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Richard W
Richard W
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RE: Parts Advice Wanted - Shocks for dual shock /6 street use

This is a message about TIRES in a thread about SHOCKS. Black HTML characters are expensive, but the Club can afford it. We're going to move this to i...

3 years ago
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RE: Air Screw-In Raises Idle

When working on carbs I find it really helps to get into the correct "mindset" or understanding. These thoughts might help... ► The carb is part of ...

3 years ago
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RE: Air Screw-In Raises Idle

Thoughts and suggestions.... New air filter from where ? If the bike has over 50K miles then you need new needle jets, regardless of what you can...

3 years ago
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RE: Air Screw-In Raises Idle

PS.... The correct spark plug for this bike is NGK BP7ES. Pay no attention to the NGK plug chart. It is wrong. NGK will soon stop making this p...

3 years ago
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RE: Air Screw-In Raises Idle

Welcome Aboard ! Some thoughts and comments (in no particular order).... There are 2 screws: Idle Mixture and Idle Speed. Idle Mixture starts at...

3 years ago
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RE: Crankcase breather valve

I can't talk to the Brillo. No experience in that area. However, I'm all in for... Making sure the tiny drain hole is open in the "recovery well...

3 years ago
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RE: Crankcase breather valve

So in the first paragraph you are discussing what is clearly off-road riding, complete with stream crossings. If you do the breather re-route as dis...

3 years ago
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RE: 77 r100/7 front brake master cylinder issues

Besides the use of stainless steel brake lines, my recommendations also included the EBC full floating brake discs, which when matched with new EBC pa...

3 years ago
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RE: Valve adjustment R90

All he did was re-pack the ball bearings (or replace the bearings). We've discussed this situation before in these pages. The OEM grease simply gets s...

3 years ago
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RE: Welding on airhead frame???

Jim - 1. TIG welding should be just fine. Move all the plastic components away. The fuel lines will be right there, so drop the 2 float bowls, and h...

3 years ago
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RE: Ignition switch woes 78 R80/7

It's the first thing I do with a new to me bike. (It's nothing short of a miracle on a British bike !) And every time I replace a voltage regulator, s...

3 years ago
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RE: Oil cooler. to fill or not to fill?

@bruce-suehr You're certainly welcome, sir.

3 years ago
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RE: Master Cylinder Reservoir Won’t Seal

By "hidden" I only meant to infer there was a seal between the reservoir and metallic body that could not be seen unless you completely stripped the m...

3 years ago
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RE: Oil cooler. to fill or not to fill?

That is NOT what I said. I have no opinion on Spectro. So, just add the oil (not sure on exact quantity) 3 quarts? And crank it with the carbs dry...

3 years ago
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RE: Oil cooler. to fill or not to fill?

Bruce - Welcome aboard ! ► Generally, if one sticks to a solid plan to change the oil every 5000 miles, and is using a name brand oil, then there ...

3 years ago
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