Build a Brake Bleeder Originally at http://www.apexcone.com/Bleeder/bleeder.html, but that site has disappeared, so we have placed a copy here. Back in early 1999 I mentioned…
Two Up Riding – Hints, Secrets, Things to do or not to do From: David Brick <dbrick@armory.com> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 07:10:06 -0700 (PDT)…
ContentsThe Pocket Wheel Balancer The Pocket Wheel Balancer – Revisited K and R11 Rear Wheel Balancing Simplified Pocket Wheel Balancer Pocket Wheel Balancer – for…
Battery Tech by Anton Largiader This article is meant to center on the technical aspects of motorcycle batteries. Motorcycle references are generally to BMWs. Electrical…
Airheads Beemers Club The ABC is a go-to place for support, with it’s own mailing list. Nearly every airhead expert left in the world posts…
by Tom Hill The tranny drain plug on my 1995 R1100GS was VERY stuck. The 6mm allen head drain plug would take the torque, but…
DIY $5 Bead Breaker that works every time … quickly By Brian Collins <bc1@JoiMail.com> 4/26/2004 4:44 AM Over the years, I have tried numerous ideas…
Headlight Relay Installation By Robert Laposta June 2001 (Editor’s Note: The first article explains this method in general, the second gives more specific instructions) I…
Heated Grips in general By Doug Grosjean From: Doug Grosjean <douggrosjean@wcnet.org> Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 1:21 PM I know, I don’t sell heated grips.…
Deer Whistles, they don’t work! By Roy Truelsen From: Roy Truelsen <Roy_Truelsen@msn.com> Date: 11/26/2000 1:35 AM To the Editor of Rider Magazine Attn: Clement Salvadori…
Integral Bag Repair By Jonathan Jefferies March 1995 Mike Clark asked about Repairing BMW Side cases: Can any president out there offer a suggestion for…
The $1.98 Hardware Store Special GPS Mount for a Garmin III Plus by Sam Lepore During a discussion on the list about alternatives for mounting a…
From: Ed Benson <FastEddieB@aol.com> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 12:06:37 EST As a less expensive alternative to a “Wrist Wrest” or Throttlemeister, consider this: A…
TIRE STUFF – here’s how works a tire From: Mike Padway <MMxyzp@aol.com> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 18:57:11 EDT I am thumbing though a DOT…
Rear Braking – sliding, and falling From: Janek Rebalski <janek@motorave.net> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:40:25 -0700 Whether to use front brake only or both:…
Is This The Right Oil For My Bike? By Jeffrey P. DiCarlo September, 1999 Introduction This report seeks to answer questions concerning use of the…
Fairing Repair By Richard Pass From: Richard Pass <richard.pass@anu.edu.au> Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:50:18 +1000 How I repaired a broken K100RT fairing. Following a…
Repairing Your Electric Vest By Brian Curry <bmwbrian@voicenet.com> Sun, 04 Apr 1999 23:14:48 All of us have problems now and then … Even me. I…
Bleeding Air Out Of Master Cyclinders By Roger Albert From: Roger Albert <ralbert@austin.rr.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 99 15:17:36 CST … issues with air in…
How To Fill and Charge a New Battery By Robert Fleischer Editor’s Note: This item was originally sent to the Airheads mailing list. It is…
A long and winding road … Autocom + Radios From: David Brick <dbrick@armory.com> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:07:22 -0800 (PST) Summary: This was a…
Front Fluid Quantity and Suspension Response by Brian Curry and Tom Bowman Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:33:15 My latest K75RT, a 92, had Showa forks.…
This is a combined post on installing heated grips, including stuff from Ted Verrill <ted@verrill.com>, Cissie Myrick <smyrick@web-access.net>, and me, Brian Curry <bmwbrian@voicenet.com>, so they…
From: Al Olme <BMWLibrary@aol.com> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:23:03 -0700 To: BMW Airhead Boxer mailing list <airheads@micapeak.com> I thought about publishing this a while…
Tires, Plugging, Patching, Means & Inflating Contents: Tire Repair, by Brian Curry Additional Comments After 7 Years of Working With Tyres, by Graham Smith More comments…
Integral Bag Leak Repair By Ross Brown September 1998 Since new my integral cases leaked. The lid pressing on the seals in time caused them…
Repairing Integral Bag Latches by Steven Huber <shuber@terracom.net> The subject of re-attaching Integral bag latches occasionally comes up on the list. Repairing the latches is a…
Air Filter FAQ and Information From: Richard Bernecker <rbernie@erols.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 21:04:38 -0400 Subject: FWD: Air Filters – A LONG ONE In…
K100/75RT Headlight Relay Installation by Don Eilenberger, NJ-Shore-BMW-Riders, deilenberger@monmouth.com (Editor’s Note: this method will work on many kinds of bikes, as you build a custom wire…
A Method To Prevent Melting Accessory Sockets By: Brian Curry <bmwbrian@voicenet.com> There have been a few reports of melted accessory sockets/plugs, and the resultant cold…
Changing a Top Case Lock Cylinder and Rekeying Info by Brian Curry <bmwbrian@voicenet.com> This definitely applies to the BMW 22 Liter Top case. The info…
Subject: BMW: Wheel Bearings Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 From: Tim Bond <WireWheels@aol.com> Prez Bob sez: > I need some help. I’m going to (since…
Subject: BMW: Speedometer calibration Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 From: Wes Jackson <wjackson@mail.island.net> > Does anyone have an idea on how to calibrate the speedometer?…
Checking Your Rims for True Before Changing Your Tires by Tim Bond This post applies to all rims but in particlular the commonly dinged 3-spoke…
High Output Voltage Regulators and How Mechanical Regulators Work From bmwbrian@voicenet.com (Brian Curry) Thu Jun 6 23:55:59 1996 At 01:17 PM 10/13/95 PDT, joe@advamedi.com wrote: >On…
Checking Wheel Alignment From: Rob Lentini <lentini@AZStarNet.com> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 95 12:48:16 MST OK, here’s how to check wheel alignment on a motorcycle. We’re…
Octane Rating Systems by Larry Cann As consumers, we use the pump octane and manufacturers recommendation to determine which gasoline to buy. Octane is a…
Installing Mirror Leashes by Rob Taylor Due to overwhelming demand I have laboriously typed out these instructions to install mirror leashes. I’ll say this to…
Tail Light Bulb Upgrade by BMWDUCMAN@aol.com January 1996 On bikes that use a 1157 tail/brake combination bulb, a simple and inexpensive upgrade in the brake light…
Checking Wheel Alignment By: Rob Lentini March 1995 OK, here’s how to check wheel alignment on a motorcycle. We’re going to measure the lateral alignment…