First off, I thought I had posted this yesterday, but I don't see any sign of it on the Forums, so here goes! Michael - Welcome aboard ! First time...

I know that's a relief.

Sorry to tell you, but in my experience this means the threads in the body OR the threads of the jets themselves have been "stripped". Most probably t...

• I'm not understanding your question. Do you mean you can't physically turn the jets ? Or, do you mean that you've turned them far enough to disengag...

Yes, remove that single big strew. The cable ends attaches to a block that is pulled to the right by a chain that wraps around a capstan. The larg...

Not sure about the GS, but on most R bikes you simply remove the large Phillips Head Screw, as if you were going to replace a throttle cable. That re...

Congrats ! Your "BMW Apprentice Mechanic, Level 2" diploma is in the mail !! 😛 Heat or no heat, you'll still need to replace the top bearing du...

Congrats on the find! But one thing is not clear.... New shocks, clutch, alternator, and maybe disc brakes and electronic ignition and semi kno...

You might want to thread the lock ring back onto the stem, but leave it backed off the bearing a bit so you'll know when the stem breaks loose. The re...

It's possible that a look at the parts fiche will help you insure all the retaining bits have been removed. Try the ones on Max BMW. All the work...

A quick check of several wiring diagrams will show you that the second wire is simply a "Return" (what most people all "Ground"). You can run a new 18...

My tool box is full of different size hose clamps. That's probably the way I would have gone, but I've never needed to take my forks apart.

However, my concerns were the major discoloration on the right-side damper rod and some longitudinal wear marks on the right-side fork stanchion. Ther...

Except when I went to pull the exhaust nuts neither of them wanted to budge. After using heat and following plenty of advice on not forcing anything t...

• IMHO, you are focused on the symptom and not the cause. Unless you look for the root cause you'll be doing this again next year. The most likely pro...