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I have now been trying to bleed the rear brake on my 1980 RS for 3 days and am getting absolutely NOWHERE :cry: I have searched on this site and as a result have tried the methods mentioned still no luck. If i use a large syringe and try to force fluid back through the system via the open bleed nipp...

Correct but often very difficult to read if they have become cloudy. I have never seen one become cloudy on an Oilhead, although I've seen that on some other brands. I seem to recall that some of these sight glasses have been coming loose...yikes, that wouldn't be fun. Yeah, okay, there IS that. Th...

Oilheads have no dipstick, they have a sightglass . It's a lot easier to fit a hole into the lower fairing to see the sightglass than it is to build a fairing that gives easy access to a dipstick and fill-hole on the case. Since that cylinder is hanging right out there, why not use that easy access...

SteveD wrote:He's got a recall wheel for sale..freshly painted too!

I have already bought some parts from him and he seems a nice guy. I think i will point out this wheel issue to him as he will almost certainly be unaware.

I missed it so WELL SPOTTED!!

Cheers Darryl

Duane Ausherman wrote:Without the dipstick how would one know just how much to fill? I think it is a "cool factor" from the prewar models.

Same as on the Oil Heads Duane. Keep the dipstick but only use it as that not for filling.

Darryl

Many thanks for confirming this.

Cheers Darryl

Advice please. I always thought that the rear disc on an 1980 RS should be machined flat yet this ad states otherwise. My rear is exactly the same as this one on ebay and the rear pads have associated matching grooves so i am in the process of replacing it! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180964253435?ru=...

after being stranded by aftermarket electronic ignition units on old Airheads I finally got around to understanding what I was missing. Maintaining the stock ignition system, the bean can in this case & IMO is a great system requiring little maintenance is kind of fool proof once you spend just...

Thanks BMK. What a BLIND BSTARD i am!!!! I read the script around the lock and sure enough it says S150 but i never clicked that this was the key number. I will get a couple ordered Tout Suite as they say in the Dordogne. Really Grateful for pointing me in the right Direction. Probably loads of ques...

Many thanks. I have dropped them a line to see if they can advise where to find the barrel number and then maybe provide keys.

Darryl