[Jeff Higgins]

I know Denis is proud of his bike and everything, so I really hate to pick it apart. But, there is another purpose to the aircleaner on these bikes, beyond keeping crap out of the motor. It serves, in a large part, to hold the carb onto the bike. You see, the carb bolts to a small "Y" manifold, but that manifold is only held to the heads via two hose clamps that compress a couple of o-rings. It's pretty free to just flop around and fall off until the aircleaner is bolted to the carb. The aircleaner is then supported by a rather substantial steel strap bolted to the back of it and running down to the forward cylinder tappet block mounting bolt. It's the only thing that adds any rigidity to the whole works, and the only thing that really keeps it all in place.

You should get that fixed, Denis. Oh, and how in the hell do you shift that thing with the shifter sticking straight up like that?