If you want to really experience the '70s, get someone to push you around the back lot, while you dump the clutch.
It's not authentic 'till he's breaking a sweat...
It's not authentic 'till he's breaking a sweat...
You can pull out the spark plugs and use a timing light with the e-start? . Maybe even kicking if you have a helper. Keep the plugs grounded any time the iggy is live. Watch out about leaving the ignition on. Use a separate 12 volt battery for the pamco if you just have a capacitor..
That bike is bad ass! Keep it OG as much as you can!
I don't recall *any* posts in here about servicing or replacing the kickstart bushing in the right sidecover. Cheapest/easiest solution I can think of is to heat the cover in a oven, perhaps 400°F, to loosen the bushing, then rotate the bushing 180° to get a fresh/unused surface for the kickstart shaft...
Thanks, Dave. I'm really lucky that one of my best high school buddies entrusted the bike to me. I sure appreciate the support that I have received on this forum.Very sharp looker Apex.
Should be a simple lathe project. Steel, ID about 0.002"-0.004" larger than kickstart shaft, OD your choice. 0.002" interference fit, heat/cold inserted. Or sized for press fit with red loctite. Can't tell you about the flange.
The real question is: Is the existing hole as it was originally machined, or was it hogged-out, and now mis-located?
Seriously consider Kshanson's offer, bushing from his broken cover. At least to get the dims...
Wow! What a cool little device. I found the UK website and will order one, for sure. Just perfect for my needs as I plan to run the bike initally on total loss. I have a nice little Shorai that has pretty good capacity. I cut the top off my old Yuasa and glued it on top for the proper old school look.For an LED indicator, you could up your game to a "sparkbright" voltmeter.
http://www.xs650.com/threads/nifty-little-voltage-monitoring-doo-dad.27642/#post-281101