dps650rider

Took the leakey one apart and polished the seat with a qtip and polishing compound... not perfect but better. Also inspected the washer...

C'rap, having problems with leaking again. Not severe but enough to be able to smell it when parked after a ride with (vacuum) petcocks...

Well that h4 led crapped out already. Looks like a mechanical failure, it has 2 leds for low and 2 for high beam. One of each works...

FYI, these are the ones I used as posted by DogBunny https://www.ebay.com/itm/192195452506 Went for a couple more rides... no leaks!

Tried it for a short ride tonight... so far so good 👍

The ones I got were a little long so I took 0.025 off the seats and kept the gaskets. Before and after pics below.

These get good reviews but they are pricey. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hly-lfrb155

Rode at night a couple times, beam pattern is not quite as good as the halogen but that is more than made up for by the increased...

Plugs look good now even after a lengthy slow ride. Not sure which thing fixed it but I suspect the inlet needle. Seems a little lean...

Thanks will keep that in mind. Last evening I pulled the carbs, cleaned and swapped inlet needles and seats and reset float levels. And...

Have aftermarkets in there now but suspect one is leaking sometimes. Don't know for sure but it's on my list of suspects.

Anybody have a source for OEM BS38 choke plungers for a '78? I suspect I have intermittent problems with one of them not sealing.

I reinforced mine like this.

With the oem bearings I was getting a noticeable notch that you could feel in the middle so I installed tapered rollers. That was a long...

Try, try again this time from my laptop. The Gibson I bought on my 21st birthday (quite some time ago :-)), the Epiphone a year or two...

My guitars. Tried 3 times to add a picture... new Firefox on Android is a pos.

I got one of these, haven't ridden after dark yet but that thing is bright and only draws a couple amps or so...

Keep in mind that all H4 reflectors are not created equally. Some have much better beam patterns than others.