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After getting the headlight on, I started wondering why I always had to put it back on the charger after running it for a bit. At first I blamed the teeny-tiny cheap battery the po had put on. It was 6Ah and would only turn the bike over for 12-15 seconds. I hooked up my multimeter and the...

After I made the headlight, I started thinking how to add more plumbing to the bike. I wanted to figure out some copper down-tubes for the carbs, and add a 2' piece to the exhaust headers with some sort of packing. I like louder exhaust but straight pipes are too much for me. I'm getting...

So here's where the copper starts. I had been debating what color to paint it and was leaning towards copper when I tried to move the headlight from the old Vetter fairing back into the original bowl on the bike and it was the wrong size. Ok, get a different lightbulb right? Well, I still...

Thanks again for the welcomes! Ok, continuing with the story. I did a "quick" run thru the carbs and fuel pump, and replaced the fuel lines and filter as they all were full of rust. I got a couple hex cap screws and drilled a hole down the middle with my cordless. Two out of four ain't too bad...

Thank you for your welcomes! I've been lurking on several of these sites since I got the bike and have learned alot! I found this community more to my liking than the others so I decided to detail my work here. I'll get this thread up to where I currently am with the bike, and I'll have a few...

So, I got it home in the rain and parked it in the garage. I had to get it started, if only for a few seconds. There on the trailer, I jumped the dead battery and she started up. posting.php?mode=reply&f=9&t=9880# A little rough, but she was running - then i saw the water leaking out of the head...

So, last summer, I was halfway thru my usual 56 mile commute home from work in my red 1975 beetle, when it started smoking something crazy. It lost all umph and I coasted to the shoulder of the freeway. When it had cooled, It started but didn't seem to have full power. It seems I had damaged at...

...Using brass grounding lugs to keep it in place.

...A woven copper wire mesh to hold the light in the frame, and good old fashioned stainless bailing wire to support it from behind.

Ah, Much better for size.