Welcome Aboard ! The first thing for you to do is contact your local Airhead district organizer (known as an "Air Marshal") and get on his distribut...

@ Yes, Castol has an entire line of oils for 1980's vehicles, but they are slow sellers and not available at every oil dealer. And to add insult to in...

You need to be aware that the stock ignition has an advance curve that was designed for 1980 fuels. Those were leaded fuels with an octane of 100+. To...

There are actually 2 "breather covers", both rather small and held in place by the same 4mm screws. Since these covers never really come off, I usuall...

Welcome Aboard ! Wow! Your new bike is a real looker! It should keep you happy for many decades to come. First thing to do is contact your local ...

PS The question was in reference to an Airhead, and so I have written a response in answer to that question. But the Airhead does not represent a sp...

@ First ! If the float was stuck, there's a high probability that some of the fuel went into the crankcase with your engine oil. Pull the dipstick. Ch...

► There are BMW "breakers" on Ebay. Price an entire '81/'82 front end and ask them to thrown in the RH sw cluster and master cyl. ► If you make up ...

That's a neat idea. Thanks !!

► Here's a photo of my 1988 "single-sided" with stainless steel hoses and EBC brake rotors... With the black vinyl coated hose, you need to look ...

I most definitely have some ideas. In order of effectiveness... 1. Everything else pales in comparison to replacing the standard brake hoses with wh...

OK. Gotcha. • The reference to the hole was in response to your title, not the body of the message. That oil could be from the air filter or flywhee...

If it were leaking from the area of the vent, then oil would be dribbling out of the small hole in the side of the block, just below the "W" in the BM...

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Mr Whatley died in 2001. I'm simply Richard. ? There was a post on here maybe a year ago about weird rocker arm behavior, and that turned out to be...