Bad charging system?

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Bad charging system?

Bad charging system? 
Red_E said 2010-07-07 06:49 
 
I went on a trip with my 1976 XS500 while going down the road the bike began to lose power and started to miss constantly. I had no head or tail light at this point. I let the bike sit for a little while (1 hour)then it fired up and went a short distance further about 5 miles. Now does this sound like a bad carging system? I have rewired some of the components on the bars, and behind the headlight. Thes things haven´t given me any problems as of yet. Could that be part of the problem? What components does the charging system consist of? 
 
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