@8053 It was all necessary in my opinion, the charging system had a lot of issues.

Hope that you all had a nice one!

@wobbly Excellent advice. Thank you!

@wobbly Normally, I would agree with you. However, I got this bike from my cousin when he passed away. He was notoriously cheap and I'm finding a lot ...

@8053 Thanks for the info! Basically, I'm replacing everything else with the charging/ignition and was thinking maybe I should replace those as well.

@8053 Yeah, my gauge needles are bent and broken, so I can't get an accurate tachy. Need to get the gauges restored!

Thanks guys! I'll check out the bulbs first. Richard, you are full of airhead wisdom!!  

@wobbly Also, should I just send these off to have them rebuilt? I've rebuilt many Mikuni's and Webers, but these are quite different in my opinion. C...

@wobbly Thanks for the information. I'll change that out. Any idea how to get these screw out? I take it that the leaking shaft is a problem right?

@wobbly thanks for the information! where in Ga are you? I was born and raised in McDonough. moved to Illinois about 10 years ago.