06-14-2011, 09:39 AM
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#447
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the thread-killer
Joined: May 2008
Location: HIGH desert
Oddometer: 4,297
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Quote:
Originally Posted by airheadpilot
There was, however, a base gasket on the older bikes. The base gasket was replaced by the base o-ring from 1981-on.
Andrew
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Not true.
The standard 76 to 80 models did not use a base gasket either.
There was one available from BMW to lower compression when pinging occurred. But not from the factory. Basically cylinder was glued directly to the case.
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