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Richard W
Richard W
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RE: Needing Special Tools

Faster and easier for you to simply buy the one-size Heli-Coil set (based on the stud's original Metric thread size). If it's your first time working ...

2 days ago
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RE: Carb choices - R90

It is well known that both the carb Needles and Needle Jets need replacing every 10 years (or so), due to the hammering effect that air moving across ...

2 days ago
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RE: Carb choices - R90

The measured resistance of the correct plug wires should be zero, nill, none, nada.   The question was not, "Does the Dyna have good spark...

3 days ago
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RE: Carb choices - R90

My thoughts... * To my knowledge, the Dellortos only came on the R90S models. Apparently, someone has "upgraded" trying to get more out of the bike....

4 days ago
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RE: Swing Arm Boot Oil

• James has given you excellent advice and information. There are actually 3 reservoirs of gear oil in an /5 Airhead, and the drive shaft is one of th...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Electronic ignition Install

Not to belabor the finer points, but since your new system is now triggered by an invisible magnetic field, there is no longer any such thing as "stat...

3 weeks ago
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RE: exhaust removal R60/5

1. This is the beauty of working on a "bike lift". You can use your ratchet strap over the back of the seat to pull the rear wheel down, thus raising ...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Electronic ignition Install

Your post is somewhat unclear. OT is the position for what we call Top Dead Center (TDC). Do not time the ignition at TDC. If your flywheel does ...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Electronic ignition Install

And one more important bit.... You will need to own a stroboscopic timing lamp, because there is no way to set EI ignition timing "statically". Yes,...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Electronic ignition Install

Electronic Ignitions (EI) are simply different. It's not like going from incandescent tail light bulb to LED bulb. It's more like going from a hand cr...

3 weeks ago
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RE: cleaning engine

I use a common "pressure washer" with some Wash & Wax mixed in the supply water. The painted parts get waxed and the metal parts get a little dete...

4 weeks ago
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RE: R65 LS not charging

> There is a common battery used in lawnmowers and Harleys called the "U1". This battery measures correctly on the outside dimensions, but the term...

4 weeks ago
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RE: R65 LS not charging

My check list... 1) Battery. As you noted, batteries may seem OK coming out of storage, but unless they were pampered over the winter then there is ...

1 month ago
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RE: preferred parts and tool suppliers

I donated a garage full of /7 Airhead parts to Doug at Dusty Dog Cycles in NC. (This is NOT the bicycle shop on the web.) He reportedly has /2 and...

1 month ago
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RE: Fork Oil Leak

** NOTE Mods have moved the Question part and the Answer part of this issue into one single thread so that future topic searchers have all the infor...

1 month ago
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