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5465 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 1, 2010
10:33 pm
I finally got a chance to sit down with my R25/2 and check things out. I have some things to track down and fix...to be expected. I don't have a lot of...
5466 allanatherton Offline Send Email Jan 1, 2010
11:33 pm
Air filter: The paper air filter was introduced on the R27 in 1963 (Bulletin 202 of 26 July 1963). The increased resistance of the paper filter required a...
5467 richard sheckler
hughlaverne Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2010
11:47 pm
Hi Kurt, The mesh air filter was the standard 'rock strainer' of the day. It kept things larger than rocks from getting into the intake port. Just keep it...
5468 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 2, 2010
12:26 am
I have run across a few interesting things on my police bike. The paperwork in German (I've done some translating with google) indicates that it was stationed...
5469 Geoffrey Murison
ajs650 Offline Send Email
Jan 5, 2010
1:10 am
Hello all, I have a '58 R26. The original carb is far gone ...... It now has a Bing (concentric) 1/26/111 in very good conditions. I belive it came from a...
5470 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 5, 2010
12:09 pm
Geoffrey - Allan has a table of carb settings on his website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roundel/66174400/ It appears that the carb is for a 600cc, the...
5471 Geoffrey Murison
ajs650 Offline Send Email
Jan 5, 2010
3:37 pm
Hello all, is the pos for the needle counted from the top or the bottom? Thanks Cheers Geoffrey Argentina. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus,...
5472 valdecus Offline Send Email Jan 5, 2010
3:47 pm
From the top. Cheers, Andrew...
5473 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 5, 2010
3:52 pm
With the needle in position 1, the needle sticks out as far as it can. Position 1 is considered the most lean condition. Kurt San Antonio...
5474 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 6, 2010
1:35 pm
I was reading the owner's handbook yesterday and wanted to confirm a few things: - I believe the disk between the tranny and the shaft is called the Hardy...
5475 allanatherton Offline Send Email Jan 8, 2010
1:11 pm
... The original disk was rubber with fiber binder (hog hair?) and would be hard and dusty-crumbly by now. The repro disks are hard rubber or urethane plastic....
5476 richard sheckler
hughlaverne Offline Send Email
Jan 8, 2010
1:28 pm
Allan, Kurt, The R27 used the Urethane puck, and as you said, it crumbled. The four rubber ring spacers were needed with the Urethane puck. The R25 through...
5477 allanatherton Offline Send Email Jan 8, 2010
10:04 pm
... Was the original fibrous black puck made of urethane? Did they even have urethane in the R25 era? The crumbly original puck for my R27 was black, and I...
5478 richard sheckler
hughlaverne Offline Send Email
Jan 9, 2010
1:51 am
Hi Allan, No, they sure didn't make the pucks out of Urethane back in the mid fifties. As far as I know, the Urethane pucks only came in a honey colored form,...
5479 Jean-Daniel Chambaz
jdchambaz Offline Send Email
Jan 9, 2010
8:46 am
When he died, my R 27's one was made of rubber. The replacement one I bought (about 1981) was orange and made of a sort of nylon or teflon) Regards. ...
5480 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 9, 2010
11:39 am
I've got my rear wheel in the house to change the rear tire...might be able to get something done since it's so cold outside. I notice that the bearings are...
5481 richard sheckler
hughlaverne Offline Send Email
Jan 9, 2010
12:10 pm
Kurt, As a member of the VMCA you may borrow the special tool needed to remove the wheel bearing nut. The bearings inside are ball, not tapered roller. Yes,...
5482 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 9, 2010
1:46 pm
Richard - Yes, that does help. I have a pin wrench that I bought for my R69S but a quick check shows that it won't work here. I was starting to think how I...
5483 David J
derrickandlove Offline Send Email
Jan 9, 2010
2:02 pm
Richard, I'm a member of VMCA and thought I had heard something about a tool borrowing policy, but never understood how its was organized. I began to think...
5484 richard sheckler
hughlaverne Offline Send Email
Jan 9, 2010
2:27 pm
Hi Dave, It's simple. Just tell us which tools you need, and if we have them, we'll send them to you. You need to be a current member of the VMCA. You would...
5485 David J
derrickandlove Offline Send Email
Jan 9, 2010
2:32 pm
Thanks Richard, After I have my engine together I may have an I-tool I could put into the library. Are you the person in charge of the stacks? Dave ... From:...
5486 richard sheckler
hughlaverne Offline Send Email
Jan 9, 2010
2:47 pm
Hi Dave, Yes, the tools are here in Wayne, Ohio. Cheers, Richard Thanks Richard, After I have my engine together I may have an I-tool I could put into the...
5487 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 16, 2010
9:01 pm
What do you use or need for tools on an R25/2? I bought the economy metric tool kit from Vech but it's too big...I'll probably return it. I think I should...
5488 allanatherton Offline Send Email Jan 17, 2010
2:44 pm
... metric tool kit from Vech but it's too big...I'll probably return it. I think I should just purchase separately the necessary tools that will still fit in...
5489 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 17, 2010
4:10 pm
I also bought the repro kit for my small tank /2 and the kit fits...just. I have to leave it untied and move the tools around inside the pouch to get the door...
5490 allanatherton Offline Send Email Jan 21, 2010
12:50 am
... The R25 tray has the same widths and length as my R27 tray, in which the repro kit has plenty of room. There is even room on each side for a tire gauge and...
5491 Richard Green
elngreen Offline Send Email
Jan 21, 2010
3:28 am
My repro kit fits fine in the tool tray of my R27 but I am always very careful to arrange it properly and then tighten the lid down slowly. Someone somewhere...
5492 Titus
titus3738 Offline Send Email
Jan 21, 2010
6:18 pm
Richard, all I have seen the same thing with friend's lid. People slam the lid the same way they slam the Ignition key. Common snese is sometimes in short...
5493 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 23, 2010
8:54 pm
Couple of questions...bike is '52 R25/2. I can find only one timing mark: http://tinyurl.com/y8tb94w Is this going to be it? I haven't checked to see where...
5494 kurtsr69s Offline Send Email Jan 23, 2010
9:16 pm
Is it "rightie-tightie, leftie-loosie"? I'm assuming it's like the twins...got to remove the bolt to get the advance unit off. Thanks...Kurt San Antonio...
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