/6
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:02 am
Why am I suddenly interested in the /6?
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Re: /6
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:53 am
I like mine. Probably because I don't know any better.
Re: /6
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:38 am
An irrational fondness for obsolete antique motorcycles ?lrz wrote:Why am I suddenly interested in the /6?
Re: /6
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:21 pm
That's why I had a /2. What does it have to do with a nice modern /6?vanzen@rockerboxer.com wrote:An irrational fondness for obsolete antique motorcycles ?lrz wrote:Why am I suddenly interested in the /6?
Re: /6
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:12 pm
Because it's the best of all airhead worlds. Much better performance (R90/6) than lower cc bikes and comparable to most R100's. Proven reliability.lrz wrote:Why am I suddenly interested in the /6?
Good mpg, better looks (my opinion), and easily modified, or converted to an R90S scheme. Also, a stronger case and better oiling than a /5, better compression ratio than most R100's.
Re: /6
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:18 pm
Yes!
Re: /6
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:25 pm
Much easier access to everything in the headlight bucket, too. The '74 model had some one year only oddness, but big +1 on the 900cc!
Re: /6
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:00 pm
If you get a /6... the bikes built in 9/75 and later are considered the best. They will have wiring that matches the diagrams in the books and will have the 11mm flywheel bolts, big seal camshaft, large pushrod tubes, and o-ring seals on the cylinder barrels with 99mm spigots. The latter makes it easy to upgrade to 1000cc jugs if you ever choose too. My bike was built in 8/75. I had "unique" wiring, small push rod tubes, shims instead of o-rings on the barrels, small seals on the camshaft, and 97mm spigots on the case. I do have 11mm (intead of 10mm) flywheel bolts though.
Re: /6
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:20 pm
The '76 has caught my eye. Now, I don't know how realistic or reasonable another bike would be but I am looking aound...
Re: /6
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:48 pm
Can't let that kind of crap get in your way.lrz wrote:I don't know how realistic or reasonable another bike would be...