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by boxer54
Sun Feb 02, 2014 1:19 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: One down, one to go (I hope!)
Replies: 28
Views: 7266

Re: One down, one to go (I hope!)

...So with a break in the weather over here I managed to spend some time with my toolbox and the Bike today. The bike is still running rough intermittently but I am sure, it is NOT fuel or air related. I think it is electrical. After extensive reading and re-reading and re-reading on this site on AB...
by boxer54
Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:13 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: One down, one to go (I hope!)
Replies: 28
Views: 7266

Re: One down, one to go (I hope!)

A brief update... I have been unable to get out on the bike over the last week due to work but tonight I got a chance to get a look. It started easily and sounded fine, with no hesitancy etc. I decided to take it out and have a 'feel'. It ran sweetly and pulled sweetly. I gave it a blast and it seem...
by boxer54
Sun Jan 12, 2014 12:34 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: One down, one to go (I hope!)
Replies: 28
Views: 7266

Re: One down, one to go (I hope!)

It was lumpy and hesitant when I gently turned the throttle then would suddenly surge Do you mean suddenly run healthily? What happens when throttle backed off again? What happens when throttle is increased past where the engine 'surges'? I'll try to be more clear in what I meant by 'surge'. When I...
by boxer54
Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:01 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: One down, one to go (I hope!)
Replies: 28
Views: 7266

Re: One down, one to go (I hope!)

Thanks to all for the info. Here's an update on the bike...the problem persists but with encouragement like: "The mind draws dragons into the blank areas of the chart..." I proceed into the darkness... I have checked all 4 HT leads and boots and plug caps and all appear in very good order ...
by boxer54
Sun Jan 05, 2014 4:20 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: One down, one to go (I hope!)
Replies: 28
Views: 7266

One down, one to go (I hope!)

happy days i spent riding the south coast of UK on my days off. Smug atop 'Rusty James', my 1986 BMW r80 mono. I say smug because as if you read my first post, I managed to discover the gremlin behind my intermittent starting problem (with the as yet gracious help of the forum) and learning a lot al...
by boxer54
Sun Jan 05, 2014 3:46 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Keep Your Revs Up!!!
Replies: 24
Views: 7265

Re: Keep Your Revs Up!!!

"maybe his mono was parked adjacent to a Triumph with Lucas wiring and they canoodled?" OMG---- Can two motorcycle get it on like that....???? Does this mean I have to reconsider going for a ride with my pal and his Triumph Triple?? What would a we call a Boxer/ Triple lovechild!!! "P...
by boxer54
Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:10 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Keep Your Revs Up!!!
Replies: 24
Views: 7265

Re: Keep Your Revs Up!!!

Hello all, I have been away from computers and on the bike as much as possible but as the weather really begins to kick in here on the South Coast of UK I thought I'd update my post. I'm new to internet forums and as a result my initial post slipped my mind. The problem I was having with the difficu...
by boxer54
Sat Jun 08, 2013 1:42 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Keep Your Revs Up!!!
Replies: 24
Views: 7265

Keep Your Revs Up!!!

Hi I'm quite new to boxers and the forum but my 1986 R80 Mono has been suffering from the old electrical/ charging gremlins. The main problem was with erratic starting and the old familiar click clicking/ machine gun rattling/ of the spinning starter, (it is the starter/ solenoid right?) and the eng...
by boxer54
Sat May 25, 2013 2:32 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: BIKINI COCKPIT FAIRING
Replies: 11
Views: 6064

BIKINI COCKPIT FAIRING

Hi, This is my first post. I have just bought a BMW R80 mono. I'll get around to putting some pics up soon Its been customised a little already toward a cafe racer style but with a 2 up seat. Its a naked bike but I am keen to fit some kind of small bikini type fairing to help with touring. I wanted ...