• Look at your rear shocks. If they are OEM they need replacing because the seals "left the building" many years ago. • Is the battery securely con...

Two things.... • Lots of times those mounting areas break off from the fairing body in an accident. The threaded brass insert may even break loose. T...

That model has an electronic tach, which is triggered by the same electrical impulse that triggers the ignition coils. That says to me that even if yo...

Do you think i need to look at the shims? I have never personally been that far into a BMW Airhead engine, I simply know that one has to "block up"...

Yeah, It's really no fun disassembling a Humpty Dumpty. So having the Well Nut info lets you drill out BMW's hollow rivets because you have a way to p...

I found a place in England that looks to be good.... Keihan Systems I think they have several US distributors, Bob's BMW being one of them.

Did you "block up" the alternator before removing the flywheel ?

► Apologies, I possibly misunderstood which item was damaged. I would not try to repair the dash, but instead replace it. There are always good used u...

While we may refer to these fairings as being "fiberglass", they are more correctly an automotive plastic with a glass filler. I have had very good lu...

Turns out, under on-the-road observation that the spring was too weak and the shock was bottoming out. The bouncing, "pogo stick" feeling was the shoc...

Shocks I have a new Ikon on my single-sided RS and I am not really impressed. They talk a good talk, but I spent 2 weeks conferring with Ikon USA CS,...

And did you see the response in your other parallel thread ?.....

Anthony - I simply cannot believe "a little brown stuff" if the technical reason they gave as a need to spend $1700 !! You must be leaving something ...

Welcome aboard ! You'll soon find that these bikes have their own quirks and eccentricities, but in an entirely new and endearing way. With a littl...