To make a judgement about the clutch free-play, You start at the handle bar end. How far can you pull the clutch lever before you feel the tension inc...

If it were a bike that was new to me, I would play with the adjustment of the clutch arm on the back of the transmission, and/or the cable at the han...

I watched the Chris Harris video. While his procedure is perfectly correct, what he fails to explain is the "why" of the need to rotate the motor and ...

I have been setting the valve clearances at .006 and .008 for years.

I want to follow up on this, and reveal a dirty little secret I have practiced for years. Wobbly is perfectly correct. Let me explain this in terms of...

The 1 owner I know personally who went to Mikunis is very pleased with them. However there are negatives associated with the install. The kit has 2 i...

If you hold the carburetor upside down with the float resting on the needle and seat, the feature line should be parallel to the bottom of the carb bo...

Regarding the center stand, they all do that. Regarding the clutch noise, If it were my bike, I would pull the parts out of the throw-out assembly a...

This Airhead is new to you, correct? Not knowing much about the recent history of the bike presents plenty of opportunities for detective work. 1) I...

There is no kill switch on a /5 or 1974, /6. Your left side handle bar switch is high/low beam and flash to pass for the headlight and push down for ...

Scott is correct. There are many things here that we need to sort out. First, understand the the motor turns clockwise when looking at the front. nex...

OT stands for over-top, or top dead center. At OT, the piston is as high as it can go in the cylinder. On models with the heavy flywheel, the S is t...

Another thing to consider is that the /6 motors had a change made in the opening of the motor casting where the cylinder fits in the crank case. All /...

It takes me the better part of a whole day to go thru a set of carburetors. You would have starved to death as a pro-mechanic. 👿 The se...