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I had some after firing issues. So i chamged and gapped my points and cleaned the carbs. No more after fire.
Now my xs idles fine with choke off. But of the start line it starts sputtering until I get up to higher rpms. But if I engage the choke it clears up at the lower rpms, but then dies...
I'm assuming this is the rectifier. Just seems kind of cheap. Am I correct?
If so I was just going to replace it with this diy version
http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17378
Reassembling my '78 standard. Ditching the flashing relay, reserve lighting unit, starter selenoid...
Ah, I guess I wasn't descriptive enough. I didn't mean the pivot tube. There were these two sleeves that were made of some type of dense cloth like material that I had to burn out.
I took apart my swing arm for powder coating I took out the plastic bushings and had to heat out a second bushing type cylinder thing with a torch. but now I have the brass upgrade bushings. is that's all that is needed? No second part?
I just finished powder coating my spoked wheels and was wondering: I got new bearings and seals from Mike's. Do I need to take the dust covers off and pack them with any kind of particular grease? They seem to have some sort of silicon stuff in them. Also, the axel I'm assuming needs a...
Hi, doing a complete restore. Finished all powder coating and about to start to reassemble. Would like to replace all fasteners. Does anybody have a complete allen kit (not just engine bolts)? If not, does anybody have a list of the fasteners and a site that will do individual bolt orders (not...
Hi,
I have a '78 standard that I was gonna redo the wiring on. So I decided to go ahead and break it all down for powder coating/paint/polish. I was wondering if you guys had any advice on the following questions.
Generally, what's good all around advice for any gotchas you guys have run...
I was wondering if anybody would have any advice for troubleshooting a bogged down engine. It seems anytime there is a cold snap my engine bogs down. On a couple occasions its also happened just after it rained (although not the last time). But its fairly certain that if the temperature...