1980 Yamaha XS 400 Special "arc" Questions

why does my headlight flicker off and on when riding my 1980 yamaha special 400 You have a loose plug in connection or a broken wire (wire broken inside plastic tubing) . These would cause the light ...

Bike keeps cutting out especially in slow traffic- I can see the Spark arcing out to the manifold- Mark I would replace the cables that are arcing out and tie them up out of the way. Hope that helps.

cdi arcing to frame Why is the cdi arcing to the frame of this bike The plastic ages & cracks enough for high voltage sparks to jump out to earthRide Safe Bike-Doc

I have a 1982 Kawasaki z550 that I am trying to get started I am I was getting arcing from a starter relay so I have replaced it placed a 12V supply to the battery terminals still arcing. Engine will ...

I put Accl super coils in my honda cb750. Im getting spark , but I noticed the coils are arcing right from the middle of the coil through to the metal bracket that came with them. How can I fix this? ...

...be coil or kill switch... check spark plug wire and contact by pulling off and checking if it will arc when held within 1/4" from a metal part close enough to reach... do this when dark so u can see ...

...on. With the key in the off position, disconnect your negative battery lead and look/listen for an arc as you pull the lead away from the battery terminal. If you get an arc the next step will be to ...

...in the carb, and try cranking over. If that does not work, check the spark plugs and see if it arcs when you turn it over no arc means a bad wire or coil. If you replaced that and it still does ...

when putting on the two positive leads to the battery should i be getting a arc I'm not sure on this one but unless you've got something that runs all the time, you shouldn't. But, it does sound like ...

my 2006 XDS 1100 Yamaha has blowed main fuse replaced starter relay bike ran about 15 minutes and blow the main fuse again,What could be causing this The fact you said you rode it a little before the ...