field coil

Hello everyone I have a 1981 Yamaha xs400 and the known good stator and field coil. Problem is when ignition is turned on the field coil doesn't excite even though the brown and green wires going to the connector of the field coil has power and when energized independently the field coil...

So I was trying to read into charging system problems and dig myself out of the "motorcycle not charging club" and came across the razor blade test and thought I'd give it a try. As I understand it you simply need to turn the key on and your coil should be magnetized (don't need to have the bike...

Hey, just got my stator rewound by the guys over at Custom Rewind, looks like a very professional job and the guys were really helpful and quick with the job. All in all the charge came to 100$. The custom rewind guy's seperated my stator and field coil too which didn't seem like that big...

So about a week ago I was having trouble with my charging system not getting any power (whatsoever) to my battery. I checked the continuity on all of my white stator wires and found that one wire wasn't getting continuity with the other two. I took off the left side/sprocket cover off and found...

I have two stators that belong to 81 xs400's. I'm not positive if they are good or not? I tested them on the 200 ohms setting and both stators had readings of 1.2 on all 3 white wires. Are these stators still good? I know the the manual specs say they should read at .75ohms +\- 10% Any help...