Well, as a matter of fact those petcocks came out of my 1979 RT. They had not been disturbed since about 1983. All Airhead petcocks STARTED OUT WITH...

Let me second that opinion. I've restored 2 RT's in the last 4 years and both only needed the head post cleaned and repacked with new waterproof greas...

1. Tire machine or not, the tires are not popped out. End of story. Poor workmanship. Period. Could have gotten you killed !! I'd keep a civil tone, b...

No. In my experience its mostly flecks of the BMW tank sealer, sand and grit that got into the tank, and bits of the pickup tube flaking off after 40 ...

Back to my first post.... don't spend any money until you're able to ride the bike several thousand miles to insure it's a keeper. Your front end w...

@81rtbc My mom and step-dad bought 3 or 4 new BMWs during the late 70's and through the 80's. If you weren't around then it's very hard to imagine wha...

If you're sure that the wheel wasn't submerged in Champaign, then you may have found your leak !! What I've seen is that older rubber sticks to the ...

Correct. You must first get the system into a state that allows adjustment, before you can make an adjustment that corrects the situation.

Tubeless tires are seal-sealing against the bead of the rim... if the rim is in good, useable (smooth) condition, and should require no extra help fro...

@r80pete There is definitely an issue with placing modern tubeless tires on the older snowflake wheels. The older tires did not touch the bottom of th...

@14517 The correct cap, spring, and ball are chosen by ordering your parts from the correct year parts manual. I used Max BMW's on-line parts fiche sy...

Start by buying a new spring, ball and cap. Then grind a screw driver tip to have a parallel blade, and have it precisely fit the slot in the new cap....

Well there's the issue right there. You should be running Bing carbs, not Wyoming carbs. ? It's most often debris introduced from an older fuel...

Those new tires is where we have to start. First thing to do is chock up both wheels off the ground, either singly or together. Here's some tests you ...

@14517 Apologies if I offended. I hoped it was obvious to you, but I couldn't be sure due to the order of listing. Didn't know if that was some kind o...