MTBer wrote:. . .It all worked out in the end and now I'm the proud new owner of a '77 R100/7. It runs like a top and gets up and goes! It supposedly only has 38k miles on it. . .
Congratulations MTBer. My first Airhead was a '77 R100/7 in Havana Gold paint. Not the most accurate name for a color that is less than elegant. IMO. It is a wonderful machine and I'm sure you will enjoy yours as much as you expect to.
In my case I liked my '77 R100/7 so much that I needed to buy more airheads as backups. You know a backup so I'll have a ride if the first one goes 'down' for maintenance. And then another backup in case both of them should be down for maintenance. And then another because I wanted a 'sportier' model. And then another because, well hell, just because I wanted it.
Ken
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There's no such thing as too many airheads
MTBer wrote:. . .It all worked out in the end and now I'm the proud new owner of a '77 R100/7. It runs like a top and gets up and goes! It supposedly only has 38k miles on it. . .
Congratulations MTBer. My first Airhead was a '77 R100/7 in Havana Gold paint. Not the most accurate name for a color that is less than elegant. IMO. It is a wonderful machine and I'm sure you will enjoy yours as much as you expect to.
In my case I liked my '77 R100/7 so much that I needed to buy more airheads as backups. You know a backup so I'll have a ride if the first one goes 'down' for maintenance. And then another backup in case both of them should be down for maintenance. And then another because I wanted a 'sportier' model. And then another because, well hell, just because I wanted it.
Ken
I wonder if that's a common pattern: that it takes 4 Airheads to make an honest man.
khittner1 wrote:It must be. When I tell my spouse that I "need" to keep my one airhead, that's probably a lie. If I had three more, I could be more forthright.
Spouses can be a problem. If I had a spouse I would probably have 3 less airheads.
Ken
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There's no such thing as too many airheads
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 caught my boots. Finally figured out how to pry open the clam shell. Just needed to pull harder! Got a Clymer manual so can get started educating myself. I tried to post pics but all my pics are larger than the tiny KB limit. I'll try to take some lower res pics in a bit
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 and has lots of power.
