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The oiling issues are uppermost in my mind. I literally pounded this bike last summer with many rough trips. A lot of 85 mph hot, Ozark, 2 lane hill climbs. It came through like a champ. So far, it has yet to burn it's first drop of oil (I hope that isn't in the process of changing). It has had char...

Only briefly on the side stand, mostly on the center stand. No smoke on start up.

Yes. The heads were re-torqued just before I took the last ride. Valve adjust too. Carb sync is spot on through the entire rpm range. When riding home yesterday there was a 15º temperature drop and it was in a solid rain storm. There was no effect to the performance, I rode pretty sedately though. B...

Brand new NGK B6's. The same '91 R100RT that I've been posting quite a bit about lately (stud repair, de-carbonizing piston and heads) It's been a couple of days since reassembly, re-torqued heads, etc. I've put probably 100 or so miles on it in the last few days, interstate speeds, 2 lane country r...

I placed a metric 13mm x 1.5mm o-ring in the recessed area at the bottom of the cylinder. It fits in the recess firmly but does not exceed the diameter. It does stick out past the recess though by maybe 0.7mm. There appears plenty of outside diameter to cover that "notch" while still maint...

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After replacing the cylinder base o-rings on the right cylinder, the top right stud pulled out. Not having the proper tools to do the repair accurately, I took it to my local dealer which has a stellar reputation. They installed a time-sert type. I bolted it all back together, new o-rings around the...