It's very common to strip them, which sounds like what could be going on. You shouldn't be torquing them this much.
1976 BMW R90/6 "Jimmy Neutron Wanna Be"
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irk miller said:
they don't feel stripped. the last torque (while I had it apart to check them) they were almost dead on (only about 3 nm low). I should be good to go at this point. Ill likely pull the covers off after another 1000 miles or so just to check, but all seemed well including the dgr. To be honest, having access to a high end torque wrench probably made me more paranoid than I should. I borrowed my buddies snapon wrench that shows digitally where the torque is when it starts to move and then buzzed, lights up and beeps when you hit the pre set torque. Plus shows the actual torque if you go past
Took the bike down to Barber this year, and Tim hooked me up with an awesome stock seat. Over the king queen set up it made all the difference in the world in my opinion. Fairly comfy to boot.
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stroker crazy
crazy as a fox
HURCO550 said:
Suits!
Crazy
Actually, it was the Levi and E love seat. It got lots of mileage, if you know what I mean, har har har.
What do you do when your wife wants limited run candy bars from the Rugrats TV show, and the only place that has them is an hour and a half away? You jump on your BMW and you go get them.
It's funny, less than a week after kanticoy hooked me up with an awesome Wixom trunk, I stopped in at the guy's house that I bought the bike from and he has this one that he forgot to give me when I bought it.
I have to say, I have been pleasantly surprised with this old bike. This is the first vintage machine I've owned that I don't hesitate to jump on it and ride it pretty much wherever. I think she just may be a keeper.
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It's funny, less than a week after kanticoy hooked me up with an awesome Wixom trunk, I stopped in at the guy's house that I bought the bike from and he has this one that he forgot to give me when I bought it.
I have to say, I have been pleasantly surprised with this old bike. This is the first vintage machine I've owned that I don't hesitate to jump on it and ride it pretty much wherever. I think she just may be a keeper.
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I could use a Wixom trunk. Just sayin'.
Thanks!
Tim said:
Ive had it up for sale, and when I got a few calls about it I got pretty bummed, so I pulled the post. There's been times I could have used the money, but in the end, I would rather have the bike than the amount of cash that I can get for it.
I hope its good in the rain. it was about 40 deg. f this morning, so I fired her up and rode to work, then checked the weather when I got here. There is a pretty good chance of her getting a little wet on the ride home. I have my rain gear too though. And I threw all the tools I need to sand the points in the tool box if need be. Irk is hooking me up with one of those fancy points doohickeys to make the points not corrode. Something is definitely amiss, thinking condenser, as I have to sand the points about every time that it sits more than a day.
Great looking ride my man, fills that parking space proudly
Can't wait to get Rhonda back on the road - no (legal) road riding allowed here in Quebec until mid March. Weather's unseasonably warm here right now but the wife says we're in for some cold stuff so all bets are off.
Can't wait to get Rhonda back on the road - no (legal) road riding allowed here in Quebec until mid March. Weather's unseasonably warm here right now but the wife says we're in for some cold stuff so all bets are off.
The Jimbonaut said:
Oh wow, I didn't realize that they had a bike ban in the winter months there.
I hadn't tricked myself into thinking that were out of the cold weather yet. This may just be an indian summer. We've had snow on Easter here before, so were far from out of the woods yet on winter. The only reason I rode today was the fact that we had 3 days of rain to get the salt off the road. We have had warm days before where you could have rode, but the salt is so thick you don't want to spray it all over your machine.