Recent content by bjbuchanan

I have the same setup, speedo and tach on my 750. It cleans things up nicely but the light situation sucks in my opinion. I replaced the mini bulbs (that I had trouble with keeping in place) with one white LED for each guage epoxied in to the old mini bulb holder. Other people seem to have not...

Oven cleaner with ammonia in it is pretty good at removing that kind of stuff. IDK how well the "friendly" cleaner works tho I use the mean stuff. gasket remover can also be found in the sealant aisles of parts stores Permatex no.2 is a non hardening sealer that is the sealant for the job for...

Black isn't ground on these old bikes unless he changed things totally and uses a new color coding The ground will be green, the power will be black and the white is the power that gets sent out The black uses battery voltage to sense when to excite the alternator, its like a communicator wire fly

The headlight you have listed is another type of mount than yours I believe, that's why the size diff too. Your bucket size isn't unusual for the smaller bikes its normal...

Your new setup should have a fine adjustment knob on it, the modern reg/rec setups usually do. You could lower it a little so you don't boil off the battery Does the new unit ground thru its attachment or what, I'm sure there is a good reason it says you don't need the ground wire

get a universal one off of DCC and hack the stock wires off your stock coils. make little jumper leads by adding connectors on to them.( retains harness originality.) hit up autozone for a set of accel super stock wires because they are copper core and no resistance and throw on a set of the...

Idk if you are still having the same issues but here is a simple answer On your bikes your coils "ground" when the points close so there will be two wires,to and from them. one that supplies 12v power then one that goes to a respective point set. it grounds when the points close and touch...

I'm mostly over on sohc4 but I think I can help. I also have a 76 cb750 so my needs are similar( NYS owner too) There is a ton of choices for changing your reg/rec but after looking around I think oregon motorcycle is the best choice. He offers a one off unit for you that is combined reg/rec...