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I live in Milwaukee, WI, and I would like to insure my custom build. I have a few concerns about this and do not know what to expect. Of note: no signals or gauges. How much should an appraisal cost? What on earth is my bike even worth? How much should it cost to insure? Anyone in...

I have been beating my head on a wall fine tuning my bike and I am wondering if my petcock is contributing to my woes. I attempted to T-connect my BS34 vacuum barbs to my stock petcock vacuum port but I am still having a hard time balancing perfectly. I can get my right cylinder to fire a...

I have a box of leftover stuff from my build free to a Milwaukee local for pickup. Came off an 81 w 5000 miles. Headlamp, rims, tach, shocks, throttle, random elec bits, horn. As is. I am lazy, don't want to mail but too good to just toss.

Not clear if I should order the BPR7EIX or BP7EIX. I would think the resistor cap + "R" plug would make a weak spark? Would it damage anything? Or do I need a non-resistor cap to use with the R version? I say this because it appeared the mikesxs kit contained some resistor caps with R plugs...

I am apparently running rich. After about 50 miles on my tune I found some dry sooty plugs. Performance, to me, seems all around excellent. Steady idle, smooth cruise, good pull throughout, no hesitation/stumbles/surging and good throttle response. Obviously I don't want to wash out my...

I believe I have a weak spark. I am hearing mixed evidence about this combo. Mikes lists it as a direct coil replacement for the tci coils, but elsewhere I've seen it advised against for no specific reason. Would I get the performance from this coil with the TCI? My charging system seems...

My clutch pushrod seal was leaking from the center so I replaced the bushing, seal, and the multi piece rod with the long single piece. I noticed that the pushrod would wiggle all over the damn place before. Anyway, new piece hardly moves, no leaks...yet. However, all of the sudden my...

This is probably the stupidest thing I have ever asked, but, I am now realizing that pilot jet plugs may have been required on the BS34 carbs. Mine never had them when I did my teardown, and for whatever reason I thought reference to them from the carb guide was for the other carb models...

I have been troubleshooting a left cylinder pop and I am banging my head against the wall. Preface: pop occurs from left cylinder at idle and on decel, but not at a steady cruise. When I pull each plug to look for spark and to adjust the air fuel screw according to the carb guide it gets more...

get this louder pop out of my straight G. Scott drag style exhaust when the choke is out and warming up, and also sometimes when letting off the throttle, it seems to me like it mostly comes from the left cylinder. It does this with mixture screws out 2 , 3, 4 screws it seems. Video starts...

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Starter used to work, then I did a rewire. I multimeter checked the connection from battery + to red terminal then from the other terminal to the attachment on the starter. I also checked the blue stripe connection to battery -. The red stripe shows connection to custom handlebar switch, and the...

I've been working on my bike overhaul for months and I finally tried to fire it up today. The first issue was did I leave the prime on too long with the choke out because the left carb started leaking gas bad. All I did was clean the carbs thoroughly and increase the main jet size. They were...

I purchased the motion pro cable and their push/pull throttle kit...but there is no way for the cable to stay attached to the housing. Our stock housing uses that screw and bracket system, is there a common name for the retention piece this is missing to hold the cable in?

Do I have to buy a 104 tooth chain or will this chain which appears to have 112 work? Can I shorten it?

My aftermarket headlight with daytime running bulb needs to be hooked up to my new wiring harness (which is based off of the 81 simplified wiring diagram). The headlight has 5 wires: blue, white, brown, black, green. It seems to me like the blue probably = high, white = low, brown = daytime pos...

The sack of sh!t who painted my frame did me the "favor" of cutting my neck-side steering stop off...and now that I have new steering neck bearings the wheel just flops back and forth hitting everything in the path. I guess I will have to sand down my brand new paint on the neck and have...

Long story short, someone stole some really randomized sh!t from my bike build and I am having trouble locating replacements. I looked at the exploded views, and saw this listed as a "front hub rotor side dust cover" spacer thing for my 81...You can see the part in the photo between the fork and...

I have a stock 81 rear hub laced with mikesxs 18" rim and accompanying stainless spokes. I took the wheel to a shop to be trued and tire mounted and the dude who is supposedly a whiz said they went together fine without issue. However looking at the rear closely it seems the spokes exit the...

I have an 81 with stock electrical components, and I want to rewire as part of my build to only include: headlamp, starter, tail lamp with front and rear brake switches, and actual critical engine parts. I want to eliminate everything else: turn signals, backup headlight thing, gauges, indicator...