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If you need choke to get it running, that a sign you have an air leak in the intake.

I would suggest holding the nut (or bolt head, whichever is inside) with a stout box-end wrench or impact socket on an L-handle ("breaking bar") and go at the outside part with another box-end (or L-handle) and a hammer or impact wrench. It will either come loose or break the bolt - either one works!

I have been chasing a problem with my 1967 C77 for the past year. It seems to be running badly over rich. I get one or two runs from a set of plugs before they are so fouled that they wont fire any more. I have overhauled the carb, checked that it has the right jets (by number), adjusted the needle ...

Finally had a chance to get back to "the Purple Dream" ad pull the carb off - PITA job!! The clip on the needle is all the way to the top and the main jet is marked "120". I had bought a carb from a salvage yard as a spare that had come off a running bike so I opened it up to compare the two. On the...

I went through 4 different rebuild sets on my C77, all from different sources, and all of them swelled. I gave up and went with an after-market valve. The original is in the parts box for the next masochistic owner! ;)

The original bars had been damaged and welded (poorly). I doubt you would want them.

In a recent classic motorcycle rally, my "Purple Dream" was awarded "Concourse De Grot" award by popular vote.