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Well after a couple days of wrenching, a new condenser, coil (after some looking realized it didn't have one), new points and a petcock re-build, she fired on the first kick (with a little help from some fuel down the carb). Doesn't sound to bad either. I gave the bike a good steam cleaning with som...

Makes sense. I'll be sure to keep you posted, plus I'm sure you'll be hearing more from me.

Thanks again. I'm new to this, so your help is appreciated. Some of that was a little over my head, but hopefully Bill Silver's restoration and repair books, I have ordered, will shed a little light. I was wondering though, can you tell me what the difference between the C77 and the CA77 might be. I...

Thanks for the info. I'll check out the site. Changing the points makes sense too. I forgot to mention the bike came with a new battery the owner had purchased. He said when it was running it would not hold a charge and thought the battery was at fault. Does this sound like a bad Rectifier (diode???...

Well I finally did it. I bought a Dream for a few hundred bucks. I was told it ran a year ago (ha-ha-famous last words). The owner said it needs a new condenser and most likely a new ignition coil and "She'll run". Does anyone have any advice with these two components. Any pitfalls would be helpful ...