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Thanks for joining us for a bit. Be well.

I use Brad Penn 30W break-in oil with new rings or with something that sat for a while (like 30 years!). It stays in the motor for the first tank of gas or so, 200ish miles. Break-in riding is mostly accelerating and decelerating in gear, up and down, from 2K rpm to about 6K rpm. This has worked wel...

Yes, it should be a 12mm wrench head. I have some box end 12mm wrenches that fit and some that don't. And yes, you'll get barely 1/12 of a turn in the space available. Also watch for the airbox half to be squirming around as you tighten it. I usually have a rubber mallet on hand to make minor correc...

Curious. I have a 1979 RS (resurrecting it) and getting the filter out wasn't an issue even though it was a one-piece filter. Fairing stayed on but I don't have crash bars on that one.

Boy, it's opening just fine for me here in USA.

I lean the bike onto the stand to hold it lightly while I reposition my foot to move the stand the rest of the way.

I put my toe on the tang as I start deploying it, then the toe moves to the shaft to get it all the way forward.

Size 10 (44 Euro) boots, I'm 5'8" on a good day.

RIP, Ron.

I have yet to actually ride on the 'prepped' wheels as Elsa (R100RS) borrowed my /6 spoked wheels for a couple hundred miles of shakedown riding. Once I finish the '10 year refresh' (now the 13 year refresh!) on my /6 I'll be working on Elsa, full teardown for general leak-fixing and chassis bling-a...

Yes, always go over what needs to be masked off with the PC people! They should have wee rubber plugs also for things like threaded or spoke holes.

Mel, I was looking at your powercoated wheels. I am thinking of doing the same with my 79 RT snowflake wheels. Did do much prep work before sending them off to coated? For the R100/7 I got the bearings out and just handed them to the powdercoating people, who sandblast and then powdercoat. For the ...