From bmwcharlie at embarqmail.com Sun Oct 11 01:59:37 2020 From: bmwcharlie at embarqmail.com (Charlie Smith) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 01:59:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Fwd: Help moving bike In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1173278893.33678098.1602395977069.JavaMail.zimbra@embarqmail.com> Hey Headz, Is there anyone in this area who can help Dave get his Beamer unloaded? (Read below his request). Thanks in advance for anyone who can help him out. Probably best to contact him directly, as I may or may not be near this electronic device tomorrow.Charlie #13 ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: David Cushing To: 'Charlie Smith' Sent: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 23:16:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Help moving bike Charlie: I purchased a home in South Boston, VA recently and finally got my household goods here recently. My last trip to NJ I brought my totally restored 1979 BMW R100RT here and it is in my trailer & I need help to move it into my garage. I am physically unable to do so & I will be undergoing arm surgery this next week in Durham at Duke.Since I am new to this area, I do not know if there are any airheads nearby who would be willing to spend a half hour assisting in this project.I have now retired from handling the Airstore and have a good person who took over. His name is Ernie Baragar and all the Airstore items were sent to him in Reno, NV.I sure would like to get the bike moved before I have the surgery. Monday I go for testing and the surgery is Thursday.I can be reached at 908-500-1888 and my address is 1016 White Oak Dr, South Boston, VA 24592. I am 2 miles off Route 58, 30 miles east of Danville. David Cushing -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmwcharlie at embarqmail.com Sun Oct 11 02:11:21 2020 From: bmwcharlie at embarqmail.com (Charlie Smith) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 02:11:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: 1983 BMW R100 In-Reply-To: <59758176-86BA-44FD-8D66-6D9E7F977893@gmail.com> References: <261D48F5-29F7-473D-814E-FCB11144914E@gmail.com> <59758176-86BA-44FD-8D66-6D9E7F977893@gmail.com> Message-ID: <355459282.33680246.1602396681139.JavaMail.zimbra@embarqmail.com> Mike, A good cleaning and a few new parts are WAY Cheaper than a new (or even used ) set of carbs!! Let's see what the folks on the list have to say. Charlie #13 ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Slavin To: Charlie Smith Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:40:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: 1983 BMW R100 Charlie, I didn?t think about this possibility when I sent the last email to you, but it might be cheaper and easier just to buy a set of bing 40 carburetors in good condition. What are your thoughts? Mike Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Mike Slavin wrote: > > ?Charlie > The new diode board solved my electrical problem. Yah! Unfortunately, the right cylinder is not running. I have spark and I think compression (I can feel air coming out of the spark plug hole). By taking the float baowls off I can tell that there is a lot of trash in the carburetors. I know I need to get my carburetors cleaned and possibly rebuilt. I don?t think I will need the full rebuild, but certainly diaphragms and some O-rings and some gaskets. Is there somebody affordable that I could send the carbs too for a clean/rebuild? Please let me know what you think. All the guys that you put me in touch with have been incredibly helpful and nice. The sense of community and fellowship is amazing. Thanks again for all of your help! > Mike > 804-405-9535 > > > Sent from my iPhone From markcrna at msn.com Sun Oct 11 08:04:00 2020 From: markcrna at msn.com (Mark M.) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 12:04:00 +0000 Subject: Carb rebuild Message-ID: The following is a picture showing the surprises you may find in your carbs. Simply just pulling the float bowl off and removing the main jet and pilot jet, cleaning them and balancing the carbs may be all you need. Getting a rebuild kit from Bing International online (Kansas) or your BMW dealer (which I have read is actually better and maybe cheaper!) You get new diaphragms, needles, floats, etc. and can even get the DVD on how to do a rebuild. When I rebuilt one of my two airhead?s carbs, I even had the local BMW shop drop the bodies and parts into an ultrasonic cleaner before reassembling. Bottom line from my experience is to start with the simplest and less costly approach...as the Airhead Cannons state ?. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If that doesn't solve the problem, I'll help him take apart the rest of the carb and clean it, as well as replace the throttle-shaft and enrichener O-rings, and whatever else needs attention. BTW when I got to his garage on Friday to take a look, the bike had fire on the (externally-grounded) right plug, and we could see gas getting to the carb (clear fuel line). But it would only run on the left cylinder, us deducing this by feeling the puffs of cold air from the right exhaust. But with the enrichener engaged, the bike would actually fire on that side, albeit roughly, which pointed us to the carb as the culprit. Mike's a bit daunted at the prospect of completely disassembling the carb(s), so he wants to do this less-invasive cleaning / restoration first. My time is more limited, so he's going to try this first and then if needed I'll help him with complete disassembly and rebuilding. Eric Zwicky Richmond On 10/11/2020 2:11 AM, Charlie Smith wrote: > Mike, > > A good cleaning and a few new parts are WAY Cheaper than a new (or even used ) set of carbs!! Let's see what the folks on the list have to say. > > Charlie #13 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Slavin > To: Charlie Smith > Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:40:43 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Re: 1983 BMW R100 > > Charlie, > I didn?t think about this possibility when I sent the last email to you, but it might be cheaper and easier just to buy a set of bing 40 carburetors in good condition. > What are your thoughts? > Mike > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 10, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Mike Slavin wrote: >> >> ?Charlie >> The new diode board solved my electrical problem. Yah! Unfortunately, the right cylinder is not running. I have spark and I think compression (I can feel air coming out of the spark plug hole). By taking the float baowls off I can tell that there is a lot of trash in the carburetors. I know I need to get my carburetors cleaned and possibly rebuilt. I don?t think I will need the full rebuild, but certainly diaphragms and some O-rings and some gaskets. Is there somebody affordable that I could send the carbs too for a clean/rebuild? Please let me know what you think. All the guys that you put me in touch with have been incredibly helpful and nice. The sense of community and fellowship is amazing. Thanks again for all of your help! >> Mike >> 804-405-9535 >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > From stokester at verizon.net Sun Oct 11 15:19:04 2020 From: stokester at verizon.net (NICHOLAS STOKES) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 15:19:04 -0400 Subject: 1983 BMW R100 In-Reply-To: <988169f6-812a-b9e3-0e35-10731bdc047d@gmail.com> References: <261D48F5-29F7-473D-814E-FCB11144914E@gmail.com> <59758176-86BA-44FD-8D66-6D9E7F977893@gmail.com> <355459282.33680246.1602396681139.JavaMail.zimbra@embarqmail.com> <988169f6-812a-b9e3-0e35-10731bdc047d@gmail.com> Message-ID: <9CD9B6FA-0304-4513-BAC5-61573D02E297@verizon.net> Great news Eric. Last Thursday we set the valves and after swapping out the faulty diode board (bad diode), got about 13.5v at 3K RPM with both the mechanical and an electronic regulator, we found no fire on the RH cylinder when trying to do a carb synch. Swapping wires, plugs and coils and a shot of brake-kleen in the intake did not result in any fire. Running out of time and hoping to avoid rush hour traffic stopped us at the point of removing the carb. We did put anti-seize on the exhaust nuts which were thankfully not seized and lubed the throttle grip which was pretty well gummed up. There is a need to get some solid mounts for the diode board for better grounding and to replace a broken rubber mount. I will return in about a week with my carb stick, compression tester and timing light to get it tuned up along with a grease gun for the swing arm bushings. For future work we may want to look to a day at my shop for a clutch spline lube, and possible tire change. A mini tech-day sounds like fun. Nick Stokes Yorktown > On Oct 11, 2020, at 9:36 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: > > Hey all, Yesterday afternoon I gave Mike a set of O-rings > I had extra. He's going to drop the bowl on the right carb and replace the O-rings on the idle jet, idle-mixture screw, and the main jet stack, and spray everything thoroughly with carb cleaner. > > If that doesn't solve the problem, I'll help him take apart the rest of the carb and clean it, as well as replace the throttle-shaft and enrichener O-rings, and whatever else needs attention. > > BTW when I got to his garage on Friday to take a look, the bike had fire on the (externally-grounded) right plug, and we could see gas getting to the carb (clear fuel line). But it would only run on the left cylinder, us deducing this by feeling the puffs of cold air from the right exhaust. But with the enrichener engaged, the bike would actually fire on that side, albeit roughly, which pointed us to the carb as the culprit. > > Mike's a bit daunted at the prospect of completely disassembling the carb(s), so he wants to do this less-invasive cleaning / restoration first. My time is more limited, so he's going to try this first and then if needed I'll help him with complete disassembly and rebuilding. > > Eric Zwicky > Richmond > > > > On 10/11/2020 2:11 AM, Charlie Smith wrote: >> Mike, >> A good cleaning and a few new parts are WAY Cheaper than a new (or even used ) set of carbs!! Let's see what the folks on the list have to say. >> Charlie #13 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Mike Slavin >> To: Charlie Smith >> Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:40:43 -0400 (EDT) >> Subject: Re: 1983 BMW R100 >> Charlie, >> I didn?t think about this possibility when I sent the last email to you, but it might be cheaper and easier just to buy a set of bing 40 carburetors in good condition. >> What are your thoughts? >> Mike >> Sent from my iPhone >>> On Oct 10, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Mike Slavin wrote: >>> >>> ?Charlie >>> The new diode board solved my electrical problem. Yah! Unfortunately, the right cylinder is not running. I have spark and I think compression (I can feel air coming out of the spark plug hole). By taking the float baowls off I can tell that there is a lot of trash in the carburetors. I know I need to get my carburetors cleaned and possibly rebuilt. I don?t think I will need the full rebuild, but certainly diaphragms and some O-rings and some gaskets. Is there somebody affordable that I could send the carbs too for a clean/rebuild? Please let me know what you think. All the guys that you put me in touch with have been incredibly helpful and nice. The sense of community and fellowship is amazing. Thanks again for all of your help! >>> Mike >>> 804-405-9535 >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone From ezwicky2 at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 15:21:58 2020 From: ezwicky2 at gmail.com (Zwicky, Eric) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 15:21:58 -0400 Subject: 1983 BMW R100 In-Reply-To: <9CD9B6FA-0304-4513-BAC5-61573D02E297@verizon.net> References: <261D48F5-29F7-473D-814E-FCB11144914E@gmail.com> <59758176-86BA-44FD-8D66-6D9E7F977893@gmail.com> <355459282.33680246.1602396681139.JavaMail.zimbra@embarqmail.com> <988169f6-812a-b9e3-0e35-10731bdc047d@gmail.com> <9CD9B6FA-0304-4513-BAC5-61573D02E297@verizon.net> Message-ID: <51f3137d-13af-fef6-7dd3-55f3246396b2@gmail.com> Hey Nick, Good timing (pun not intended) I just got off the phone with Mike and we were going to sync the carbs with my Harmonizer and a set of shorting sticks. I can't find my sticks and am getting ready to order a new set to be here before Saturday, but we can use yours. I don't have the diode board mounts... That board is my old one from years ago but I can't remember what I did with the months. Eric On 10/11/2020 3:19 PM, NICHOLAS STOKES wrote: > Great news Eric. > > Last Thursday we set the valves and after swapping out the faulty diode board (bad diode), got about 13.5v at 3K RPM with both the mechanical and an electronic regulator, we found no fire on the RH cylinder when trying to do a carb synch. Swapping wires, plugs and coils and a shot of brake-kleen in the intake did not result in any fire. Running out of time and hoping to avoid rush hour traffic stopped us at the point of removing the carb. We did put anti-seize on the exhaust nuts which were thankfully not seized and lubed the throttle grip which was pretty well gummed up. > > There is a need to get some solid mounts for the diode board for better grounding and to replace a broken rubber mount. I will return in about a week with my carb stick, compression tester and timing light to get it tuned up along with a grease gun for the swing arm bushings. For future work we may want to look to a day at my shop for a clutch spline lube, and possible tire change. A mini tech-day sounds like fun. > > Nick Stokes > Yorktown > >> On Oct 11, 2020, at 9:36 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: >> >> Hey all, Yesterday afternoon I gave Mike a set of O-rings >> I had extra. He's going to drop the bowl on the right carb and replace the O-rings on the idle jet, idle-mixture screw, and the main jet stack, and spray everything thoroughly with carb cleaner. >> >> If that doesn't solve the problem, I'll help him take apart the rest of the carb and clean it, as well as replace the throttle-shaft and enrichener O-rings, and whatever else needs attention. >> >> BTW when I got to his garage on Friday to take a look, the bike had fire on the (externally-grounded) right plug, and we could see gas getting to the carb (clear fuel line). But it would only run on the left cylinder, us deducing this by feeling the puffs of cold air from the right exhaust. But with the enrichener engaged, the bike would actually fire on that side, albeit roughly, which pointed us to the carb as the culprit. >> >> Mike's a bit daunted at the prospect of completely disassembling the carb(s), so he wants to do this less-invasive cleaning / restoration first. My time is more limited, so he's going to try this first and then if needed I'll help him with complete disassembly and rebuilding. >> >> Eric Zwicky >> Richmond >> >> >> >> On 10/11/2020 2:11 AM, Charlie Smith wrote: >>> Mike, >>> A good cleaning and a few new parts are WAY Cheaper than a new (or even used ) set of carbs!! Let's see what the folks on the list have to say. >>> Charlie #13 >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Mike Slavin >>> To: Charlie Smith >>> Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:40:43 -0400 (EDT) >>> Subject: Re: 1983 BMW R100 >>> Charlie, >>> I didn?t think about this possibility when I sent the last email to you, but it might be cheaper and easier just to buy a set of bing 40 carburetors in good condition. >>> What are your thoughts? >>> Mike >>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> On Oct 10, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Mike Slavin wrote: >>>> >>>> ?Charlie >>>> The new diode board solved my electrical problem. Yah! Unfortunately, the right cylinder is not running. I have spark and I think compression (I can feel air coming out of the spark plug hole). By taking the float baowls off I can tell that there is a lot of trash in the carburetors. I know I need to get my carburetors cleaned and possibly rebuilt. I don?t think I will need the full rebuild, but certainly diaphragms and some O-rings and some gaskets. Is there somebody affordable that I could send the carbs too for a clean/rebuild? Please let me know what you think. All the guys that you put me in touch with have been incredibly helpful and nice. The sense of community and fellowship is amazing. Thanks again for all of your help! >>>> Mike >>>> 804-405-9535 >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone > From sandyw2010 at gmail.com Mon Oct 12 11:00:01 2020 From: sandyw2010 at gmail.com (Sandy White) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:00:01 -0400 Subject: 1983 BMW R100 In-Reply-To: <9CD9B6FA-0304-4513-BAC5-61573D02E297@verizon.net> References: <261D48F5-29F7-473D-814E-FCB11144914E@gmail.com> <59758176-86BA-44FD-8D66-6D9E7F977893@gmail.com> <355459282.33680246.1602396681139.JavaMail.zimbra@embarqmail.com> <988169f6-812a-b9e3-0e35-10731bdc047d@gmail.com> <9CD9B6FA-0304-4513-BAC5-61573D02E297@verizon.net> Message-ID: Let us know about the mini tech day as I would love to come depending on where. I have a 69 r60/2 and would love added pointers, even though you all seem to be discussing post 1970's machines. Always learning. Thanks, Sandy in winchester On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 3:19 PM NICHOLAS STOKES via VAAirheads < vaairheads at casano.com> wrote: > Great news Eric. > > Last Thursday we set the valves and after swapping out the faulty diode > board (bad diode), got about 13.5v at 3K RPM with both the mechanical and > an electronic regulator, we found no fire on the RH cylinder when trying to > do a carb synch. Swapping wires, plugs and coils and a shot of brake-kleen > in the intake did not result in any fire. Running out of time and hoping > to avoid rush hour traffic stopped us at the point of removing the carb. > We did put anti-seize on the exhaust nuts which were thankfully not seized > and lubed the throttle grip which was pretty well gummed up. > > There is a need to get some solid mounts for the diode board for better > grounding and to replace a broken rubber mount. I will return in about a > week with my carb stick, compression tester and timing light to get it > tuned up along with a grease gun for the swing arm bushings. For future > work we may want to look to a day at my shop for a clutch spline lube, and > possible tire change. A mini tech-day sounds like fun. > > Nick Stokes > Yorktown > > > On Oct 11, 2020, at 9:36 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: > > > > Hey all, Yesterday afternoon I gave Mike a set of O-rings > > I had extra. He's going to drop the bowl on the right carb and > replace the O-rings on the idle jet, idle-mixture screw, and the main jet > stack, and spray everything thoroughly with carb cleaner. > > > > If that doesn't solve the problem, I'll help him take apart the rest of > the carb and clean it, as well as replace the throttle-shaft and enrichener > O-rings, and whatever else needs attention. > > > > BTW when I got to his garage on Friday to take a look, the bike had fire > on the (externally-grounded) right plug, and we could see gas getting to > the carb (clear fuel line). But it would only run on the left cylinder, > us deducing this by feeling the puffs of cold air from the right exhaust. > But with the enrichener engaged, the bike would actually fire on that > side, albeit roughly, which pointed us to the carb as the culprit. > > > > Mike's a bit daunted at the prospect of completely disassembling the > carb(s), so he wants to do this less-invasive cleaning / restoration > first. My time is more limited, so he's going to try this first and then > if needed I'll help him with complete disassembly and rebuilding. > > > > Eric Zwicky > > Richmond > > > > > > > > On 10/11/2020 2:11 AM, Charlie Smith wrote: > >> Mike, > >> A good cleaning and a few new parts are WAY Cheaper than a new (or > even used ) set of carbs!! Let's see what the folks on the list have to say. > >> Charlie #13 > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Mike Slavin > >> To: Charlie Smith > >> Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:40:43 -0400 (EDT) > >> Subject: Re: 1983 BMW R100 > >> Charlie, > >> I didn?t think about this possibility when I sent the last email to > you, but it might be cheaper and easier just to buy a set of bing 40 > carburetors in good condition. > >> What are your thoughts? > >> Mike > >> Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Oct 10, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Mike Slavin wrote: > >>> > >>> ?Charlie > >>> The new diode board solved my electrical problem. Yah! Unfortunately, > the right cylinder is not running. I have spark and I think compression (I > can feel air coming out of the spark plug hole). By taking the float baowls > off I can tell that there is a lot of trash in the carburetors. I know I > need to get my carburetors cleaned and possibly rebuilt. I don?t think I > will need the full rebuild, but certainly diaphragms and some O-rings and > some gaskets. Is there somebody affordable that I could send the carbs too > for a clean/rebuild? Please let me know what you think. All the guys that > you put me in touch with have been incredibly helpful and nice. The sense > of community and fellowship is amazing. Thanks again for all of your help! > >>> Mike > >>> 804-405-9535 > >>> > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ezwicky2 at gmail.com Sun Oct 18 11:32:02 2020 From: ezwicky2 at gmail.com (Zwicky, Eric) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:32:02 -0400 Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? Message-ID: Howdy MD and VA Airheads, Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators? I'm looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling. Is it worth the effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and comfort that I can reasonably achieve. Thanks in advance, Eric Zwicky Richmond VA From JMEVMI85 at aol.com Sun Oct 18 13:16:42 2020 From: JMEVMI85 at aol.com (JMEVMI85 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:16:42 -0400 Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? In-Reply-To: <8C4A5F96-D3F8-4BD3-BAE9-C1BA418B4D2A@comcast.net> References: <8C4A5F96-D3F8-4BD3-BAE9-C1BA418B4D2A@comcast.net> Message-ID: <6637BBAE-43AF-4BBE-9AFC-0AD1700DD02B@aol.com> Chris isn?t exaggerating. The impact on my ?82 RS was significant. It had old school ?progressive? springs in it prior, which is no comparison to the emulator set up in performance. The ?guts? of your /6 forks are different than the ?82, but I have no reason to believe you won?t see a similar improvement in handing. V/r- John Eckenrode Sent from my phone, I apologize in advance for brevity and any spelling errors. > On Oct 18, 2020, at 12:59 PM, chrisk224 wrote: > > ?Afternoon Eric. I have added Racetech emulators to my my R100RS, R100RT and R100GS. > The transformation with the handling is remarkable. I have not done it on a /6. Your need emulators and matched springs from Racetech. It?s probably about $350 all up with oil. > Racetechs website can provide all the information and part #?s. I scoured the web and found good pricing from Amazon and Ebay. > The alternative is to buy my old R100RS from Chris Rizzo. It has Gold Valve emulators and springs plus all the mods you could ever want. > Cheers Chris > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 18, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: >> >> ?Howdy MD and VA Airheads, >> >> Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators? I'm looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling. Is it worth the effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? >> >> I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and comfort that I can reasonably achieve. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Eric Zwicky >> Richmond VA > > From chrisk224 at comcast.net Sun Oct 18 12:59:20 2020 From: chrisk224 at comcast.net (chrisk224) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:59:20 -0400 Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8C4A5F96-D3F8-4BD3-BAE9-C1BA418B4D2A@comcast.net> Afternoon Eric. I have added Racetech emulators to my my R100RS, R100RT and R100GS. The transformation with the handling is remarkable. I have not done it on a /6. Your need emulators and matched springs from Racetech. It?s probably about $350 all up with oil. Racetechs website can provide all the information and part #?s. I scoured the web and found good pricing from Amazon and Ebay. The alternative is to buy my old R100RS from Chris Rizzo. It has Gold Valve emulators and springs plus all the mods you could ever want. Cheers Chris Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 18, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: > > ?Howdy MD and VA Airheads, > > Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators? I'm looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling. Is it worth the effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? > > I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and comfort that I can reasonably achieve. > > Thanks in advance, > > Eric Zwicky > Richmond VA From faheykm at hotmail.com Sun Oct 18 13:50:58 2020 From: faheykm at hotmail.com (Kevin Fahey) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 17:50:58 +0000 Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? In-Reply-To: <8C4A5F96-D3F8-4BD3-BAE9-C1BA418B4D2A@comcast.net> References: , <8C4A5F96-D3F8-4BD3-BAE9-C1BA418B4D2A@comcast.net> Message-ID: Eric, Agree with Chris. Can speak to a /6 but I replaced a set of Progressive springs with Gold Valve emulators in my '71 CB750 (there, I said it ?) and the improvement was definitely worth it. I had to buy a set of linear wound springs, a set of Racetech's damper rod adapters ($20 pair of machined spacers that sit between the emulators and the tops of the damper rods), and drill a couple holes in the bottom of the damper rods but aside from this the install was a by-the-book fork disassembly / reassembly. Some bikes require brazing of the damper rods if the bike has forks with external rebound adjusters. Regards, Kevin ________________________________ From: chrisk224 Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:59 PM To: Zwicky, Eric Cc: mdairheads at casano.com ; vaairheads at casano.com Subject: Re: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? Afternoon Eric. I have added Racetech emulators to my my R100RS, R100RT and R100GS. The transformation with the handling is remarkable. I have not done it on a /6. Your need emulators and matched springs from Racetech. It?s probably about $350 all up with oil. Racetechs website can provide all the information and part #?s. I scoured the web and found good pricing from Amazon and Ebay. The alternative is to buy my old R100RS from Chris Rizzo. It has Gold Valve emulators and springs plus all the mods you could ever want. Cheers Chris Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 18, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: > > ?Howdy MD and VA Airheads, > > Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators? I'm looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling. Is it worth the effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? > > I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and comfort that I can reasonably achieve. > > Thanks in advance, > > Eric Zwicky > Richmond VA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kb2loz at yahoo.com Sun Oct 18 16:02:11 2020 From: kb2loz at yahoo.com (John Chevalaz) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:02:11 +0000 (UTC) Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? In-Reply-To: <8C4A5F96-D3F8-4BD3-BAE9-C1BA418B4D2A@comcast.net> References: <8C4A5F96-D3F8-4BD3-BAE9-C1BA418B4D2A@comcast.net> Message-ID: <2080444655.642832.1603051331579@mail.yahoo.com> Eric,I have Chris's 1995 RT. It replaced the exact same bike but with less miles on it. My present bike with the Racetechs is night and day great compared to the old RT . It wasn't the mileage on the old RT that made the suspension lacking. It was just not great to begin with. I fiddle flipped with viscosities of fork oil on the old RT, and nothing seemed to help. The RT with the emulators is a blast. You will not be disappointed. A dramatic improvement. I hope this helps. John ChevalazSwoope VA On Sunday, October 18, 2020, 12:59:45 PM EDT, chrisk224 wrote: Afternoon Eric. I have added Racetech emulators to my my R100RS, R100RT and R100GS. The transformation with the handling is remarkable. I have not done it on a /6. Your need emulators and matched springs from Racetech. It?s probably about $350 all up with oil. Racetechs website can provide all the information and part #?s. I scoured the web and found good pricing from Amazon and Ebay. The alternative is to buy my old R100RS from Chris Rizzo. It has Gold Valve emulators and springs plus all the mods you could ever want. Cheers Chris Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 18, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: > > ?Howdy MD and VA Airheads, > > Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators?? I'm looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling.? Is it worth the effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? > > I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and comfort that I can reasonably achieve. > > Thanks in advance, > > Eric Zwicky > Richmond VA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mrc.engr at verizon.net Sun Oct 18 15:26:50 2020 From: mrc.engr at verizon.net (Michael Cecchini) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:26:50 +0000 (UTC) Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1341159710.793359.1603049210397@mail.yahoo.com> Hi Eric.? Is it "worth" it to install RacTech Emulators?? I sure think so.? Completely transformed my /6 forks from something out of the 70's to forks of (at least) the 1990's with real compression and most importantly REBOUND. Bill Lambert and I did our RS forks and very happy with the results.? Best $300 I've spent in 20 yrs on my R90S. Matter of fact, the forks were such an improvement that I didn't realize how bad my Koni adjustable shocks were and led me to discover that after 20+ yrs they were still on the #1 setting (out of 3).? Simple click to #2 setting and my bike felt well balanced and wonderful. Mt $.02 says do it.?? My best........ Mike ***************************************************From: Zwicky, Eric Howdy MD and VA Airheads, Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators?? I'm looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling.? Is it worth the effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and comfort that I can reasonably achieve. Thanks in advance, Eric Zwicky Richmond VA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jmcraftsman at netscape.net Sun Oct 18 19:48:55 2020 From: jmcraftsman at netscape.net (James Mckinna) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:48:55 -0400 Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey Eric, Not addressing RaceTech, just ?improved handling?, I bought a pair of Gazi rear shocks from TC and am very pleased with the Improvment in handling. Jim McKinna > On Oct 18, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: > > ?Howdy MD and VA Airheads, > > Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators? I'm looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling. Is it worth the effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? > > I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and comfort that I can reasonably achieve. > > Thanks in advance, > > Eric Zwicky > Richmond VA From stokester at verizon.net Sun Oct 18 20:32:53 2020 From: stokester at verizon.net (NICHOLAS STOKES) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:32:53 -0400 Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Good discussion on the lists! I don?t have the emulators but can say that at a rally tech time Tom Cutter was not a fan of the Progressive replacement fork springs. For those of you who know or have been in one of Tom?s excellent Q & A sessions ?not a fan? is a rather mild recollection. Nick Yorktown VA > On Oct 18, 2020, at 7:48 PM, James Mckinna via VAAirheads wrote: > > Hey Eric, > > Not addressing RaceTech, just ?improved handling?, I bought a pair of Gazi rear shocks from TC and am very pleased with the Improvment in handling. > > Jim McKinna > >> On Oct 18, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: >> >> ?Howdy MD and VA Airheads, >> >> Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators? I'm looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling. Is it worth the effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? >> >> I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and comfort that I can reasonably achieve. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Eric Zwicky >> Richmond VA > > From b_line750 at verizon.net Sun Oct 18 20:55:53 2020 From: b_line750 at verizon.net (William Lambert) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:55:53 -0400 Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: <973D77E5-216F-45A7-9975-17B14A3ECA5C@verizon.net> Eric, I agree with all who have weighed in. I had been riding my new to me ?84 RS for about 4 years when I began to become frustrated with the bikes ill mannered handling and my continued failed efforts to sort it out. An unnerving weave or squirm in the chassis had been cause for concern. Most notable on protracted sweepers running on a slight downhill mountain grade. Neutral or off-throttle in particular. Uphill, throttle open, not so much. Nonetheless, the bike would pick up a difficult to control wobble or oscillation in the chassis. Unacceptable, I thought. RaceTech emulators were installed, various fork oil weights were tried. Harley Davidson Type-E proved positive. The ride quality did not improve in any noteworthy way. Bumps in the road are still met with equal feel at the handlebar. The handling however has been nicely improved. While enjoying the mountain pass, the bike is far less likely to exhibit wobble or weave. Dare I say, the recalcitrant rubber cow has been exorcized. Just passin? through. Bill. > On Oct 18, 2020, at 7:48 PM, James Mckinna via MDAirheads wrote: > > Hey Eric, > > Not addressing RaceTech, just ?improved handling?, I bought a pair of Gazi rear shocks from TC and am very pleased with the Improvment in handling. > > Jim McKinna > >> On Oct 18, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: >> >> ?Howdy MD and VA Airheads, >> >> Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators? I'm looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling. Is it worth the effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? >> >> I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and comfort that I can reasonably achieve. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Eric Zwicky >> Richmond VA > > From drbeemer73 at gmail.com Tue Oct 20 14:35:00 2020 From: drbeemer73 at gmail.com (Mac Kirkpatrick) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:35:00 -0400 Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Eric, I have Gold Valve Emulators in my two R80G/Ss and like them, see attached, but I have the stock springs in my R90S and did similarly to what Tom Cutter recommends, see attached, and I am happy with that set up as well. GVEs require much more work, IOW try a set up, assemble it and ride the bike, then try another set up and see if you like it, etc. Using the stock springs method is less cumbersome. But once either method is set up for you, routine mx is all that is required. Don't forget the rear suspension as well :-) Mac Kirkpatrick Glenmoore, PA "After all, what is adventure, but inconvenience, properly regarded?" C. Donahue On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 11:32 AM Zwicky, Eric wrote: > Howdy MD and VA Airheads, > > Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators? I'm > looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling. Is it worth the > effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? > > I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and > comfort that I can reasonably achieve. > > Thanks in advance, > > Eric Zwicky > Richmond VA > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers Chris From: Mac Kirkpatrick [mailto:drbeemer73 at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 2:35 PM To: Zwicky, Eric Cc: Will Andalora; vaairheads at casano.com Subject: Re: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? Eric, I have Gold Valve Emulators in my two R80G/Ss and like them, see attached, but I have the stock springs in my R90S and did similarly to what Tom Cutter recommends, see attached, and I am happy with that set up as well. GVEs require much more work, IOW try a set up, assemble it and ride the bike, then try another set up and see if you like it, etc. Using the stock springs method is less cumbersome. But once either method is set up for you, routine mx is all that is required. Don't forget the rear suspension as well :-) Mac Kirkpatrick Glenmoore, PA "After all, what is adventure, but inconvenience, properly regarded?" C. Donahue On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 11:32 AM Zwicky, Eric wrote: Howdy MD and VA Airheads, Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators? I'm looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling. Is it worth the effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and comfort that I can reasonably achieve. Thanks in advance, Eric Zwicky Richmond VA _____ https://secureimages.mcafee.com/common/affiliateImages/mfe/logo.png Scanned by McAfee and confirmed virus-free. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 4607 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ezwicky2 at gmail.com Wed Oct 21 18:47:20 2020 From: ezwicky2 at gmail.com (Zwicky, Eric) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:47:20 -0400 Subject: RaceTech Gold Valve Emulators? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1a7d5843-507b-752f-3bc1-9be657fb2a37@gmail.com> Hey all, Thanks for the many on and off-list replies. I have a lot of food for thought and maybe this could be a project for 2021. Hope to see you all on the road in the not too distant future. Eric On 10/18/2020 11:32 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote: > Howdy MD and VA Airheads, > > Who here has installed and can recommend the Racetech emulators??? I'm > looking for improvements to my R90/6's handling.?? Is it worth the > effort and expense if I'm not a particularly aggressive rider? > > I'm more on the "cautious" side but I do want the best handling and > comfort that I can reasonably achieve. > > Thanks in advance, > > Eric Zwicky > Richmond VA