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James Strickland
James Strickland
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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...

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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...

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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...

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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"...

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Pre-ignition on R60/5

Thanks for the input. It was always my understanding that heat range is an indication of how the construction of the plug promotes dissipation of heat...

9 years ago
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Pre-ignition on R60/5

I think pin holes in a piston would result in a serious loss of compression. If it were my bike, I would try a cooler plug next. For example, I normal...

9 years ago
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Pre-ignition on R60/5

I know of one owner who had a good result by swapping out for Mikuni carbs. Rocky Point Cycle used to sell a conversion kit. (this was on an R60/6) I...

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R75 Tranmission not down shifting

This is a classic sign of needing the transmission input splines lubed. I experienced balky downshifting on my R75/5 a few years back and the spline l...

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