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I'm pretty sure that BMW always used steel seat pans on airheads... well, I say that but I don't know about the 'GS series or the 'R but steel was used on all of the mainstream 247 anmd 248 series bikes. The seat cowls (where fitted) were a bit different. The original cowl fitted to the 'S, later '7 ...

Testing again

Rob Frankham wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2026 6:11 amTest

And another

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Be interested to hear what the result is...

Rob

It's been done many times. The 32mm choke Bings from a R65 seem to be favoured. Not done it myself so can't comment further. Just bear in mind that you need to change the stubs that screw into the head...

Rob

Testing for spurious login demands.

Rob

Rob Frankham wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2026 1:15 pm Test post

Further test 26/04

Rob

Ain't technology wonderful... You'd thing that the forum posts would come up with a satiusfactory solution for this issue by now... or perhaps it's not in their interest, after all the bots add to their 'hit rates'.

Rob

Edit:

Just done a couple of test posts... everything appears to be back to ...

First I would try to identify the source of the leak. With the bowl off and holding the float up gently by hand does the float valve leak ?
If it doesn't another possibility is there have been reports of leakage due to a fractured overflow tube so that's worth a close look.


The other point, of ...