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She looks great, nice build. =)

Thanks gary, I missed that. I have not read it yet, I figured I pre soak while I did research. It's soaking in gas, I hope it can survive that. yup, those rubber rings were gone, they were just goo and so were the plugs that cap the main jet. thanks for the pics. I'll post pics tonight.

Thanks for the tip gary, I'm nowhere near the cutting and welding part yet. But I finally got around to breaking the carb apart, the seals are intact, the slide diaphragm is intact. But the whole thing smells of varnish. The float valves or gummy and pretty much everything else. Just curious if...

Thanks itsatoy. I do have newer calipers somewhere, unless the wife threw them away on the last garage purge. I like the oil tank idea. I tried to quickly rig the wiring to at least hear her start with ether, no joy though. Still no spark. I was going to take my time and hide the harness in the...

One more thing, for the chopper bobber gurus here. Do you guys relocate parts like the igniter etc. If so could you post some pics of where, I'm looking more to hide them specially the starter solenoid. Thanks in advance.

Thanks man, well so far, the tank is rusty inside but shouldn't take much to be serviceable. Compression is great 135 on the left and right. Carb will need a total do over, or just get a newish set from eBay. No spark, no voltage at the coils. It might be from the clutch switch or some other...

Hello everyone. I'm the new guy. =) Well, no questions yet, I just got her home late last night. Picked up an 81 xs special 2, condition unknown, been sitting for a while in a shed. I rescued her in hopes of fixing her up and have her back on the street where she belongs. The bike has 8K...