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Richard W
Richard W
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1980 R65 Mechanical Advance Grease?

Can't recommend a specific grease. But any high temp rated grease with molybdenum should be OK.

5 years ago
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Pressure in Gas Tank - 1976 R90/6

Glad it worked out. The older I get, the more important I find releasing gas pressure to be.

5 years ago
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1976 R90 S, Carb rebuild questions

I've never worked on a Dellorto carb. However, I will say that often times it's easier for a company to put extra parts in a single repair kit to s...

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'76 R90S: Shock absorbers

I never could get mine apart, and I only wanted to save the springs. Granted you may wish to retain them for show purposes, but I think we can safe...

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'89 GS: Air Leaks Around Front Spoked Wheel

Scot - I know that I'm a bit OCD and eccentric about motorcycle care, and that everything I say/do is 'over the top'. But as the 'average man on the ...

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'89 GS: Air Leaks Around Front Spoked Wheel

• Your dealer is correct, it's the bead portion of the wheel that allows the tire/rim assembly to hold air. But that's not the only place, the valve s...

5 years ago
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'75 R75/6: Starter Switch stopped working

Well, it ended up being the neutral switch in the bottom of the gearbox. Thanks for sending me that direction. I try to remain a neutral observer....

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Pressure in Gas Tank - 1976 R90/6

It's common for fuel caps to loose their vent. The flip style cap and later models have DOT approved vents that won't allow fuel to spill out in case ...

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GS vibrations

I have made huge improvements in Airhead vibration by setting the ignition timing with a strobe at high RPM. You can try that.

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Choke Parameters

A model and year would really help.

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Parking Light Not Working

John - All that you've done sounds in order. Some ideas... • The parking lamp should be on a Gray/Black wire and plug into the same color on the mul...

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master cylinder fluid level 78 R100/7

I cannot determine how much new Dot 3 fluid to put in the reservoir. Ha! Trick question. Exactly NONE !! BMW wants you to use only DOT4, which h...

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1981 R65 Blows its Left Carburetor Off

My first impression was that something was misfiring in the ignition. Lots of experience with low voltages causing erratic sparks with EI. But I could...

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'78 R100RS: Pitted cylinder surface wisdom

Welcome aboard ! • The important question is "how was the bike running?" If you had been riding the bike with minimal oil burn and good performance...

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1981 R65 Blows its Left Carburetor Off

That may simply be how the Coronavirus exhibits in an Airhead. 👿 Take the other carb off and do a compression test on both sides. It's got to...

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