• James has given you excellent advice and information. There are actually 3 reservoirs of gear oil in an /5 Airhead, and the drive shaft is one of th...

Not to belabor the finer points, but since your new system is now triggered by an invisible magnetic field, there is no longer any such thing as "stat...

1. This is the beauty of working on a "bike lift". You can use your ratchet strap over the back of the seat to pull the rear wheel down, thus raising ...

Your post is somewhat unclear. OT is the position for what we call Top Dead Center (TDC). Do not time the ignition at TDC. If your flywheel does ...

And one more important bit.... You will need to own a stroboscopic timing lamp, because there is no way to set EI ignition timing "statically". Yes,...

Electronic Ignitions (EI) are simply different. It's not like going from incandescent tail light bulb to LED bulb. It's more like going from a hand cr...

I use a common "pressure washer" with some Wash & Wax mixed in the supply water. The painted parts get waxed and the metal parts get a little dete...

> There is a common battery used in lawnmowers and Harleys called the "U1". This battery measures correctly on the outside dimensions, but the term...

My check list... 1) Battery. As you noted, batteries may seem OK coming out of storage, but unless they were pampered over the winter then there is ...

I donated a garage full of /7 Airhead parts to Doug at Dusty Dog Cycles in NC. (This is NOT the bicycle shop on the web.) He reportedly has /2 and...

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> Rick James at Motorrad Elektrik has been my "go to" guy for more than a decade for the best accessories. > Bob's BMW and Max BMW have bot...

Yes, "seal softeners" is an additive the maker adds to modern oils. I saw it once on my brother's Oil Head. We changed his final drive oil to Mobil-1 ...

You may be looking for this one....

That needs replacing !