There should be guides that the wound metal sheaths of the choke cables are screwed in to. These guides are threaded in to the ears on the carb domes...

An R100R would be an RS without the body work. Maybe OK. Not sure about other suppliers.

/2 and /5 key mechanism is the same. What I discovered on my /5 is that WD40 will lubricate the mechanism to the extent that the ball detent and groov...

Admission of error. I was thinking of /5 and /6 tanks, both regular and large versions. Then the more sculpted, contoured later tanks like the one tha...

Actually, any tank will fit. The /7 tank is longer from the steering head to the seat and an earlier tank will fit but there will be a gap between the...

There is not much to add to Wobbly's excellent response. That hole in the body under the Bing placard is there in order to equalize the air space abo...

In order, the answers would be; 1) Yes. my bike at 50K had a very rusty heat affected zone from the heads to the crossover pipe. 2) Yes and yes. 3)...

A few thoughts to share. It's not good to let an Airhead, or any aircooled motor, to come to full operating temperature by idling at rest. Scott's r...

Wobbly is right about 4.00 x18 being the oem size. I like to go slightly smaller at 110/90 to make it easier to squeeze the wheel between the FD and t...

The original handle bar risers (clamps) on a /5 are polished billet aluminum.

..."You know eventually these will dry up and not be available"... This is speculation, at best. Like anything in a market economy, if there is a d...

This why everyone hates oil threads. Now, were are discussing motor oil for diesels? Please forget about using "C" rated oil in an airhead. You can n...

And now, the rest of the story. Wobbly writes: " b) All of your higher rated oils are "high detergent". That detergent is needed to carry all th...

Your 3 quarts should be enough for an oil change. The weather is turning favorable in North America and should still be favorable in the southern hemi...