Here's the procedure I use.... 1) First... Adjust your valves. Airhead valves tighten during use. The number one cause of low compression in Airhead...

I'm not aware of any marks on any vintage Airhead twist grips.   You'll want to pull all the slack out of the 2 throttle cables, then mate t...

> You're correct. The signal for the dash indicator lamp comes from the voltage regulator. > When hooking up a battery with reversed polarity,...

Two suggestions.... 1. Your OEM mechanical voltage regulator may have failed. (They often do.) I always suggest upgrading to a modern solid state ve...

In my experience it's the after-market gaskets that do all the leaking. The OEM gaskets have some type of invisible sealant applied that negates the n...

Blake -As my BIL is fond of saying... "You don't know what you don't know." There is always an outside chance that Rick has mailed the package, thinks...

Contact your Air Marshal. They may have some suggestions for you.

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>> The "copper band" is an electrical "slip ring" (similar to a generator's commutator). The 2 slip rings are how electrical power gets into the...

It's been a long time, but I seem to remember 0.004" Intake & 0.006" Exhaust. There is some minor variation by model. >> The big takeawa...

• Everything you're saying is true.> The EBC barrels do eventually loosen and rattle around. > A larger dial rotor would increase the breaking p...

Because it's the one gasket you can't make even with a pair of scissors. And, like many riders, there is a high likelihood that you will at some point...

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• To be fair, the South has recently experienced back-to-back bouts of bad weather. An ice storm, followed days later by a snow storm, and of course v...