Tango

kaptainkwak wrote:
…I’m a Nuclear Design Engineer. The issue here is an issue of shear which is where the benefits of the higher tensile bolts comes into play…..

A noocleehar whatsit? 😉 Well, I’m a garbage man. Ok, maybe not, but I aspire to be one one day.

Anyway, just to throw gas on the fire… On my two bikes, one was an issue of…[Read more]

Steve_Chambers wrote:
I have been trying to find an electronic ignition setup, but no luck.

Does anyone have , or can get, the pickup etc from an ’80 or ’81 LTD 750? This seems to be the only way to go…

Yep, now that Newtronic has been bought by Autocar, they aren’t manufacturing their Electronic ignition for 750 twins anymore, but you…[Read more]

dougyt wrote:
I will be posting here, and keeping an eye on LonesomeTwin site also….

Agreed.

dougyt wrote:
…but I think this may become our new spiritual home…

Hmm. That is a bit of a problem for me as I have no spirit. Unless you mean the Dewars I just drank… 😉

dougyt wrote:
…Loctite and higher tensile bolts should prevent the bolts shearing or coming out, and save some more permanent damage to bike and rider.

I agree.

…also, I want to mention that I didn’t actually remove the whole thing on both my 750s.

On the first bike, the starter clutch assembly had actually cracked in half from the…[Read more]

Here’s my first real post on this forum…

To all current and future 750 twin owners: If you have never disassembled, inspected, and repaired your starter clutch, do so NOW. I assure you, it is at least *partially* broken, and will soon cause you trouble.

If you do some simple care, it will last a very long time. Unfortunately, they have three…[Read more]

Sig test… ignore…
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Hello…. Liking it!

I think some re-do of the topic options is in order though…