► Again, let me quote the basic rule of wiring motorcycles.... Frames carry the engine. Copper wire carries the electricity. Obviously the previou...

As Bob has said, valve seat installation is a specialist job. You can't simply drive the old one back into place and expect it to stay. Exces...

Wow, that's a great find. Thanks for sharing. If this website used "Stickies" that information would certainly be pasted there.

Frames carry the engine. Copper wire carries the electricity. Congrats on the find ! It's just like I said... When you loose the trail of the beast ...

@thomas-schratwieser All noted and appreciated. It's not that Airheads are hard to work on or that the task is overly daunting. I have worked on num...

Thoughts.... > Fuses blow for 2 reasons: Load and Shorts. Your specific condition sounds like it's one where the "load" is too high for the fuse,...

Please DO NOT ask the same question in multiple forums. Your need is recognized and the urgency fully understood, but now members who wish to help you...

Agreed. I mis-spoke.

That's correct. "Paralever" bikes don't have oil in the drive shaft housing. But I don't think paralever showed up until the start of the Oil Head.

Smack it with a big hammer. Or if you have the clearance, position it so that you can get a large adjustable wrench on there and bend it back.

Thoughts.... • If first oversize is 0.5mm, then that's about 0.020", or second oversize on most other engine brands. 0.020" will clean up everything...

I have been riding with that exact mod for several years now. It does work very nicely.

► Intermittent shorts are the hardest to find. They are usually caused by a chaffed wire that is occasionally touching grounded metal at a sharp bend ...

STARTING POINT 1. First off we'll have to assume you are using 8A fuses and not something lower, like 6A. The BMW wiring design only has the two fus...

Actually I think it helps everyone to have all your posts within one thread. Proceed.