Getting back to it. Driveway has been blocked by construction… The wheel place wouldn’t take a motorcycle wheel despite having that on their we...

WTF. Not much difference. Just rode about 40 miles and here's what I find. There is still a noticeable up/down vibration at 35-40mph. Front end, felt ...

Tons of rain, that thing called work and I've been very slow to do this: Balanced the tire again. Added 5 grams. (best balance job I've done) Fo...

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Hey, thanks for your interest. I think this is a great discussion... Will try to answer all the questions. Did the fork oil replacement. Initially ...

The tires are Michelin Road Classic 100/90 - 18. They were a little difficult to find, but Max BMW had them. Originally Rusty sent new but older dated...

Spinning the wheel on the bike I do notice some small bumps in the rim. The tire runs pretty damn good, but there are some low spots on the wheel. Q...

The bike has 47K - the mono shock version. I've owned it for only a year (my other bikes an R90 and an R100GSPD). Neither of those bikes have this iss...

Thanks for the tips - great thinking. You never know what's going to take days longer than expected or require creative thinking. Long story short, I ...

FIXED - well, really user error. I realized it has European switching gear so the rear running light goes on with the main lights only.

@8166 By the Parking light I mean the rear light activated by the key in first position. So the bulb is fine. I have a non standard bulb. It appears t...

Now you're talking. I really like making sure the enricher jet is happy by opening it up under way for a bit. I'll grab some Star Tron as well. Tha...

@wobbly Just to be clear, I followed your advice earlier this year and put the bike away with a bone dry tank. Pulled the float bowls and cleaned th...

@wobbly Yes! very helpful indeed. The /6 is going to have to wait it out until spring with a dry tank. I don't think I'll put Fluid Film in there. ...

Oops, I'm thinking about the 1976 R90/6 with the metal tank. I've been riding the PD (yes plastic) and will keep that on the road. But storing the /6....