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- Fri Jun 20, 2025 2:22 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: R100 engine revs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9366
Re: R100 engine revs
Hi Raunstrop When you say it won't rev, do you meant stutters and coughs? I created this issue when I adjusted my float hight badly on my old R80. Basically it had just enough juice for 30MPH but not 60. It sort of coughed and hesitated athigher speeds. Easily fixed by adjusting the little mettle ta...
- Tue Dec 24, 2024 3:19 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Damage to top clamp from locknut - R100RS
- Replies: 2
- Views: 32519
Re: Damage to top clamp from locknut - R100RS
https://www.motorworks.co.uk/billet-top ... 210-1.html
It's this one Rob.
Although it's obvious in hindsight the metal is aluminum and is bound to suffer 'knock' wear.
It's this one Rob.
Although it's obvious in hindsight the metal is aluminum and is bound to suffer 'knock' wear.
- Sun Dec 22, 2024 12:58 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Damage to top clamp from locknut - R100RS
- Replies: 2
- Views: 32519
Damage to top clamp from locknut - R100RS
Hi all I'm currently replacing my steering head bearings on my 1988 R100RS, 103,000 miles. It will be the third set. On disassembly, it's clear that the top locknut has damaged the billet top clamp upgrade a bit over the past 10 years or so, wearing a small but perceptible groove. I first thought I ...
- Sun Sep 01, 2024 12:07 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Unable to get neutral when hot - cause found
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2258
Unable to get neutral when hot - cause found
Bike is a 1988 R100RS with 100,000+ miles. The problem I had (and posted on here about a few years ago) was that when hot it became impossible to get neutral. To cut a long story short, as I had overhauled the gearbox I thought I had made a gearbox reassembly error. This blinded me to other causes. ...
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:13 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Welding a rear carrier
- Replies: 2
- Views: 843
Re: Welding a rear carrier
Thanks for confirming, it's an odd sort of material like a ceramic.
Drilling is not easy at that point so I will try to find a replacement here in the UK or Europe.
Andy
Drilling is not easy at that point so I will try to find a replacement here in the UK or Europe.
Andy
- Tue Jun 28, 2022 5:27 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Welding a rear carrier
- Replies: 2
- Views: 843
Welding a rear carrier
On my Mono 1988 R100RS I have the kind of rear carrier specifically designed for a top box, it connects down to the pannier frames. It seems one time I over-tightened the top box because the carrier part is cracked all the way through. My question is to those of you that know about metallurgy, which...
- Tue Jun 28, 2022 5:21 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Loctite product for rear drive to swingarm Mono R100RS with no gasket
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1224
Re: Loctite product for rear drive to swingarm Mono R100RS with no gasket
I recently had to replace my driveshaft (97K miles and the UJ had become notchy). On reassemlby I used Hylomar Blue sparingly and so far not a trace of oil.
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 12:26 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Monolever fork nut stuck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7121
Re: Monolever fork nut stuck
High five! The noise it made when if first moved was a kind of metalic groan...
I've just bought a San Jose replacement yolk (triple-clamp thingie) to fit there in the next few weeks.
I've just bought a San Jose replacement yolk (triple-clamp thingie) to fit there in the next few weeks.
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 9:41 am
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Monolever fork nut stuck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7121
Re: Monolever fork nut stuck
It's off.
I got a breaker bar long enough to brace against the frame, and a dirty great long spanner.
When it moved, it was a nice feeling.
I got a breaker bar long enough to brace against the frame, and a dirty great long spanner.
When it moved, it was a nice feeling.
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 2:01 pm
- Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
- Topic: Monolever fork nut stuck
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7121
Re: Monolever fork nut stuck
Well the nut moved with some heat... The single-shock bikes have a different fork. The big top nut secures onto a gold inner thread, which is a part that pushes up through the tube. This is all a long way of saying that the inner thread is spinning when I try to remove it. Clearly I am supposed to u...