Forum: Equipment
10-03-2011, 02:02 PM
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[QUOTE=Spoofing;5610475]MFG-Osram
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[QUOTE=Spoofing;5610475]MFG-Osram
www.Bulbconnection.com (http://www.Bulbconnection.com)
Item Number BC1219
MFG Code 49015
Unit price- 5.50
QUOTE]
and now Unit Price $2.55 same...
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Forum: Airheads
09-26-2011, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 745
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Leakey (Texas) loop
Had a conference in San Antonio, so I took the occasion to make a loop farther west. Did the ride (three sisters, or twisted sisters, 337, 336, 335), got the t-shirt. Perfect weather, zero traffic,...
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Forum: Airheads
11-04-2010, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 745
Views: 78,131
on IBMWR
1983 R80ST
1983 R80ST. 31,000 miles. Runs. Fair condition.
Price: $1995.00
Location: PA
Posted Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 6:07 am (EDT)
(http://marketplace.ibmwr.org/ads/view/id/180192)
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Forum: Airheads
01-06-2010, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 7,712
LED technology
LED technology is moving pretty fast, almost like computers you buy and tomorrow there is something better, within a year yours is obsolete. The Harrison's have done what I wanted for about a year,...
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Forum: Airheads
01-04-2010, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 7,712
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Forum: Airheads
01-04-2010, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 7,712
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Forum: Old's Cool
01-02-2010, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,170
[quote=Mugwest]
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your ST looks great w/...
[quote=Mugwest]
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your ST looks great w/ the paralever GS/Mystic/R tank, but dood, that Rifle? fairing is butt-fugly :huh ( i imagine it works well though, yeah?)
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agree on the ugly...
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Forum: Old's Cool
01-01-2010, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 28
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finally got a chance to compare
http://rcs-ptlwtx.smugmug.com/Machines/HD-v-ST/10826396_2yqXX#755003509_oWmeq
don't know if the link pasted right. beautiful day for a ride, took two hours and made a loop out south of town. ...
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Forum: Airheads
12-04-2009, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,010
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Forum: Old's Cool
12-04-2009, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,170
blizzard, snowing in Houston
may delay the road test.
I can't explain why he wouldn't ride it home himself (other than the snow today). Didn't ask was interested to compare.
I do have better gear and more experience...
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Forum: Old's Cool
12-02-2009, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,170
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Forum: Old's Cool
12-02-2009, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,170
R80ST v. new Sportster
a friend has sold his scooter and bought a new Sportster, he wants me to ride it home from the dealer for him. Should I have the training wheels taken off? Seriously, is there anything I should be...
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Forum: Airheads
08-14-2009, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 745
Views: 78,131
e bay R80ST
another one on e bay, bid up to 4500.00 already.
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Forum: Old's Cool
06-02-2009, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,815
top gear fun again
No recurrance after what had been an every ride problem, seems to be sorted out. Thanks for the short course in airhead diagnostics. I have now been all through the fuel and electrical systems and...
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Forum: Old's Cool
06-01-2009, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,815
EUREKA! maybe
while I had the bowls off to fiddle with the float adjustment, which I haven't done yet, I checked the fuel flow THROUGH the carbs (I had previously checked the flow TO the carbs). The right side...
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-25-2009, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,815
I have checked both diaphragms, no holes or...
I have checked both diaphragms, no holes or tears. I don't really have either of these symptoms (vibration on acceleration or sudden flat spot at 4000rpm). I have good acceleration, very smooth, no...
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Forum: Airheads
05-25-2009, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 745
Views: 78,131
1984 R80ST on IBMWR
1984 R80ST Location: Olympia, WA
grey metallic. 28000 miles.
http://img39.imageshack.us/my.php?image=37529105gbackyardimg600.jpg...
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-23-2009, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 90
Views: 11,107
harley coil install
I noticed that the green and black wires are opposite from Datchew's install in post #48. Are both running the left cylinder from the left tower and right from right? Or does it not matter how the...
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-21-2009, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,815
update re problem
[quote=Wirespokes]What's the voltage at the coil primary? How much resistance from primary to secondary? Secondary to plug caps?
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12.45 v across battery terminals, voltage at the coil...
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-11-2009, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 78
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not the filters
cleaned coil primary connections up, still have problem.
checked fuel flow, with filters 350ml/mn right, 400ml left, without 550ml right, 600ml left, am running without filters now, still have a...
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-07-2009, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,815
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-05-2009, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,815
this is way better than a crossword puzzle
This is a busy week, will not have time much to tinker. I learned in high school shop class that carburetor was a French word that meant "leave it alone". Sounds too easy to check diaphragms so I...
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-04-2009, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,815
power loss sudden not gradual
Power loss coincides with top gear 4000 or + rpm, after 5-10 minutes, and if I get off the freeway and run "neighborhood" speeds it returns to normal, no matter what rpm in lower gears, and will run...
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-04-2009, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,815
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Forum: Old's Cool
05-04-2009, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,815
R80ST loss of high end power in top gear
Just out of the shop, for fork rebuild. I had valves adjusted at the same time just because. Couple weeks communiting, freeways included, no issues. Weekend road trip 200+ miles each way, ran like a...
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Forum: Tejas and the Gulf States
04-29-2009, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 776
Views: 48,734
too many hints
that is enough on the hints, let it ride for a while, Texas is a big state, might take some us a while to get there.
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Forum: Airheads
04-27-2009, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 745
Views: 78,131
the plug
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Was testing to see who would look.
I hope that was the reason it developed a loss of power at high rpms 50 miles from home on the way back. When I started having a problem over 55...
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Forum: Airheads
04-27-2009, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 745
Views: 78,131
trip photos
trip photos
http://rcs-ptlwtx.smugmug.com/gallery/8029909_rvrTM#522506767_UKSWV (http://rcs-ptlwtx.smugmug.com/gallery/8029909_rvrTM#522506767_UKSWV)
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Forum: Airheads
04-27-2009, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 745
Views: 78,131
out of town
I mostly commute, had a chance this weekend to get out of town
Houston to San Antonio and back, mostly back roads.
A Texas history tour: San Antonio -Seguin - Monthalia - Cost -Gonzales-...
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Forum: Tejas and the Gulf States
02-05-2009, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,215
riding into Mexico
seems like I've always lived in Houston but I'm a recent convert to motorbikes. friend of mine also in Houston is planninng a ride to Copper Canyon this spring. maybe your ride will be back in time.
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Forum: Airheads
02-04-2009, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 745
Views: 78,131
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Forum: Airheads
01-01-2009, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 776
Views: 132,821
two for two on assists
I also alerted this thread to #2406. Happy to help. Until I decide to pull the trigger myself.
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Forum: Airheads
12-29-2008, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 776
Views: 132,821
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Forum: Airheads
11-25-2008, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 745
Views: 78,131
ST for sale on IBMWR
[QUOTE=England-Kev]Do you, right now, as we type, own an R80ST----
on IBMWR
1984 R80ST red 23.5K mile
and mine by the way is 7761, not 7764 if you want to update the registry. bigger tank...
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Forum: Old's Cool
11-21-2008, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,958
back in the day I blew a spark plug out of the...
back in the day I blew a spark plug out of the head of a high compression aluminum v8 (same issue, PO cross threaded it). repaired in place with a helicoil. never had any issues with the repair,...
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Forum: Old's Cool
11-21-2008, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 958
saw a used ST rear fender on e bay
"BMW R80...
saw a used ST rear fender on e bay
"BMW R80 R80ST Used Rear Fender
Removed from a BMW R80ST.
Includes used rear fender.
Paint in poor shape. Paint is cracking in many spots.
Upper emblem intact...
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Forum: Equipment
11-04-2008, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 29,474
any updates or use reports here?
Looking for something for short trips, and I've found this http://motoporter.com/vs2/ that comes in between the two other options mentioned here pricewise. VC what was the update on cost of...
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Forum: Airheads
10-08-2008, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 745
Views: 78,131
cockpit fairing
motorbike came with National barn door-post 37, took it off, rode naked (the bike) for a year. "winter" fairing -post 38 found on e bay. in spring swapped to cockpit fairing. best configuration...
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Forum: Airheads
10-07-2008, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 776
Views: 132,821
G/S for sale
looks like its outside of Denver, anyone close that could take a look at it?
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Forum: Airheads
10-07-2008, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 745
Views: 78,131
7761 pic 3
current configuration, survivor of Ike. also have the larger GS tank, red, black stripes, any tips on installing?
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