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  1. Chrispy

    Safety Check Questions

    Evening all, It occurred to me this evening as I was ripping through some farmland, that I have been so consumed in getting the engine running properly, that I haven't paid any attention to the running body. It occurred to me simultaneously that if the engine breaks while I'm going 60 through a...
  2. Chrispy

    Points Upgrade or Improvements Advice Needed

    Evening All, So I have a stock 78 still running points and a lot of other old things waiting to break. She had been running really well but is now starting to miss on the left side and run poorly, occasionally backfiring. So I'm going through the circuit of is it fuel or is it ignition, and...
  3. Chrispy

    Valve set nut stuck

    Evening all, I'm halfway through a valve adjustment on a recently acquired bike and I'm stumped because both the set nuts on the exhaust valves are absolutely jammed closed. I've given them hearty torque and some lights taps but definitely wary that these are breakable. Anyone have any advice?
  4. Chrispy

    Left side idle misfire

    Evening everybody I could use some fresh ears on a misfire issue I'm having. I've got a 78 pretty much stock except for a 2 into 1 exhaust someone put on. Still running points and original alternator. It's just on the left side, and when I've got the timing light going (which is often) I've...
  5. Chrispy

    Ignition system upgrade advice

    Hey guys, I'm new as of the last couple months, and this site and everyones advise has been invaluable. I recently bustered my mechanical advance (im still running points) and has realized that this is a less than ideal ignition system. (78 stock) Everybody raves about the pamco and e advance...
  6. Chrispy

    So I’m stranded cause my ATU. advice needed

    Hello gentlemen, so my engine cut out while riding. I pulled off and started troubleshooting and found that the nut on my advance had come off and been rattling around in there and bent the stop tang on one of the weights. So I’ve probably been riding around without advancing. Felt fine right...
  7. Chrispy

    Backfiring and maybe fried coil advice

    Hello again great knowledgable ones. I come to you once again seeking council. quick stats recap: 78 stock. points, original rotor, seems like original coils, pretty much everything but the exhaust is stock. bought it used and brought her back from the grave. Here is the situation: the bike...
  8. Chrispy

    Sump filter screw sheared

    Afternoon gentlemen, today I went the to change my oil and check the filter and I managed to shear the head off of one of the sump plate screws, specifically the one next to the side stand. I’m not gonna the hulk or anything it just snapped. Half the screw is in there inaccessibly. It’s a bad...
  9. Chrispy

    Some jetting questions for a 78 650

    Good morning gentlemen this is both my first post here and my first real motorcycle. I have scoured this website over the past couple weeks and it’s plethora of technical information has been invaluable. I have absorbed more information from you guys than I did in four years of college. I have...
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