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Thanks everyone! Couldn't have done it without all the friendly people on this forum! Off to the vintage motorcycle swap meet in Milton Ontario now. Hope to see some old Hondas there!

Cheers and good riding,
styxjr (Steve).

Checked wire to condenser that runs along the back of the engine as per Hahnda - it checked out okay (had continuity). Decided to go back to basics again. Checked the points gap, continuity (btw, I was getting continuity last time even when the points were open because I forgot to take the condenser...

Thanks conbs, I will try your suggestions today and report back. The insulators are still on the points. I did however think about that, wondered if I put them back on in the right order? As careful as I tried (I think I followed your advice from another post?), the flat springs popped and everythin...

That looks awesome MRiesAP! You beat me to it!

Are those pinstripes on the side covers and fenders?

Thanks everyone for the advice. Especially for the rectifier parts info (Hahnda and mschehen). I will order one asap! ROBM50 - thanks, I bought some distilled water and one of those turkey-baster-like tools to add the water with. When I bought the bike one cell was half-empty so I keep a close eye o...

I'm struggling with the same problem on my '66 Dream. Loud Mouse had me check the voltage at the coil. This should get you started at least with that ... make sure your battery is charged and hooked up, turn the key to the on position and then measure across the two points shown in the picture below...

I had the exact same idea for trying color combos ... though not quite as ambitious as a CAD drawing, just a 2D image. I found this image and was going to give it a try: http://www.the-blueprints.com/index.php?blueprints/motorcycles/honda-motor/12295/view/ Should be easy to modify (using the GIMP - ...