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I've put my Betsea up for sale! All new filters & gaskets this season Re-done BS38's Just changed the oil after 500 miles... it was almost caramel colored still.. no metal or plastic in the pan Removed rear baffles in stock exhaust & have another stock set as well HHB oil cooler HHB...

Hey guys, jetting/elevation question here. Bought the bike in MN (elev.950ft) all stock, ran great (which I later couldn't believe due to the rotten air filters, oil filters, sparkies...etc). I hit 102 speedo-indicated mph with stock gearing. Didn't check the tach at that time, but I'm sure it...

Hey all. So I replaced the floats (the $15 ones from mike's) and float bowl gaskets on my bs38's ('79 heritage special) this spring as well as adding the non-vac petcocks & barb-blocks from mike's and put about 110 miles on. I noticed that if i left the bike sit, the left carb would start...

Yup, my Betsea's 'done'! At least with modifications, aaaand just for this year. I've got a bit of gas leakage from the carbs so a rebuild is in order, but all is well other than that! Cam chain, valves & timing adjusted, carbs synched & UNI pods added & shes running great except for that drippy...

So Betsea (my '79 H.Special) & I just moved back to Bozeman, MT from MN.. bozeman being much drier and ~4000 feet higher than MN. I'd bought a UNI PK-82 filter kit (comes as a two-pack, black plastic end-caps, $27 shipped from shmamazon) in advance to swap out the airboxes on arrival, which i...

Hey everybody, first technical (read: begging the advice of guru's) post here so bear with me. I got my wheels off to paint and yanked the exhausts as well, as I bought some heat wrap to do the headers. Now that the stockers are off, im hating the look of them & the connecting tube is kinda...

Hey all! New to the forum due to the fact that I just bought a '79 Heritage Special! Bought it from the original owner with almost 23k miles for a cool $740 :thumbsup: Not new to the 70's bike, Yamaha, or twin cylinder game but this is my 1st 4-stroke and 1st street bike.. unless youre counting...