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Richard W
Richard W
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RE: bad battery

- Not sure what you mean by this. "Charged" meaning the bike will crank ? Or, that the measured voltage is up to a certain level ? Please explain. -...

3 years ago
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RE: MPG on an 1985 r80rt

Another satisfied customer ! ? You're on your way now.

3 years ago
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RE: Forum Newb, Looking at 75 R90S and one VIN is weird.

Email sent. Check your Junk Mail folders. I've also erased your posted email to limit spamming.

3 years ago
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RE: MPG on an 1985 r80rt

There was a discussion about this maybe 2 years ago. I think the general consensus was that official BMW cables do not need lubrication. And it was le...

3 years ago
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RE: Forum Newb, Looking at 75 R90S and one VIN is weird.

If you are stuck on the R90S and feel like riding home from GA, I have a buddy in the next town over who has an all-original, 2-owner, never wrecked, ...

3 years ago
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RE: MPG on an 1985 r80rt

Step-by-step notes on carb tuning... At rest (throttle closed, choke OFF) you should have 1 to 2mm of free play in each of the outer cable sheaths...

3 years ago
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RE: Turn signals and voltage meter question

Here's why... With a 3-sided column LED construction, 2 of the 3 sides light up on Low Beam. High Beam throws in the last of the 3 sides. Since the sa...

3 years ago
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RE: oil cooler to add or not.

Just so you know, I'm about 100 miles north-northwest of you, so our riding environments aren't exactly the same, but not drastically different either...

3 years ago
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RE: Turn signals and voltage meter question

On the road at 3500 RPM and higher... after ~10 miles when the battery has recovered from the drain of starting... you should be reading up around 13....

3 years ago
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RE: MPG on an 1985 r80rt

I'm not really knowledgeable on the R80, but my '79 RT got 150+ miles out of a tank. I would have just turned ON the Reserve at 150 miles of mountain ...

3 years ago
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RE: oil cooler to add or not.

First of all, this all hinges on where you live and how you ride... none of which is given. In AZ you might be good; in cooler, wetter western NC not ...

3 years ago
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RE: 86 R80 gauges

I know Joel and he's been rebuilding Brit bike gauges for decades. I had no idea he also did Airhead gauges.

3 years ago
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RE: /6 Steering damper.

Whenever I see no steering dampener, the first suspect is always "cost cutting". Comparing a H-D to an Airhead is a loosing game. Let's not even go...

3 years ago
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RE: /6 Steering damper.

Why wouldn't you want that in working condition? It keep irregularities in the road from steering the bike.

3 years ago
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