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Mike Buhler
Mike Buhler
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

The Spiegler kit is very pretty! I think I will go with that. Clear lines and blue fittings might be nice! I should replace the lines on my R65 LS as ...

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

I did bleed the brakes when I got the bike, it took a little futzing around but I got it done. I think the kit will be easiest. You say Speigler has a...

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

This is what's on my R100. Pretty hard pull on the lever and very little travel on the lever. That's why I tried to bleed a bit of fluid off to reduce...

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

I'll get a pic later of the Brembo callipers. You're saying it might be better to get rid of the multi piece lines and just run single steel braided l...

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

The RS has 2 pieces of brake his and 2 sections of metal tubing, I can order the hose pieces from Bob's for reasonable $$. Too bad shipping is getting...

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

That's an excellent article, thanks for putting me onto it to remind me to take a closer examination of mine.

1 year ago
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RE: Brake Hose Failure - Causes & Cures

Excellent article! I will do a closer inspection of my brake lines but I can see I might very well need new brake lines.

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

I was out for a run and today it decided to throw a muffler out on the road. Good times! The front brakes are heating up and dragging hard, it looks l...

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

Turns out turn signals and horn are out which makes me think even more it's a ground issue. Time to start studying the wiring diagram.

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

Ok, when I get a chance I will start tracing wiring to see what I see. I just know when I would lose the signal lights on the R65 it was usually becau...

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

Thanks for all your help Richard! My first run out yesterday was great, decent weather despite a section of fog and reasonable temps. I met up with Ti...

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

YaaaaY! Thank you so much for pointing me in the direction of a vacuum leak! Turns out the issue was the rubber boot from the airbox was pinched on on...

1 year ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

The empty float bowl was my own stupidity not turning the petcocks to reserve rather than "on". I had one start where it settled down to a nice idle b...

2 years ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

Ok, I will check the intake spigot when I get back home. I definitely double checked the butterflies were in correctly, it was easy to see if the beve...

2 years ago
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RE: Stored '83 R100 RS needs some restorative TLC

Definitely not the throttle cables, I checked and there is a touch of slack there so the butterflies close completely. I backed off the choke cables t...

2 years ago
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