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Quote: Originally Posted by AnnapolisAirhead I finally had the bike out for a ride today to some friends house for Turkey. Ran great and I'm digging the fairing! One minor inconvenience...drifted into a gas station. D'oh! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-tCI...layer_embedded We see no proof that this motorcycle is complete...you SAY it's together...but we see no photos...LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by Yarddog We see no proof that this motorcycle is complete...you SAY it's together...but we see no photos...LOL ...er, um, hmm. Helmet cam the next addition. Pic this weekend, I hope. Now, I gotta rig up something to put the Ural on the lift. This should get interesting.

R80ST has nikasil cylinders, right? Recheck with Ted Porter about the proper way to hone those cylinders. Ted offered quite of bit of information on the differences between iron cylinders and nikasil in terms of honing and the type of material that makes up the hone.

If you are in the cold an electric blanket is a must

Yes! With heat, gasoline expands quite a bit! So if you fill it on a warm day, and let it sit in the sun, the gas literally expands inside the tank, so there is an allowance for the vapor to escape, and then the expanded gas must run out somewhere: through the little hole and probably onto the top of your motor....

According to the confirmation e-mail, I have a set of these coming across the country at the moment: EBC Organic Brake Shoes 1 $48.69 http://www.bikebandit.com/ebc-organi...=5804&t=1&td=1 from BikeBandit.com. These are for a 1988 R100; just navigate to the 1978 listing to see whether they have what you want.

The little holes were probably added so the owner could force a little extra fuel into the tank. I have done that. I fill to the lip unless I intend to get on and head down the highway and burn fuel before it can really expand much. It allows maybe .25 gallons (10 miles) more on a R1150R. Probably less extra on an RT because it has a shorter neck in that fill cap spout arrangement.

Last but not least, here's a pic of my 1972 R60/5, my first BMW, taken about 10 years ago. About 5 years ago I pretty much tore it apart, powdercoated the frame, etc. and have very slowly been putting it back together again. Unfortunately, my obsession with the airheads dictated that I move it out into my crowded storage shed since there was no longer any room in my 1/2 of the garage for another bike. I figure I'll end up with 3...

Thank you! I just keep noticing little things about this bike and thought I would ask. My first K bike had been modified to allow squeezing every drop possible into the tank. As the cap on this airhead screws in (as opposed to a snap-latch) the neck cannot be modified the same way. I had not thought about fuel expansion. At the moment we are experiencing cool weather so shrinkage is the more likely scenario sitting in my carport. Either way...

Quote: Originally Posted by jforgo Very nice! What sort of left bar switch is that? Thanks all, I mostly just wrote checks. The San Jose 'bling' was on it when I bought it as was the toggle[left bar] switch for head lights, they no longer are keyed on. I like that. The bike is neither fish nor fowl, but it's what I was after, an 'S' looking model w/ most of the problematic stuff already done. It had a hickey on the...