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Replacing Gas Line on '81 R100RS

If my memory serves me well, I had to take the top off and lift the filter out, then loosen the nuts that hold the thing in place to get enough cleara...

8 years ago
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R100/7 oil filters

If you order an oil filter, and specify oil cooler or non- oil cooler, you will get everything you need in the kit. You may not need or use some of t...

9 years ago
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R100/7 carburetor rebuild article

I wonder if Anton Largiader has a carburetor article?

9 years ago
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Post a Picture of your Airheads

The muffler with the detent is left. That formed feature is supposed to allow clearance to allow the rear axle to be pulled out without having to remo...

9 years ago
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81 R100

It is common for the charge light to do that. The charge light is red, by the way. If the amber colored oil pressure light is doing that, do not ride ...

9 years ago
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Battery Tender and Winterizing

In addition to your plans, I like to cover my bike(s) with a couple of old bed sheets and place a few moth balls on and under the bike. I put a few i...

9 years ago
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Pre-ignition on R60/5

Those Type 53 mechanical Bing carburetors are known to be troublesome. I have never owned for myself, or advised any owner who could make them perfo...

9 years ago
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Pre-ignition on R60/5

I just re-read the topic and I am quoting Wobbly here from post #1337 on the first page of this thread. " Although the 600 will putter around at lo...

9 years ago
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1986 R80 RT/Fairing Removal

The RS is not exactly the same with regard to mounting points, but not too different either. The way I did the job on my bike is as follows. First, ...

9 years ago
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Post a Picture of your Airheads

Very nice work you have done there.

9 years ago
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Tank Knee pad installation

Acetone is my solvent of first resort. But be aware, I have never tried it on a painted surface.

9 years ago
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1986 R80 RT/Fairing Removal

You might try Re-Pscyle in Ohio, or e-bay to find the parts you need. I had an R100RS with the same issue. It had been dropped and the whole fairing s...

9 years ago
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R75/6 performance degrading

Don Beverage is a genius! He found that the crank case breather tube to the right carburetor intake was compromised and the air filter was oil soaked....

9 years ago
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R100 Dual shock to mono

I have seen this done on one other Airhead. The owner of that bike welded a stout mounting point on the main frame in a fashion similar to what a mono...

9 years ago
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Pre-ignition on R60/5

Dwell is the amount of time that the points are closed, expressed in degrees of rotation. Whether 74 is a good value or not, I don't know. The 'dwell"...

9 years ago
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