Ah there is my misinformation, I thought it was a BMW recall. With that 30-40 day time I'll need to wait for spring. But come spring I"ll get that gol...

The snowbum article I found is on this site and was last updated this year. I understand completely about the hardness issues. Same experience with ...

WOW, I'd heard/read that BMW was no longer doing replacements. My 1981 is the old style. I'm calling BMW NA Tuesday! Thanks for the News!

Sorry for your loss. So how did your ride go, or is it still to come? I'd highly recommend a full face helmet and ear plugs. Actually the documentatio...

Oh I'm certainly not waiting until Sept 21 to ride again 🙂 IronButt has this 4 Seasons Ride , i.e. SS1000 on each Solstice and Equinox . The spring ...

After action Report! I departed my home about 01:50 and returned at 20:33 on June 21,2017 after 1022 miles of official SaddleSore 1000 riding. Then ad...

Well I'm not a big rally guy, but whenever I'm not sleeping at home, and even sometimes then, good earplugs are a must for a sound sleep. In fact I bu...

Hello Wobbly, when you say "Maximum useful age for ethanol fuel in a vehicle without fuel injection is about 8-10 weeks." What exactly are you saying...

11771, Pretty cool, I didn't know the Bing 64 was still in modern use. I thought pretty much every engine bigger then a chainsaw motor had gone FI. I ...

Hi Harry, yes just by examining that cowl attachment it was/is pretty obvious it's not designed to carry more than about one mini Coke can 🙂 My pla...

Thanks Harry for those links. I just bought the BT-45s for my 81RT. It has a set of Avon Roadriders on it when I bought it, they looked good from 3...

FIXED AND RUNNING FINE! I did pull both carbs back off and double check all air/fuel passages, choke, etc. I did not see anything obvious. I set the i...

Feeling kinda sad, best I can tell, and it is confusing, in Maine ALL gas is E10. Thank you Iowa Corn you have convinced the gullible and paid for pol...

Hi Scott, Yes the pilot jets were both clogged, I ran a small wire through both and followed up with carb cleaner until I has a nice flow. Then carb...

UPDATE: Well after moving back to Maine from FL I finally got a chance to really get to it. I removed the handle bar from the upper triple clamp, stoo...