1973 tx650

I've got a 73 tx650 that I need to fix the starter on. The current problem is the lever pulls but with no resistance, as if the kill switch is in the wrong position. This was rather sudden as I had been test riding it for about 5 miles before this happened. When I got it back to the house I...

So here's the story. Kind of a cool one. My dad bought this bike brand new in 1973. '73 TX650 Yamaha. For whatever reason he stopped riding a few years later, and the bike sat. When I was in high school (mid 90's) I would go out and tinker with the thing almost every day, but never got...