Hey Grumpy. thanks for the thoughts definitely a good idea but the issue i will have then is i have no way to measure the outside diameter. i mean it when i say the wheels exploded. both of them ended up in probably 20 different pieces scattered around in the snow and i didnt collect them. i grabbed...

so went and got my 1980 spitfire running well. took it out for a decent ride today. 5 hours or so. buddy of mine was impressed asked to take it for a little rip. so i let him. he got a little to eager :sled: took a jump pinning the throttle....(apparently he thought the spitfire could do the same as...

got the rear skid wheels still?

i plan to get a proper tail light on the machine but i will take my time and find a oem one. tonight project becomes the recoil. found a spring for it today so hopefully this one doesnt break in my hands to

found my problem. previous owner had cut off the harness for the tail lights and the routing for the power is to tail light then back to the dimmer switch and then headlight. previous owner having cut the harness i had no power at all anywhere in the headlight circuit. i opened up the wires and spli...

not a bad idea at all posting in classifieds thank you. i found myself a wiring map and in a bit im going to go out heat up the garage and try to decipher things. hopefully its something as simple as a broken wire. i plan to do a continuity test down the lines to check for broken and a visual inspec...

ah appologies not mentioning the tail light. the previous owner removed it and im unsure if the wires are there or gone. so i have to find one somewhere someday or rig something up. to be honest this machine isnt the prettiest but it runs well if memory serves correctly (havent looked at the harness...

hey there. just got a 1980 spitfire recently (first sled yahoo) got it running really nicely but some minor issues i have to deal with. the headlight has no power to it, the high/low switch was wrapped in electrical tape for an unknown reason. i removed the tape and neither position of the switch sh...