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- Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:52 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Battery histories
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4662
Re: Battery histories
I had a Westco I think. Bought new and well less than a year later it fried. Went on a trip and got back, parked it and nothing when I got back on it. Internal fault of some sort. In went an Odyssey 925. Very happy with it so far. This is in a Mono r80. Had to use the short style tool tray and it is...
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:26 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: BMW has a better idea!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2980
Re: BMW has a better idea!
A plot to make you destroy the threads on the exhausts on your heads? To make you buy new heads? To find a cylinder stud is stripped in the block? etc
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:23 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: How much oil on my boot is too much?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1178
Re: How much oil on my boot is too much?
If it helps any...my R80 has a stubborn valve cover gasket on the left side. A ride occasionally leaves a few drops of oil on the toe of my size 12 boot.
- Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:26 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Which pistons should I look for?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1794
Re: Which pistons should I look for?
Northwoods Airheads is dealing in Siebenrock stuff according to the website. Lots of interesting tools, too.
- Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:21 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Used parts prices going through the roof!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6787
Re: Used parts prices going through the roof!
Used parts do hurt, like trying to find a decent Mono gas tank. The new parts get to me sometimes too, like the price of a "Euro" switch assembly when my original left side switches crapped out. Want to make yourself feel better? Get an old John Deere tractor. A simple control lever for th...
- Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:56 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: ring and pinion 1986 r80
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1283
Re: ring and pinion 1986 r80
Have you backed off on the rear brake adjuster to see if it makes any difference? Pulled the wheel and looked at the brake parts and the "drum" which is part of the wheel? Also, when you spin the wheel, the driveshaft is turning too.
- Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:50 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Hard to start when cold
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5687
Re: Hard to start when cold
Have you taken a good look at the coil? Mine sat for 16 years or so. Cleaned it up and it ran fine until the day it didn't at all. Coil failure. It had a big crack in it that was not new and had been running fine. I tripped over a deal on the newest style factory coil, swapped them out and it fired ...
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:02 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: NASTY SURPRISE
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3907
Re: NASTY SURPRISE
This is metioned in snowbum's tech page under oiling systems. It would seem you are not alone.
- Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:07 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: A new rule for me.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2402
Re: A new rule for me.
Dunno about all that, but my Chinese helmet thinks I'm a CrackHead...Nothing blew up, but I haven't looked at the thing closely. Yet. Maybe later.
- Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:30 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: A new rule for me.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2402
A new rule for me.
Never, never look at this forum right before a road trip. It just incites the paranoia demon in my brain.