Happy fourth all!
Spent some time with the bike today, took the ride side cover off and spun the engine by hand, smooth movement no roughness at all.  Also took the breather cover off and everything looks fine there.

The Bike all apart:


The gas tank, got the lock and the top off, going to put on a new keyless gas cap later this month:


The side covers, they still look new except for the drop scratches:



Bike all back together:

that's a very clean '89.  Shouldn't be too hard to get her back on the road now.

Cool Beans...looking good, one fenderectomy and you are on your way 

Quote from: JB848 on July 07, 2009, 01:42:25 PM
Cool Beans...looking good, one fenderectomy and you are on your way 

This is high on my "to do" list after all the mechanical stuff, and cleaning the frame and other little parts of rust, and replacing the fuel lines....Yea haha I have quite a ways to go, but I'm happy about it.  Just gotta wait till payday and then I'll see if she fires up.

Thanks for all the positive comments 

Sorry I haven't posted much lately My wifes been sick and moneys been thin for finally finishing my bike.  Now that everythings under control I can get back to work, and I've run into a wall I hope some of you out there can help me.

The bike won't start, and by that I mean I turn the kill switch to run, pull in the clutch, and hit the ignition switch and nothing happens.   I did everything in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHm15O8Yd0E and I'm still getting nothing.  The right hand kill switch and starter are good, as is the clutch switch, and just about every other electrical connection on the bike, except for the side stand switch.

I made the home made circuit tester like in the video and I can't get the green wire to the stand switch to light up no matter where in the line I test.  What I'm wondering is how do I go about checking that this switch is actually dead and not the relay as well? I checked the orange/ blue orange wire going into the relay and they have power as does the diode for the neutral switch/side stand wire. 

Thanks for all your help!

u need a sidestand switch or at least to bypass the switch hardwiring the two leads together

Under the left panel the side stand switch has 2 wires. It can be jumpered short ... or I think they even plug into each other like the clutch one inside the headlight.

BTW neutral switch ? is it in neutral ? make sure it is and it lights that green light.

Cool.
Buddha.

Quote from: The Buddha on January 01, 2010, 05:20:18 PM
Under the left panel the side stand switch has 2 wires. It can be jumpered short ... or I think they even plug into each other like the clutch one inside the headlight.

BTW neutral switch ? is it in neutral ? make sure it is and it lights that green light.

Cool.
Buddha.

Ok I'll try that out soon, I also ordered a new switch since I found one of off ebay for next to nothing.  The original switch is pretty gummed up with years of crud so I'm sure thats not helping. 

Yeah it's in neutral guess I should say that before 

Neutral switches are thrown away ... not worth the $ of shipping.
But ... yea try it, gumming up may not affect it though.
Cool.
Buddha.

Neutral switches or the side stand switch? I ordered the side stand switch.  Where on the transmission is the neutral switch found?  I never thought to check the neutral switch actually thanks!

And if it is the neutral switch what should I do?

neutral switch / gear indicating switch , same thing. found under the sprocket cover, our switch only lights up when in neutral, not like a gear indicator. this should not make a difference with starting or running, unless the kickstand is down and the bike is in gear, but that would be the sidestand switch.