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Must be my personality. I can't remember ever appreciating restos like this. Just kind of rubs it in my face that my bikes will never get close to this again.

The rings just need to be staggered so the gaps line up. I don't think they stay where you line them up when you assemble the bike.

Are you sure that the tiny bit of oil you see is not anti-sieze? The exhaust gets so hot, I can't imagine liquid oil sticking around for long. The finned nuts do get ...

Funny you didn't mention if it was smoking.

On a side note, if the fork is leaking at the bottom, is the copper washer the only thing that seals it? My '71 was not forking right and I found that most of the oil leaked out of one leg. I added some and it leaked out again.

I was actually referring to a car: the Bimmer 2002 series 2-door which was the pre-cursor to the 3-series and was also available in Polaris silver... :geek:

I always wanted one of those. I was looking several years ago and was surprised how much decent ones go for. I think it was around ten grand ...

Well, I have an actual question for you about your bike. It looks like it's missing pin stripes, so I assume it is a respray. Did your original silver paint go to shit? I have a '73 in polaris silver and the paint looks terrible. I have been putting off repainting because the bike doesn't have a ...

Is it getting to be a pain in the arse to get filters? Last time I was at RePsycle they didn't have oil filters in stock. Now I am being told by various outlets that straight filters are no longer being produced. I used to be able to go to a couple counters in town if I needed something like that ...

I gave up on good gas long ago. I used to insist on going to pumps that had 3 hoses so I didn't get a gallon of crap gas. I used to go to sunoco because they had 94 instead of 93. I'm over it. Once gas got to $3/gal the romance was over.

I am going to retard the timing on my 71 R75/5 and see if I ...

Remember that guy named Gunther from the /5 list? I think he was from southern indiana. He did my heads and I was very pleased.

Funny, I thought my wobble probles was from a worn front. It's easy to see when your rear tire is worn. But my front tends to cup for whatever reason and it usually looks fine - it just handles like crap. That causes a detectable wobble for me. I have a pretty old front tire right now and I am ...