Boxerworks.com

I had a Westco I think. Bought new and well less than a year later it fried. Went on a trip and got back, parked it and nothing when I got back on it. Internal fault of some sort. In went an Odyssey 925. Very happy with it so far. This is in a Mono r80. Had to use the short style tool tray and it is...

A plot to make you destroy the threads on the exhausts on your heads? To make you buy new heads? To find a cylinder stud is stripped in the block? etc

If it helps any...my R80 has a stubborn valve cover gasket on the left side. A ride occasionally leaves a few drops of oil on the toe of my size 12 boot.

Northwoods Airheads is dealing in Siebenrock stuff according to the website. Lots of interesting tools, too.

Used parts do hurt, like trying to find a decent Mono gas tank. The new parts get to me sometimes too, like the price of a "Euro" switch assembly when my original left side switches crapped out. Want to make yourself feel better? Get an old John Deere tractor. A simple control lever for th...

Have you backed off on the rear brake adjuster to see if it makes any difference? Pulled the wheel and looked at the brake parts and the "drum" which is part of the wheel? Also, when you spin the wheel, the driveshaft is turning too.

Have you taken a good look at the coil? Mine sat for 16 years or so. Cleaned it up and it ran fine until the day it didn't at all. Coil failure. It had a big crack in it that was not new and had been running fine. I tripped over a deal on the newest style factory coil, swapped them out and it fired ...

This is metioned in snowbum's tech page under oiling systems. It would seem you are not alone.

Dunno about all that, but my Chinese helmet thinks I'm a CrackHead...Nothing blew up, but I haven't looked at the thing closely. Yet. Maybe later.

Never, never look at this forum right before a road trip. It just incites the paranoia demon in my brain.