Forum: West – California, the desert southwest and whatever is left
11-01-2011, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 684
Views: 37,688
Of Course
I got way more wet than he did, and I fell first...
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Forum: Airheads
09-01-2011, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,582
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Forum: Airheads
07-28-2011, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 790
Nope
Won't fit.... I wish.it would...
Try these guys for a billet clamp that will for sure fit, got one on my bike. You have an RT, so if you have headlight bucket brackets you might not have to trim...
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Forum: Airheads
07-11-2011, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 249
Views: 14,681
Keep things together. The volume of traffic is...
Keep things together. The volume of traffic is hardly to be deterred by BMW posters.
Besides checking out all of the tiddlers, all the Italian, Russian, other oddballs and the restorations of all...
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Forum: Old's Cool
06-28-2011, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 126
Views: 19,028
It is still an awesome find... It would make an...
It is still an awesome find... It would make an awesome Frankenbeemer, Dave is already going to have to change or take apart all of the key stuff to do it. Wish I had his luck. My bike wasn't too bad...
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Forum: Old's Cool
06-27-2011, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 126
Views: 19,028
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Forum: Old's Cool
06-26-2011, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 126
Views: 19,028
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Forum: Airheads
06-20-2011, 05:00 AM
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Replies: 138
Views: 9,382
+1... 45mpg usually... it will go way over that...
+1... 45mpg usually... it will go way over that if I'm milking it along at 65 or less... My sweet spot is right at 69-70 mph, great mileage, smooth as glass...
Pretty fresh carbs rebuilt in in Dec...
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Forum: Old's Cool
06-09-2011, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,345
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Forum: Old's Cool
03-29-2011, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 328
Views: 82,938
Yard bike
Got this R100/7 about a year ago... 130,000 miles, uses no oil, runs great... Fell off it in November and bent it up. I'm repairing it, and doing a little fix up, keeping it stock....
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Forum: Airheads
03-02-2011, 07:52 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 5,657
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Forum: Airheads
03-01-2011, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 5,657
I did the double row chain on my '77 R100/7...
I did the double row chain on my '77 R100/7 without much trouble. My sprockets were in good shape, I didn't want to remove them (and I didn't have any pullers). So I cut the chain with a cutting...
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Forum: Old's Cool
12-18-2010, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,150
butterflys
While you have it apart, change the o-rings on the butterflys, mine were petrified...
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Forum: Airheads
12-18-2010, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 594
Very nice!
Congratulations!
I do like Texas... lots of big sweepers, 75mph speed limits. Great place for an Airhead... :clap
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Forum: Old's Cool
12-12-2010, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,810
I would buy it...
Looks like a good base for a great bike... these bikes are cheap and easy to fix, finding essential parts is a breeze... Toasters have a lot of class, especially compared to something like my...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
09-13-2010, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 722
Views: 212,680
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Forum: Old's Cool
09-12-2010, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 109
Views: 13,198
Unbelievable...
It's good to see those machines out and about instead of just sitting.... thank you for the pics and vids!
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-07-2010, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 3,566
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-05-2010, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 5,095
About ten years ago of my co-workers wanted a...
About ten years ago of my co-workers wanted a Polaris Quad. they din't sell them here in SoCal so he made contact with a dealer in Colorado who agreed to meet him in Vegas for a cash sale, trailer...
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-01-2010, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,367
I've gone through the merry-go-round with this...
I've gone through the merry-go-round with this also. I found that when I shut off the throttle after a stint down the freeway, it would high idle. One day out of frustration I reached up with my foot...
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-01-2010, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,239
'77 R100
I had a similar problem, it turned out that the old style sock filters had came off of the petcocks and were floating loose in tha tank. The coating that is put on the inside of the tank had been...
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Forum: Old's Cool
04-27-2010, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,947
Those intake runners have a left and a right,...
Those intake runners have a left and a right, they are not interchangable. They almost fit on the wrong side, but not quite. They are cheap and can be had on Ebay.
Also, a couple of places I get...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2010, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 107
Views: 19,585
Nice Trip
Hey Thanks for the pics and the interesting history. They don't let me out much.....
I bet the fire smelled pretty good... love that wood smoke flavor!
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Forum: Old's Cool
03-24-2010, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 112
Views: 10,562
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Forum: Old's Cool
03-05-2010, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,956
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Forum: Old's Cool
03-04-2010, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 4,617
XT500 is a great choice, put a lot of weekend...
XT500 is a great choice, put a lot of weekend trips on mine in the old days...
I have also done several trips of a few hundred miles on a '74 XL250 and many trips from San Diego to Lake Havasu on an...
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Forum: Airheads
02-23-2010, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 13,141
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Forum: West – California, the desert southwest and whatever is left
02-23-2010, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 1,763
People have to realize that this is a legal...
People have to realize that this is a legal practice when traffic is below 35mph. If you read the story it says that most of the negative reaction was from the San Diego area. From my experience most...
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Forum: Old's Cool
01-12-2010, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,132
Maybe not..
I have a "77 R100/7 that had a aftermrket seat that was totally rotten when I bought it. A friend of mine had a coweled seat off of an "S", a R90 or R100 model, I'm not sure. My bike does have the...
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Forum: Old's Cool
01-09-2010, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,500
These guys are very popular with the Airhead...
These guys are very popular with the Airhead crowd. If you need your clutch done, they can machine your flywheel and put thicker media on the disc to compensate, they set up the spring rate...
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Forum: Old's Cool
01-09-2010, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,500
I also have the same problem, mine slips when...
I also have the same problem, mine slips when hot, if I adjust it so it doesn't slip, it is hard to shift. A new clutch is on the agenda soon, but could be a crank end play problem compounding the...
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Forum: Airheads
01-09-2010, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,382
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Forum: Old's Cool
01-05-2010, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,521
Fun Bike!
I've had two of these, a '77 TT and a '79 XT... everything the guys have said is pretty much true. but one thing they didn't mention is that it does kick back once in a while and it will hurt.
The...
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Forum: Old's Cool
01-04-2010, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 597
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Forum: Old's Cool
12-24-2009, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,328
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Forum: Ride reports
12-24-2009, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 158
Views: 28,683
Home for Christmas
Glad you made it home, even on a trailer. Made sense to me.... Just read your whole thread this morning... As I do when when I'm off work, I browse through from the warmth of my living room, dreaming...
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Forum: Old's Cool
12-16-2009, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,168
Stripped down
http://www.advrider.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=222095&stc=1&d=1261000229
After... Borrowed a seat and carbs from Renner for the time being... I have to rebuild the flat tops because we...
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Forum: Old's Cool
12-16-2009, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,168
Got this one for $800
http://www.advrider.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=222093&stc=1&d=1260999773
A friend of a friend had it setting on the side of his house.... 1977 R100/7T... Didn't take much to get it...
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