I reused the original seats(recut) with Kibblewhite BD valves and stems. New springs, collets, gaskets. First re-torque and clearances set at about 90...

Update: The old girl now has about 1500miles on the new exhaust valves with about 1k at highway 4-5k rpm. After the initial 350miles(on the Team Lyle ...

It does sound like incompatible expansion rates. After much study and talking to several machinists I'm feeling most comfortable with MaxBMX in NH...

Interesting story. Question, how many miles did you have before the stuck valve? Because if it happened first ride where the bike got up to normal o...

To clarify, in about 30 days we start our annual winter migration to the lands on NO SNOW! But I'm thinking of taking the RT with me, Winter Solstice ...

Ah there is my misinformation, I thought it was a BMW recall. With that 30-40 day time I'll need to wait for spring. But come spring I"ll get that gol...

The snowbum article I found is on this site and was last updated this year. I understand completely about the hardness issues. Same experience with ...

WOW, I'd heard/read that BMW was no longer doing replacements. My 1981 is the old style. I'm calling BMW NA Tuesday! Thanks for the News!

Sorry for your loss. So how did your ride go, or is it still to come? I'd highly recommend a full face helmet and ear plugs. Actually the documentatio...

Oh I'm certainly not waiting until Sept 21 to ride again 🙂 IronButt has this 4 Seasons Ride , i.e. SS1000 on each Solstice and Equinox . The spring ...

After action Report! I departed my home about 01:50 and returned at 20:33 on June 21,2017 after 1022 miles of official SaddleSore 1000 riding. Then ad...

Well I'm not a big rally guy, but whenever I'm not sleeping at home, and even sometimes then, good earplugs are a must for a sound sleep. In fact I bu...

Hello Wobbly, when you say "Maximum useful age for ethanol fuel in a vehicle without fuel injection is about 8-10 weeks." What exactly are you saying...

11771, Pretty cool, I didn't know the Bing 64 was still in modern use. I thought pretty much every engine bigger then a chainsaw motor had gone FI. I ...