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1978 K8 wiring, found this on the web while working on my bike.

I picked up an old Wixom fairing for my '78 but I need the clear windscreen. Fairing Screen Gustfsson has the standard 18" screen...

Defiantly not from a 550, they have a different gearing than the 750 according to what I have dug out of some manuals....good guess but...

The return spring that wraps around the throttle shaft is hooked on one end by the idle adjustment stop and the other end should be...

Up-date; took the timing advance all apart, it was a little gummy but not to the point of sticking or slowing down the advance/return...

As stated before, the throttle returns to the stop without the motor running, every time and with no hesitation. It's only running that...

Thanks Qaxe; good video (part 1 and part 2), the guy is a little hard to understand at times....unless you're from "Down Under". I now...

The T Cable slack was the first thing I looked at; engine not running, no problem returning to idle stop. According to the paperwork...

New to this model of carbs...meaning no experience. I pulled the tank to check the cables for any binding, and didn't see anything...

We do have 4 seasons here, we just name them a little differently; "Almost Summer", "Summer", "Still Summer" and "Christmas"..... it all...

Yup, after a month my '78 750K arrived from BaT. Now before you start in on the transportation people taking for ever, I did have a two...

Lots of new parts on this one! Probable the pipes and muffs....been out traveling so haven't seen the paperwork yet.

Thanks, photo above is from my bike..... I know, strange.

After looking back at all the '77-'78 K's that have sold on BaT, it does appear that someone has made a personal mod to the front...

Thanks Dirtdigger for the link; just want I have been looking for! Still didn't see this front finder support setup....might be a...

I bought a '78K off of BaT a while back and now have a couple of questions about the differences I'm seeing between bikes of the same...