The needle is held in the piston by a wire spring clip that engages the grooves cut in the top portion of the needle. There are 4 sets of grooves, tha...

Mike, hope you found a fellow airhead or two!

Very cool. Congratulations.

Glad to hear. Wonder how those springs got in the bike?!!

@eric-druse bummer, your symptoms seemed similar. We had actually gone so far as to replace the ignition switch with a toggle switch … and the bike s...

PS: My riding buddy and I thought it was the ignition key switch, cuz of the way it behaved.

I could write a short story about an episode I had with my ‘78 R100 while in Baton Rouge, LA. The electrical symptoms were all over the place. I, too,...

Yep, I tried every possible switch from every possible source, and came up empty. It was 2 to 5 days to order. The solution with the driveshaft fill ...

Probably not the issue, but Jeff C. reminded me of another occasion I had when my ‘78 had points. Can’t recall where I purchased the problematic point...

Hello Peter. I have been curious about your issue. Any determination? (Also feeling your frustration.)

The ADVrider forum … I recently was stuck with a very leaky oil pressure switch on my /7. Could not get a replacement where I was. I was “googling” in...

I live down in the RGV, in Mission. Agreed, there doesn’t seem to be any ABC activity in Texas. I think there might be a tech day once a year in the D...

No personal experience, but I’ve heard of iffy kill switches causing faults. They interrupt the 12v circuit to the coils - so kill the ignition. Th...

You may need to catch us up a bit. Did this occur prior to installing the new ignition, or since? I’m no expert, but in my simple thinking a mis-fire...

Oops - just occurred to me, your forks are newer / different than mine. So, not sure how your sliders drop off.