Sometimes buying a far-away bike can be fun. I once bought a bike in Rhode Island and rode it home to Georgia. I shipped a box of tools and riding g...

• I have used a trucking company called Forward Air. You go to their warehouse. They supply a sealed metal box with motorcycle trailer-like wheel guid...

Thoughts... • Not only check the points, but also lube the auto advance unit and replace the AAU return springs. Tighter springs will retard the adv...

Congrats ! Sorry to push so hard, but I knew the issue had a very low likelihood of being internal to the cylinders. And I definitely knew opening ...

Take an old spark plug (that you know is good) and rip the L-shaped side electrode completely off. Plug that into the plug cap on the cool running sid...

No. There is the overall schematic showing how the power flows, then you use a multi-meter to determine which contacts make that happen and wire it ac...

Not trying to scare you, because "generally speaking" these bikes age much better than most. Simply trying to alert you that there are items (mostly f...

...and field mice have not built a nest around your starter ?? 🤣

Hi, Mike ! Thoughts.... • Start here... According to the owner it has been in storage and not ridden in 7 or 8 years. The tank has be...

• Your title says "Right side no fire", but I see nowhere in this entire thread where you physically pulled the plugs and actually visually witnessed ...

• Just curious as to why the 5 or 6 points of investigation I contributed have not been answered. • Some oil film will always be present in the int...

Welcome from Georgia. You're very smart. After wasting time riding pretty much everything else, I re-discovered Airheads too late in my career to real...

1. But then, did you move the spark plug ? Spark plugs have a huge impact, and if you had some bad fuel even new plugs can be fouled very quickly. 2...

The older the bike (or car for that matter), then the fewer the Returns you will find in the stock harness. Pre-1970 vehicles simply didn't include th...

The reed valve sits on top of the crankcase. When you remove the small cover, you should see the exposed flapper (the "reed"). The reed allows air fro...