headlight and taillight out.

[Zero Axe]

Hi Folks! It's me again, the guy without the KLR, but who values the list's information in general regarding to Dual Sports ;o) I wonder if someone here might be able to highlight some problems/solutions to electrical(I think) problems on a Honda XL600R (trying to imitate a KLR! ;o) )?? If so, here are some details/problems: My Honda XL600R that just suddenly refused to start. No warnings (except another time, with same simptoms) whatsoever. I replaced the coil as I thought that might be the reason. The bike cranks over, but it almost seems as if there is no "fire". I can smell unburned fuel at the exhaust(still recovering, hehe).... The battery is all charged up with my spanking new Optimate III. The previous time this happened, the AA-guy came out(not all too brilliant, but after 'pulling' some cables while the tank was off, he managed to start it with his 'starter pack'), the bike started and I got home. It died on me a few times, but I managed to start it again. When I got home I took the carb off and tried to clean it(man, this was the most difficult carb I had to take off *any* vehicle in my life!!). It managed to start again after that... I will try and get hold of a inline spark plug tester-majiggy and pull the carbs again sometime this week... But does anyone have any ideas what else might be the problem (I don't really use this bike off-raod at the moment if it helps). And Im not such a good backyard mechanic yet ;o) I appreciate any advice that you guys might be able to help with. Cheers! ===== ZeroAXE **Becoming "The DADDY" soon!** '00 Candy Wine Red ZR-7 (The fast one) '91 Honda XL600R **Can't get enough of Bikes!** __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer

[HAULNA4814@AOL.COM]

Replace the stock tube fuses (vibration will knock them out) use a spade type fuse, after doing this I have had no blown fuses (you will also have to replace the fuse holder) auto parts store has them its cheap and it works In the future you wont have to worry about a fuse being the problem JD-Oklahoma A-1 A-17 TT600 KX500 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]