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The best price on Brown sidestands is at www.boxerworks.com

Doug Mc Gee

Sounds like you have made a good choice. The beauty of airheads is the simplicity and durability. Now you need to join the Airheads Beemer Club, you can find out more here: www.airheads.org

Do a...

WAL-MART = Wiping Away Local Merchants And Ruining Towns

They used to push "made in the USA" before Sam died.

Doug Mc Gee

It's not that hard of a job. Remove the rear wheel, undo the top shock mount, then undo the four nuts that hold the final drive(FD) to the swing arm. Pull back on the FD, it may be "glued" by the...

Your obsevations on the fly wheel are correct. In the eary 80's the airheads recieved a lighter flywheel. This gives a better throttle response, at the cost of more vibration. This was done to add...

Back on topic, what about the use of the Blast engine (500cc single)? Highly unlikely but, if they bumped it up to a 650 they could market it between a KLR and a F650. But with the American...

Do you have a tool kit? How about a torque wench? It is a failry simple job, and there are plenty of helpful resouces on the internet. You would be much furher ahead to puchase the tools and do it...

An 81 is a R100, the /7 label was dropped a year or two earlier. If you have any mecanical aptitude the carb issues shouldn't be a problem. The price is good for a decent example. The 81-84 are...

Go to Duane Ashuermans site www.w6rec.com andread his page on BMW forks.


Doug Mc Gee

Theres a good chance your 85 R80 was originally an RT. The RT bars have quite a bit of rise (sit up and beg position). If it bothers you, it may be possible to get a dash pad off of a different...

On my 84 RS, I used stock RS bases and some napolean mirrors. I took off the piece that mounts the mirrors to the handle bars and sourced a bolt that would go thru the napoleans and the RS base. ...

There's a shop in Lorain, Cobb HD/BMW repair. The owner is Turp Cobb he is the current president of BMWMOC, and is very knowlegeable about airheads. He also may have parts on hand.

Doug Mc Gee

Go to www.boxerworks.com and do a seach in the "general BMW discussion".
This model was discussed in depth a little over a year ago. Pretty rae and cool for sure.
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Ok guys, I'm biting...... wheres OH 555?
There sure are some good secrets here in Ohio, on my way to an airhead get together I Stubenville last fall, I stopped at Mathias BMW in New Philly. One...

"Doug, you're probably old enough to remember when Lake Erie was nearly dead"

Sorry beemerron that was a bit before my time unless you were talking to Doug G ;-)

I actually live in Upper...

I just stumbled across your post. Another enjoyable piece. It is extremely wonderful to be able to see these once scarce creatures return. I also liked that I that I am familiar with the areas you...

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