@benjamin-greene If your lifters looked good, then I doubt your cam is shot. If you decide that you do need to look, you can also get a pretty good vi...

I don’t have answers, but I’d like to ask a couple questions for clarity; 1. Regarding the work you had done - are you saying you now have new exhau...

You probably have this repaired by now, but anyway; I would install a long-ish grade 8 bolt in the hole where the foot peg goes in the “arm”, with a ...

Looked at “Paralever” article on Largiader.com. Paralever rear suspension was introduced on the 1988 R80GS and R100GS. So, no oil (or gobs of grease) ...

Is the 1990 r100gspd a paralever bike? Do those have oil in the driveshaft? I’ve never owned one. Just asking.

Decided to fabricate my own tool.

Attached is a picture where I am measuring the height of my Reynolds stand. The tape measure is against the ground, and running parallel with the stan...

I have had a Reynolds Ride-Off center stand on my ‘78 all it’s life. I am curious because mine has an intermediate cross bar between the “legs”, and t...

Fear not, if you try to put it on the right side, the fact that it’s wrong will become quickly apparent. It goes on the left with the axle nut.

Yikes! Be sure you let us know what you find. I presumed the valve work included new seats? I’m thinking it’s an issue with the valve seat, perha...

It also occurred to me that Ted Porter mentioned that Robert used to visit his Beemer Shop. Mr. Porter may know how to reach him.

Wow. So, for the “driveway test” the wheel was back on, and on the ground? Again, did the bike want to move forward - yes, I presume, same as before....

@david-wallace Are those two wrenches still in there somewhere? Sorry, … couldn’t resist.

(David said in original post that he braced the crankshaft while the flywheel was removed.) wow, you’ve got a good one. I worked for years in genera...