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Richard W
Richard W
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Seat Restoration - R65LS

That's one of those where you don't want to "count your chickens". Due to the highly absorbent foam, seat pans always rust out from the inside. The fi...

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RE: Petcocks

John - Are you talking about the threaded nut attaching the petcock to the tank, or the threaded cap attaching the plastic barb ? The threaded nut...

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RE: R 80 G/S Fork Gators are torn................

Purple fluid sounds like some fancy synthetic oil. Sounds like a couple of things were being done. As for the springs, make sure they are the same l...

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RE: Clearview Windscreen Sale

No kickbacks here. They must be needing some business because I get an email every 6 months.

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RE: R 80 G/S Fork Gators are torn................

@gpopovichcastlerockwinery-com If you want to keep your new fork covers nice for a long time, keep them away from detergents. Those seem to leach ou...

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RE: Oil change concerns

â–ş My bad on the white connector/ bean can. I was still thinking of a newer bike in another thread. You simply have basic ignition points. You'll wan...

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RE: R 80 G/S Fork Gators are torn................

That's how it usually goes. Spring pops up, gets in the way, ruins your day ! The fork is a complete hydraulic system. So the oil is not simply goi...

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RE: Oil change concerns

• Upon entering the inner cover, first thing you do is stuff a rag into the hole leading to the oil pan. Three guesses why you want to do this. ? •...

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RE: Oil change concerns

It's easy to understand how someone could drop that clip and simply go get another. However, it's best to check since the bike is new to you. That'...

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RE: R 80 G/S Fork Gators are torn................

The fork tubes need to be removed from the bike. • Put the bike on the centerstand with a scissor jack under the front of the engine • Drop the f...

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RE: /5 Starter grinding noise. Will not engage.

Arni you are absolutely correct. In a true "bendix" system the starter gear rides on a very coarse helical thread. When the starter motor spins up, th...

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RE: Oil change concerns

Welcome Aboard ! For the C-clip source, I'd scan the items inside the front inner cover... around the cam chain. This because there is a direct pass...

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RE: swapping in /7 speedometer on an '86 monoshock?

When all is correct, the tach and speedo needles should hold at the same angles while in top gear. So if the tach needle is pointed at the 10 o'clock ...

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RE: Collapsed oil filter

Mighty Rick - 1) The parts fiche is correct, there is only one spring. The shorter one is what came out of my 1981 R100. That's what happens, the sp...

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