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Are you sure the carb slide isn't sticking? I had that on mine, if the two carb nuts are too tight it torques the body and the slide sticks open. When I loosened them a bit, it just snapped back in place.

I had the same problem on my '63 which was frozen. I drove it a few miles (shifting with no clutch) up to a rural road where I could drive for several miles, varying the speed a lot and all of a sudden it popped loose and worked ok. Only problem, it did stick a bit each time it was started up again....

Double check again with Progressive, I have my policy with them for my '63 Dream, CB750, and a CT110. Liability only though, maybe that makes the difference.

I went non-stock and am very happy with the change. West Marine stores have a really good selection of stainless steel screws, and they have a nice phillips oval head (I think 10/24 or 1/4-20, can't remember the pitch or size) selection. Just tap the holes for ISO and you're done for prob less than ...

You might want to do what I did, went to West Marine store and bought SAE threaded stainless steel Phillips oval head screws and re-tapped the holes for rotor and points covers (not the covers, the bodies). They look really good, polish up nicely and cost only a couple of bucks for all. I'm not a re...

You might want to check out the finished results from my Dream with porta-walls. It worked out nicely and was easy to do.

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Just dipped back in after giving it a wipeoff, according to the manuals.