I'm an aircraft mechanic and retired mechanical engineer. Aircraft rivets are set using a rivet gun and a bucking bar. None of the aluminum rivets w...

BoD has hastened the demise of this club. I've been an ABC member since 1994. Without Oak's content or B. Jan's editorial contributions in Airmail, I...

In February Airmail, who decided to remove "friendship over friction" from Canon #3?

Only the airmarshals can vote for directors. Let your airmarshals know how you feel about the BoD decisions to fire the club founder, censor Airmail,...

I'm disgusted with board of directors (BoD) decisions to eliminate Oak's material from Airmail, firing Airmail editor B. Jan Hoffman, censoring Airmai...

I'm disgusted with board of directors (BoD) decisions to eliminate Oak's material from Airmail, firing Airmail editor B. Jan Hoffman, censoring Airmai...

It depends on where your fork leak is located.

After spending the weekend rebuilding the R65 carburetors (new O-rings, diaphragms), engine still exhibits poor cold-start capability. We've already...

Thanks. What do you use for replacement spark plug lead wire?

We completed a 2100-mile, 6-day trip from Cape Cod to West Virginia. The Maryland Airhead's Last Days of Summer rally is so good that we're willing t...

The short-term fix is to install rubber bushings on the front motor mount. The rubber replaces the 5mm spacers located on either side of the engine b...

An Emerald Island Alpha ignition was installed and this corrected the engine idle RPM. We're now working on the engine vibration problem. At ~4200 R...

The 1982 R100RS and the 1982 R65 would have an electronically-triggered ignition system. The electronic trigger (Hall-Effect sensor) resides within t...

That''s my opinion as well. A Motorrad Elektrik Alpha electronic ignition system is on order to replace the bean can. I'd still love to open up the ...

We're going to install Rick Jones' Alpha ignition instead of EME's EnDuraLast electronic ignition. The optically-triggered EnDuraLast ignition has a ...