Ha! I said the brake light wire is green/orange stripe, well, I think it’s actually green/red stripe. My schematic is so old it’s fading.

My ‘78 (was RS) has had that LED tail/brake light conversion for many years. (Mine from Rick Jones.). My schematic (also from Rick) indicates that the...

Yeah! I’m gonna remember this! Glad it’s back together.

Seems like if the gap moves from right to left as you rotate the flywheel, then the flywheel may be wobbling. Like it isn’t seated correctly on the cr...

Need someone smarter than me here, but could something have gone wrong when re-mounting the flywheel? Or, when installing the new rear main seal?

All these folks with fuel injection these days, they miss out on all this fun! I said I’m not qualified to make jetting recommendations, and that’s t...

According to the Bing chart, your jetting is “stock”, as supplied with carb numbers 113/114. I don’t feel qualified to recommend any changes. I’ve onl...

Well, you must tell us if you got your transmission back on, and what the problem was.

Hmmmm, ... friction disc backwards ... interesting.

Just to throw in a thought - could an over abundance of spline grease prevent the splined shaft from inserting fully? I AM NOT very familiar with thi...

For my ‘78 R100RS engine, I have settled on 2.68 needle jets w/needles in position #2. Gets great mileage, with no issues like pinging or running hot....

@81rtbc really nice

Well, that is interesting. Apparently, the round shaft with a woodruff key was used for “some /5 models”, according to one parts source. Wonder how th...

PS: I found this handy chart, which provides the needle length for each notch. Most bikes use notch 2 or 3. I know this chart works for my 40mm Bing...