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by MTBer
Thu Sep 10, 2015 5:01 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Handlebar clamps in forward position on triple tree
Replies: 1
Views: 1048

Handlebar clamps in forward position on triple tree

I'm installing a set of Renthal handlebars (spent the last hour trying to get 22.2mm bars to fit 22mm controls :x) and would like to move the handlebar mounts more forward on the upper triple tree. There are 2 sets of holes for both the bar clamps and the instrument cluster mounting bracket which ti...
by MTBer
Sat Aug 15, 2015 11:09 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Love at first sight
Replies: 21
Views: 6175

Re: Love at first sight

Got rid of the K&Ns. Had to get creative with radiator hoses if various sizes to mate up the Mikuni carbs to the snorkel. Found a flared hose that had the right diameter reduction to it. I've never run Bings but I have to say these Mikuni carbs really do work well. Fires up on the first crank an...
by MTBer
Sat Aug 15, 2015 11:01 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Love at first sight
Replies: 21
Views: 6175

Re: Love at first sight

Fixed it
by MTBer
Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:28 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Love at first sight
Replies: 21
Views: 6175

Re: Love at first sight

Here is a picture of the bike before I brought it home.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-T5Gw ... cslist_api
by MTBer
Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:21 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Love at first sight
Replies: 21
Views: 6175

Re: Love at first sight

Thanks for the replies everybody. Yes, for me, mountain biking is my main identity. Love it even when I come home with battle wounds! I have been very happy with the bike. Just got stock Mahle air filters so I could ditch the K&Ns. Didn't care for the cobbled together look nor the fact that they...
by MTBer
Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:06 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Love at first sight
Replies: 21
Views: 6175

Love at first sight

What can I say...these bikes are damn sexy and I finally got my hands on one! And it was not easy... In the early morning after a wedding in La Conner, WA we hightailed it to catch the ferry to Port Townsend as the bike was located in Port Angeles. The last car I passed on the way to the ferry was t...