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Drilling into perfectly good parts is definitely stressful the first time or two. Good practice for modding the absorbers / dampening rods in the fork sliders is find similar type stock at a hardware place and drill on that a few times to get a feel for the
task before taking the bit to the real items.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Zwicky, Eric <ezwicky2@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 10, 2021 9:22:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sailorcto <sailorcto@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Maryland Airheads via MDAirheads <mdairheads@casano.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Rcatech emulators on a R100RS</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Thanks Tony. I'm in Richmond, I would never ask any of my Airhead
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friends to brave DC / NoVA / F-burg I95 nightmare. With advice from <br>
the list, and RealOEM / MAX fiche, and Brook's site, I am confident I <br>
can do most of this stuff myself. I've already rebuilt completely my <br>
'76 R90/6, except for the bottom end, which has not shown signs yet of <br>
needing attention.<br>
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We also have a local Airhead mechanic named Dave Carmean in case I need <br>
to carry something over to him. And Anton is just 70 miles away.<br>
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BTW the original forks are sitting in the garage floor. The ones on <br>
the bike are '84 with Brembo brakes.<br>
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Eric<br>
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On 5/10/2021 8:50 AM, Sailorcto wrote:<br>
> Eric,<br>
> <br>
> I think the term ‘kit’ is an urban myth to a degree. In my experience, several BMW shops have offered common rebuild or re-seal parts as ‘kits’. Mostly it was pulling the parts for the customer’s convenience—their contents vary from shop to shop. I am not
sure BMW ever offered a kit. I think the shops do that less and less (sort of the same demise as the airhead tech knowledge base—we are on our own).<br>
> <br>
> Your bike is at the cusp of change for the R100, so I would pull the forks and disassemble just 1 of them to inspect. They are not terribly complicated and this list has an amazing amount of knowledge to assist.<br>
> <br>
> All of the parts are still readily available and searchable on MaxBMW.com’s micro fiche.<br>
> <br>
> I can’t recall where you are located, but in a pinch I’d bet fellow airheads would don a mask and ride over to help. It’s a big part of the credo.<br>
> <br>
> Brooks has also replied to a few of my questions.<br>
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> —Tony<br>
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