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i bought and laced a new 18" rear rim at 2.5 inch width, I realized after removing the original 16 I didn't measure the offset. I see from others that there isn't any offset but no mention as to which side that's measured from. Since this is a change from stock I realize there will be some...

The manual says to remove the rocker arm pins to thread in a "bolt of the proper thread". :shrug: I haven't had search results so any one know what the bolt/thread size to remove the pins? Removing so everything can be blasted clean. Thanks for the help.

I'm in the process of rebuilding my peacock as described in out wonderful how too. I have found however that I have no in tank filter nor hosing, just a pectcock with its oval ring. The manuals description is quite vague and no exploded view of it. Internet pictures seem to be just a hose...

Reposting in the build section of a new winter project. I picked up this 1980 special II a few weeks ago and this is the progress thus far. It was in pretty rough shape but the po said it ran last spring but now has a stuck float as fuel dumps out the carb. No battery but I can hear the...

I recently picked up a 1980 special II with 16k miles for $400. This is how it I found it, stuck float so it just floors fuel out of the right hand carb. Goal is to scramble it for a mostly road daily driver with some trail ability. apparently I can't post pics from my iPad (jpeg format...

Is it worth it to convert from drums to disks? just on a cost/performance parts and labor perspective. not looking for appearance thoughts just performance and how easy it is to get parts. seems like everything these days are disk?

Hey guys! picked up a 1980 special II this weekend. In pretty rough shape cosmetically but the important stuff seems to be ok. After a little carb cleaning and new gas (not the year old stuff that came in it) I think it'll run. Other wise I'm shooting turn it into a scrambler. Here's as...