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If you could find a used front motor mount, or dont mind using your current one...I took an old pair of handle bars off an old suzuki I had and bent them flat and shaped them to my liking, then welded ...

I have a 83 Special, and had similiar pesky leaks a while back. I had rejetted my carbs after putting on pod filters and open pipes. After a little tweaking and playing around with jet setups, downsiz ...

You would need a stud gun and a dent puller, being similiar to drilling holes, but youd have to be careful not to weld a stud on too hot to tear a hole in the tank when breaking off the studs. Which w ...

(83 heritage special if it makes any difference) Wondering if anyone can help me understand the job of the pilot jet, and what are the effects if it is too big or too small. Ive got open pipes and pod ...

Oh yeah, and some other rusted little bar thing (there on the left) with a little square hole on one end, anyone know what the heck that is!?

Heres a pic and a little list for as far as i can tell. I've got from Yamaha: a 14+17, 10+12, 8+10mm open end wrenches, a 22mm wrench, and 2 double end sockets with a levergae bar, a 5mm allen wrench ...

I believe i still have mine. Hardly ever take it out of its pouch. If i get a chance in the next couple days ill list what i got or take a pic of everything for ya.

You could call mine shot gun pipes i guess, but they are still on the stock sides (1L and 1R), but arent middle height. I just wacked off the stock mufflers and welded on some automotive exhaust the s ...

Ive determined my rattle is coming from the exhaust port/ header area. There an inner pipe in the stock headers i understand? Has anyone else ever heard one rattle? Also there are to small holes at th ...

Lookin awsome so far. I think Id go with the smaller tank.

I got my high bars from jcwhitney. Nice price, after a summer with them im very happy. I believe mine are the 32" wide, 10" rise, 10" sweep. At first i was thinking of adding higher than stock risers ...

I painted my sidecovers along with the tank last winter in my refinishing class. I scuffed the sidecovers with a medium scuff pad and then wiped them down with a degreaser. To start my refinishing pro ...

I too have an 83, also recently picked up a ping-ing like sound. Not constant, but it will ping a little then quiet a couple seconds and do it again. I tried adjusting the tensioner a while back and d ...

It was advised to me to tighten the screws all the way down, then back them out 3 full turns. From there, scrrew them down by 1/4 turns (which i believe is to the right when the carbs are onthe bike) ...

After doing all my odds, it was running kinda crappy, some more tweaks and trying 89 instead of 87 its running pretty good. so ive decided to stick with the 89.

My next project was goin to be upgrading the coil, wires, ect. so hopefuly that will help. I didnt think about playin around with the jets, so i may look into that too. And how do those Mac pipes sou ...

I have an 83 Heritage Special, and i dont have the advance springs, (unless im just not seeing whats right in front of me) so what could my problem be?

my power drops off when im above 5 grand also, or gettin on it too hard. If i leave off and slowly ease the throttle it seems to hold the power longer. Im running open pipes, thinking it may be too li ...

What type of pipes are you running? Sorry if you told me already.

Added a washer for extra spacing and tightend the nut as far as i could, still feel some air pushing out. And when i jump on it or go above 5 grand it looses all of its pep, could this also be due to ...

I just bought some new headpipe exhaust gaskets, put them on and now theres air shooting from the headpipes. I clamped the bolts as tight and safely as i could and it still leaks. And also after about ...

Yo MO,
In response to that Faq question you found, i was ordering my newest installment of parts from Mikes site and i noticed the gasket-intake spigot (carb gaskets) so i thought about it and realiz ...

Ive checked the cable, and i recently had the carbs apart, cleaned, and new jets put in. Do you think if the timing is off that it may cause it to hover? Im looking through my Haynes manual and Mikes ...

Yes, mines an 83, and im guessing it has Auto Advance. Looking at MikesXS online catalog, there is a spring and clip set with the 1st sentance of the description reading: Is your Ignition going to ful ...

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