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James Strickland
James Strickland
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Topics: 17 / Replies: 416
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Windshield Question

I have a "Memphis Shades, Hellcat" windshield for my R75/5. It is a gradient blue which jives with the original Monza blue of the bike, but they can b...

7 years ago
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Unable to draw fluid to rear caliper

Disclosure; I have only seen this demonstrated one time - never owned an airhead with rear disc brakes. Remove the caliper, block the caliper with...

7 years ago
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Post a Picture of your Airheads

jnicks01, your R80/7 just plain works for me. Very nice.

7 years ago
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Hack Shocks

I had a rig a few years back. An R100/80/7 with a velorex sidecar. It was very similar to your except that mine had a stock front fork with dual ATE ...

7 years ago
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where can I find a backrest like this.

Did you ever find your luggage rack with back rest? I've got one that I just removed from my R80RT. I put it on my R80RT back in the 90's and couldn...

7 years ago
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Steering Damper

Hey fellas, if you just have to have the steering damper functional, this is a case where taking a beating on a new one is your best choice. Phil, t...

7 years ago
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Spline Lubricant

Phil, if you are at all concerned about the spline lube being slung off, you are envisioning too much lube being applied. If you place a small bead of...

7 years ago
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Spline Lubricant

Phil, I clicked the link to check out the product. Amazon doesn't give you much information on it. However, on the same page there is shown a produ...

7 years ago
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Help with setting valve clearance on 1983 R65LS

What you are trying to achieve is the absence of tension on the rocker arm so that you can adjust clearance when the pushrods are slack, which is to s...

7 years ago
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Spline Lubricant

Phil, there used to be a product called "Gaurd Dog" That was highly regarded. I'm not sure if that is still made, maybe not. I would go with Mark 99...

7 years ago
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/5 large tank on a /6?

/7's were originally fitted with under tank master cylinders. The earliest handle bar master cylinder that I know of was fitted on a 1981 R100.

7 years ago
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Electrical Gremlin

Phil, my take on would be that starter relay on the left side of the frame back bone is much more likely to give you "funny" stuff in your electrics. ...

7 years ago
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Spline Lubricant

I still have a partial tube of Honda Moly 60. I understand that Honda now has a different formulation of their Moly paste. Any lube is better than ...

7 years ago
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Electrical Gremlin

Phil, you are talking about a motorcycle that is now easily 40 years old. I find the Bosch electrics to be more well reasoned than Lucas (British). M...

7 years ago
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