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1972 xs with pamco , bikes been running fine until the other day came out of work and the battery was almost dead. I noticed the reg/rec was hot to touch while the key was off. Thought it may be the ignition switch tried a generic sportster switch same problem as soon as the battery is hooked up...

I broke my key off in my switch last night . I have an extra ignition however it's a little different than my current ignition. My current ignition is a sporty switch and turns forward once to activate the coils , kick start, then turns forward one more time for lights. This ignition is an Emgo...

I'am in the middle of a rebuild and I just mounted the rear wheel on and it spins fine up until I connect the drum plate linkage to the frame then you start to here rubbing and the tire doesn't spin that well. I recently changed pads and spring and noticed when taking the drum plate off it was...

I thought this was happening because of the bad gasket I had in the bowl changed the gasket still leaking around the edge of the bowl , could this be my float height is too high ? I have them set around 24-25mm measuring with the gasket in ,should I be measuring on top of the gasket or without...

between 1st and 2nd gear I get a slight hesitation when the throttle is cracked open , Im running short exhaust and pod filters with the mixture turned out 1 turn and the clip on the needle at position 4 .. stock xs my year calls for 3/4 turn out . When I get on it it's fine just that low range...

Idle is fine , under a load is fine but taking off I have a blurp or misfire until I break past and go under a load . Also on the take off I hear a spray like noise pilot jet is clear and main jet is clear , no holes in the diaphrams and I can close both mixture screws and the bike will still...

I just rebuilt a set of 72 bs38 solex carbs , idle is great , under a load is great but mid range and take off there is a stumble and hesitation. I have a short exhaust and running filters. stock jets are 130 main and 42.5 pilot with the needle at slot 4 . After running stock and still having...

I can get an idle on my solex carbs although when I take the filters off and raise the right carb throttle by hand the diaphram lifts as normal and the rpms go up .. When I do the same to the left (main with carb choke)carb the diaphram does not lift and makes a sputtering noise like it's not...

Im in desperate need of a right carb bs38 throttle shaft 74-75 the dual cable ones. Can anyone help me out ?