Recent content by Mulfito

I'm a newbie at all this, so bear with me. I have an 81 Special with mag wheels - single disc front, drum rear. I'm looking to switch out the mags with spokes - 18" front (disc) and 18" rear (drum). Besides swapping with other 650's - are there any other bikes I can use? What do I...

Thanks everyone. I put in the fully charged 13.12V battery and it started right up without issue. Now to work on my kickstart technique.

Thanks all for the replys. Great advice and made me look further. I found this on another site: "Remember a fully charged battery is 12.6 V if conventional acid filled, 13 V if maintenance free. 12.4 is 75%, 12.2 is 50% 12 is 25% 11.9 is completely dead." The battery that was with my XS was...

Bought a stock '81 back in December (my first bike) - the XS was running when I first got it and then started having issues. When trying to start the XS using the starter it would work sometimes and then I would get a loud clicking in the safety relay. Then when I went to kickstart the XS it...