its been converted to rear disc instead of the standard drum brake i m pretty sure there is no loom around the brake pedal to plug the switch into hence there was no switch fitted to the bike when i bought it i am concerned about mounting the spring to be honest dont want to mount it wrong an break it along with the air box assembly being held on with cable ties an incorrect reak itthrottle cable that made the engine do random things

thanks rocky can you post a pic of how the spring fits to the brake pedal i assume the wires on the other end go to the rear light so so i ll solder them to the existing wiring

i cant post this in classifieds as i m not a paid member i have pair of bars i dont need so they are free to anyone that needs them approx 2-3 inch rise 3/8 diameter collection from leeds there the bars seen in the pic in my avatar

thanks for the info mines a chopper so im sure they will be some issues such as do you need a chain guard when the frame single seat an no where near the rider also the lights are wired permantly on there is no side light only dip an main

can someone with an xvs put a pic up of were the two ends attach to the bike

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so the spring connects to the pedal arm does any one have a pic of it fitted? an what do the two wires connect to

as my xvs is a custom chop its been converted to rear disc brake it uses the yamaha foot brake an a sachs xtc rear disc an caliper trouble is there is no brake light switch fitted i know i can buy a universal one but where does the switch fit to?? i ve had a look an cant se anything obvious

before i send my bike for mot is there a website i can download a checklist from i think i ve covered most of the basics any tips for checking less obvious issues

if for some reason the cable extension doesnt work get a cable made up here

from what you said above what about fitting a hypercharger with the xvs air filter element inside i ve fitted one to mine but the vacum isnt strong enough to open the flaps so i need to think of something it makes an evil crackle at high revs though

can you put some pics up to show the air box an how it mounts to the frame etc my xvs ran without filter (nt very good until warm) can you not mount a cone filter directly to the carb like this Uploaded with ImageShack.us ( i expect this would be crap in winter due to carb iceing) you could cut off the part of the cbr air box that mounts to the filter bolt it to the filter then use sections on f the cbr /xvs air boxes to make a mock up one that fits then either recreat it in fibre glass or fabricate one out of sheet metal similar to this Uploaded with ImageShack.us

makes sense now what other info is on the sticker i am guessing nothing that cant be found by doing a hpi check i was told that as long as it the frame number mounted on the frame it will be fine

speedshop the vin in the pic isnt mine i found the pic on line that sticker is not on my bike as i said its been resprayed an there are no numbers stamped into the frame so i guess all the info is found on that sticker? an its been removed when the fram,e was sandblasted an powder coated

thanks for the replys

i bought my xvs as a unfinshed project it came with log book that was registered to the previous owner who i bought it off the frame has been resprayed an there is no frame number i can only assume that instead of the number being stamped into the frame its on a sticker like this ? Uploaded with ImageShack.us ( click pic to enlarge an look below the white sticker the bike has been hpi checked an is clear i ve had a plate made with the frame number on what i want to know is does the number have to be a certain size font an should i mount the plate in the orignal place or somewhere different i ve removed the paint from the area where the number is found an there are no signs of it being tampered with but if i stick the plate in the origanl place its possible people may think i am hiding something 9(i am not though pics of the removed paint will be up soon)