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James Strickland
James Strickland
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Joined: 07/27/2020 18:03
Last seen: 08/03/2025 15:15
Topics: 17 / Replies: 419
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RE: '74 R75/6 exhaust valve seat issues

Please do not run your motor until the heads are re-worked. At 86K miles on a 1974 motor, it is time to do that. If an exhaust seat came loose, and yo...

4 years ago
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RE: Cranks and cams?

If you have spare parts from a /6, you should be O.K. Spare parts from a /7 are probably O.K. If you intend to repair the R90S, you need to take tha...

4 years ago
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RE: New Member from Wisconsin

As shown in a previous post, your Wisconsin Airmarshal is Randy Boris. He is in Manitowoc.

4 years ago
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RE: Starting issues R100R

Take your starter motor out, open it up and have a look. There have been reports of the permanent magnets in Valeo starters coming un-glued from the h...

4 years ago
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RE: Poor cold starting - R90

You are correct that the little column in the corner of the float bowl is what delivers fuel to the enricher circuit. The enricher jet in the float bo...

4 years ago
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RE: 77 r100/7 front brake master cylinder issues

If it were me, I would send an e-mail to Tom Cutter. His business is called "Rubber Chicken Racing Garage". You would need to acquire the new master c...

4 years ago
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RE: /5 Starter grinding noise. Will not engage.

In addition to Richard's excellent advice, have a look at Snowbum's web page. The /5 starter relay is unique in that there is an "anti-restart" f...

5 years ago
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RE: Help- can't get my gearbox back on

Please DO NOT bang on it with a mallet. It's not entirely clear of your fit up trouble is an alignment issue, or a "close the gap" issue. ...

5 years ago
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RE: 85' 80RT exhaust flange damage

O.K., I went outside and cleaned out the gutters on my house and thought this over for a bit. I decided to bump around other Airhead web sites and fou...

5 years ago
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RE: 85' 80RT exhaust flange damage

There should be a die available somewhere to match this thread pitch. I do not own one myself. You might try contacting one of our advertisers to chec...

5 years ago
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RE: 1977 R100 RS front shock question

Those are examples of bottoming springs. They are/were aftermarket accessories that were available in the 70's and early 80's. If I found them in a bi...

5 years ago
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RE: Shaking / Vibration starting at about 35 mph

I simple possibility is the rear sub frame. The gusset under the seat has a propensity to suffer a cracked weld on the side opposite the seat lock ass...

5 years ago
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HIGH SPEED WOBBLE

There is 1 other thing that can create instability. Check for a cracked weld on the rear sub-frame at the cross brace where the fender bolts to it.

5 years ago
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