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- Tue Apr 29, 2025 6:51 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Thanks and ride safe
- Replies: 2
- Views: 29
Re: Thanks and ride safe
Cheers and stay well! That time will come to us all!
- Tue Apr 29, 2025 5:39 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: RS/RT rear vision mirror glass replacement.
- Replies: 0
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RS/RT rear vision mirror glass replacement.
Is there a method to open these successfully to replace the glass? They appear to be a snap together construction, no external fastenings to undo. Is adhesive involved I wonder? Anyone done this or just replaced them when necessary? There's a small opening outer lower edge ... maybe access for a pr...
- Fri Apr 25, 2025 9:50 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Differences in Airhead speedometer housings
- Replies: 9
- Views: 377
Re: Differences in Airhead speedometer housings
Go to www.katdash.com and open the different slash series tabs...pictures and dates.. Amber turn signals at the bottom to 9/77. https://www.bobsmotorcycles.com/assets/productimages/4459/8d4de80efa702fc.jpg?width=1200&autorotate=true Green turn signals at the top with brake failure light at the ...
- Thu Apr 24, 2025 2:23 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Valve covers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2359
Re: Valve covers
https://youtu.be/8H7PV2_CN-o?si=HTQ0UHptXjJcjV5t
At 38minutes in...monolever valve adjustment, shim clearance check etc.
At 38minutes in...monolever valve adjustment, shim clearance check etc.
- Tue Apr 22, 2025 5:30 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Valve covers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2359
Re: Valve covers
Out of curiosity with.. Great question — and a bit of a nuanced one too, so let’s unpack it. The switch from round valve covers to square valve covers on BMW airhead motorcycles (which started showing up in the early 1980s with the R80G/S and later models) wasn’t primarily about noise reduction. It...
- Tue Apr 22, 2025 12:24 am
- Forum: Oilheads / Hexheads
- Topic: R1100S Front Crank Seal - what am i doing wrong
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4673
Re: R1100S Front Crank Seal - what am i doing wrong
Sorry can't help specifically as my experience is with a 94 R1100GS. I did have a leak from under there and it proved to be from an upper cover bolt.
There's this...from an 1150 though. Some info re seals included.
https://www.bmwsporttouring.com/topic/8 ... 0%94-help/
There's this...from an 1150 though. Some info re seals included.
https://www.bmwsporttouring.com/topic/8 ... 0%94-help/
- Mon Apr 14, 2025 6:49 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: R80/7 Reattaching Transmission
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7529
Re: R80/7 Reattaching Transmission
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- Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:33 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: front end clunk
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15353
Re: front end clunk
The 'clunk" has been a repeat topic over the years. BMW came up with something from memory that may or not've worked.
Like many things, there's more than one contributing factor. The nut, the yoke, the fork guts...
Like many things, there's more than one contributing factor. The nut, the yoke, the fork guts...
- Thu Apr 10, 2025 4:34 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: 1982 R100RT - Replace Left Handlebar Controls
- Replies: 1
- Views: 704
Re: 1982 R100RT - Replace Left Handlebar Controls
Willkommen. :) Tools. Phillips head screwdriver, needle nose pliers or a haemostat forcep. Fairing glass out, headlight lens out. You're in. 1. The glass. Lift each internal corner of the headlight rubber to reveal the screws. Remove each screw. Lift the rubber headlight tunnel out. 2. At 6 o'clock...
- Wed Apr 09, 2025 9:21 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: front end clunk
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15353
Re: front end clunk
Try this.
Remove the large central nut at the steering stem.
Shim it with aluminium foil and refit.
If that helps, replace the nut as it's likely worn.
If no change, well, it hasn't cost anything.
The clunk isn't uncommon.
Remove the large central nut at the steering stem.
Shim it with aluminium foil and refit.
If that helps, replace the nut as it's likely worn.
If no change, well, it hasn't cost anything.
The clunk isn't uncommon.