This is off topic, please forgive; How did you post the photo in your post, rather than as an attachment? Been trying to figure out how to do this.

Looks like ordering the fork brace from flatracer.com, at today’s exchange rate, would be about $138 plus $58 shipping = $196

That brand (Flatracer) does pop up at flatracer.com, with that fork brace 99.99 British pounds? Don’t know if that site looks legit ... you might che...

I just replaced my original (‘78 R100RS) with the electronic flasher sold by KatDash. It was $20 with free shipping when purchasing the KatDash. I bou...

I once had trouble with the little jet (or orifice) that is IN THE BOWL. The enrichment circuit draws fuel from the small independent fuel well, in th...

I decided to follow this advice. My starter has not been touched in 43 years. It seemed to be working fine. I went ahead and replaced the bushings (b...

Well, there are at least two of us in Texas!

David Elkow, 65 and retired, way down in Mission, TX, dgelkow@gmail.com, ‘78 R100 w/Hannigan. Originally from the Chicago area, lived in Kentucky sin...

This won’t happen, but if I were forced to buy a modern BMW, it would be an R nine T pure /5. That is one handsome machine. I saw one with an aftermar...

Paranoid? I keep wondering what I would do. Keeping emotion aside, and applying purely reason, I would say all is well. You know that there was a ne...

I kinda figured that .... you probably weren’t standing there saying, “whew!, sure glad that oil light came on and stayed on!”

This Brook Reams article goes into great depth, far more than you will need, but it’s good with lots of photos. His is an R75/6, which should be very ...

Out of curiosity, I looked at the microfiche and also saw that clip. Bummer. I’m hoping that someone installed new parts, and that’s the old clip you ...

I remember many years back I tweaked my speedo so it was more accurate at critical cruising speeds. Back then there was no gps, so I had to compare wi...