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Greetings......would you mind sending me a few pics re how you welded tabs to the frame and home seat attached. I sure would appreciate your efforts.....thanks either way. Chris

I am with you brother. Any suggestions re battery. I'm not exactly certain how small a battery I can run so that it will still be sufficient to get a spark at the plugs. I don't wanna waste money on a small battery and then not have it work and have to buy a bigger one so I'm wondering if...

Looking at my beautiful diagram, I noticed the red wire coming from rectifier is currently not connected to the capacitor first.....and then run over to the fuses. Presently it just runs the power,over to fuses and then out to bike As,it is now, the power travels from pma to rectifier to fuses...

Thank you again very much? Did anyone have a thought re my kill switch hook up question? Thanks I will try the 12v battery asap

Thanks for the replies. In order to use a 12 volt battery to start it....i connect the positive where? And the negative where? Before do this, I only need to disconnect the capacitor? Correct? Dumb question, but do i. Need a 12v motorcycle battery, or can i use any 12volt battery from the...

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Here are the pics ...the schematic has most of the major stuff but lights, etc I have not completed. Any advice is gratefully accepted. Thank you. Chris

Can i get the color/code for that gold! Stunning thank you

Greetings to all. My last bike was a 1976 honda cb400 supersport.....then i took 30 years off while I raised boys and did not want them on motorcycles in losangeles at ages 16-21. I recently bought a rebuilt 1978 xs650 (a special, i think), which had been converted by a gent even older than...

No year is even on the label it looks like to me?

A pic of the bike is shown below. Actually, it is missing both side covers, so if you have 2, i will take both....only one needs the emissions label. If you just have the one, i will take what i can get...thank you!

I am happy and grateful to receive any assistance...thank you

Whitewalls....or so it looks! Incredible!