The /5 should be home this week!

[Unclviny]

I talked to Bruce Davidson this morning, my R75/5 should be ready in the next day or 2. He said that the only problem was that 1 of the bad-sump-thread-holes had already been Helicoiled so he ordered a http://www.timesert.com/, it should have been delivered today!

My plan is to fly to Dallas friday and ride her home (280 miles), weather.com says high of 62 and a 30% chance of rain.

Vince

[Chuey]

Why was it sent away? More than a few stripped threads?

Chuey

[Unclviny]

Breather failure + old, dry gaskets = MASSIVE oil leaks and it "blew out" the sump taking the threads from several bot-holes with it. I took it to Boxers by Bruce and he tells me after checking it over that no major damage was done, he changed ALL the gaskets and rear-main-seal and did a full inspection/service.

I was never impressed with the "performance" of the bike but having never ridden a /5 before I didn't have anything to compare it to, he assured me that I will not recognize it based on how it performs after he sets it up.

Vince

[Chuey]

You know, when a machine is set up by someone who really know his/her stuff, it can be quite an improvement over just "working". When I set up a bicycle, the cables are just perfect. You would be surprised how often the cables, even ones recently done by a bicycle shop, are keeping the performance of the bike from being top notch. There's more, lots more, to the set-up of a bike but that one in particular is one where I see terrible work by owner/mechanics and even other shops.

After I work on my BMWs, I'd like to be able to take them to a shop that would tweak them so they are "just so". I know they know things I don't. I can, and do, do those little time consuming things that aren't feasible for a shop to do but then to have them do their magic would be a great combination.

Let us know if you feel the difference, please.

Chuey