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Fantastic - I went to Radio Shack and found the magnets. Just JB Welded one on, will report back late tomorrow once it's had time to cure. Thanks again.

Thanks for all the great suggestions. Pete/Leo, ya'll were right on. I unplugged the reg/rect and she runs like a top! So now the question is...what's next? I remember testing the rotor/stair when I replaced the damaged electric starter 'clip'. Guess I'm going to have to read through...

Ok, Reg/Rect tested well at all 0's and ~0.51's across both the positive and negative. Coil is showing 2.4 Ohms. Currently extracting the TCI, but even that looks ok. Any ideas?

Thank you - Will unplug and report back asap.

Hey all, Was hoping to get the collective's quick thoughts on something interesting. I've got a mostly-stock '83 that I've just pulled out of the garage for the first time since last fall, and it's got a rather large issue. It starts and idles fine, but as soon as I roll on the throttle the...

Mounted a nice Lucas-style light a couple weeks back - The rubber gasket that came with the light allows for the odd curvature of the fender nicely. Plus it hides all the holes the P.O. did mounting their crappy light which is what really matters at the end of the day. Cheers for all the advice.

5Twins, You're spot on with the shocks - They're about 1" lower than stock. I ended up not ordering the sidestand from Mikes during my mega-order just now (Working on everything I can w/o splitting the cases). Will pop the side stand off, torch it, and see what happens per Leo's...

Hey gang, Have a question I hope someone can answer pretty quickly - The current side stand on my '83 H Special is quite "Tall" at the moment. Meaning the bike doesn't have a great lean angle on it, making parking quite the adventure sometimes (Center stand is long gone). I believe it to be the...

Hey Leo, With the 2-into-1 headers from Mikes on it, there is absolutely no clearance to take that cover off. Wish it were that easy!

Scabber, I'm not splitting the cases or anything, but the bike needs the usual problems fixed - The #4 gear chatters while engaging, the kick springs needs to be replaced, clutch needs to be rebuilt....etc. Plus the valves need to be adjusted so that left case is coming off & I'm checking the...

Hey all, I'm getting ready to do a major rebuild on my 1983 Special, and since I'll be popping the exhaust off to get at the clutch/alternator/kick start shaft anyway, I'm thinking about replacing the muffler. Current set up is from the P.O., running Mike's 2-into-1 performance exhaust w/a...

Thanks for the advice - Knew it was a Lucas style but couldn't find one that looked that clean. Was thinking of using something like this...

Hey XS1961 - Do you happen to remember where you picked up that tail light? Would love to run it on my stock '79 fender. I see in your reply to Aldo that you may have gotten it from MikesXS. Any help would be extremely appreciated. Cheers, -K

Any idea what year(s) that grab bar/light combo fits?

PM sent on rack - Hope weekend didn't beat me to it :D

Hi all, Looking for a sissy bar or rack for my '83 project. Can't seem to find a quality aftermarket vendor that carries a bolt-on rack/bar. Any thoughts? Anybody got a new project they need to unload a sissy bar from? Any size/condition will be considered! :thumbsup: If it helps any, I'm...