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“There is no replacement for displacement” sez the guy desperately attempting to keep this thread work safe.

Ropes use pulleys, chains use sprockets.

It may be for a personal thingy he would just as soon us not know about. And with those specs, I’d just as soon not know.

I don’t think I have ever ridden anything with aftermarket parts. Sigh, guess that boat has sailed.

No. Chrome-plated. Poorly. Yeah, that looks great, thanks! Nikasil cylinder replacements seem to be the norm for this sort of thing, but it looks like the older bikes are SOL and newer cylinders that have to be machined to fit. Again, I would like to keep as much original as possible, and the original jugs would give me great personal satisfaction. And they look to be very reasonably priced.

One of my next purchases is a quality metric set. Or at the very least find the missing sizes from the set I inherited from dad. In the meantime, I pulled a cylinder and there is considerable flaked chrome in the bore. Another known issue of these old bikes.

Not an auspicious beginning to engine inspection.

Remind me and Tuesday I’ll stop by Good Times. I got a Road 5 GT (I don’t think they use “pilot” anymore) last year for a very competitive price. Mounting and all that brought it to $250.

Interesting. Pulled the rubbers off the foot rests and found evidence of a pretty hard drop. Cleaned it up and it should work. I just need to keep an eye out for anything else like this. When I bought the bike I sort of had an idea I was dealing with a pig with lipstick, but it ran fine, so I did not go into a lot of effort into inspecting it. Got all the parts ready to go get powder coated.

Money sent, finally. If you still have them.

Unfortunately you’re NOT the only one here.......... c’mon, man, us yanks are hard-pressed for peoples to fuck with now. Off limits: gays women, blonde or not polacks spicks micks krauts slope heads chinks cubans. Especially cubans. cut me some slack.

I have used Pilots in their various iterations for years. But not being very bike-aware, my opinion means little. I just pats my money and gets them put on.

Here’s the thing about oil........ Remember waaaaayyyy back in the day how so many of us were overly anal about the brand, the viscosity, filters (best, worst, most economical) and change intervals? How many of us ended up keeping those bikes? Krypt, for sure. Joe, duh. You? Me? Who else? Some fucking Randys from Australia? Does oil really matter if you keep the bike 5 years, or low miles? How about high miles, so you end up with a bike with little resale value? Do not get me wrong. I have used my share of high-end oil. Honda filters. Not so frequent changes. Once a year, more or less. Oil. Gotta have it.

I suspect Mike doesn’t trust any of the hillbillies in his area to be competent. Just guessing.

I just got a set of Dellortos (thanks Bill). My intent is to get it as close to stock as possible. The air box on this series does not play well with others apparently.

No, the bike had been sitting for20+ years without the gas tank, the carbs were froze up, the battery was well, 20 years out of a charge. It turns over pretty easily using a wrench on the generator belt shaft. I drained the oil and mixed pretty vigorously. I told Blackstone this.

Vern has a no-mar. I think he talked about getting rid of it at one point.

Analysis of oil that has been in the motor since 1997-98. I am not a tea leaf reader, but it looks to me like a tear down and inspection. Last motorcycle engine rebuild I did was in 1986 on a sportster. This bike does not use an oil filter. It has a mesh screen strainer. MGV7-210415.pdf

Cycle gear will do it while you wait. (Wheels off the bike) It is maybe $35 a wheel. I can gauran-damn-tee you BMW has figured out a way to make R/R as difficult as possible. That is not an unreasonable price for factory-authorized R/R. I have also bought tires there. As competitive as anywhere else, without going insane trying to find the very cheapest. You may laugh, but you should check out the local HD joint. Let me know if you decide to go to Good Times. I’ll pick you up and we can go to Tits R Us and grab a beer.

Just found a better picture of my goose, ca. 1993 in Louisville, KY right after purchase. Modeling this beautiful bike is my beautiful daughter, D1. The bike will go to her when I’m dead.

Alanb, I’ve gotten something from each of these guys. Since you more or less called dibbs, who should I purchase from? I do not want to piss any of you guys off.

I’ll take a set from one of you. After my loop gets running I will start on BB1.

I hear ya. Today, for the first time in my life, I picked up my bike. From a shop. For maintenance. Brake pads. Flushing lines. Chain and sprockets replaced. 600 large, plus the cost of a couple beers there. (What a great place!) I mean, I used to be a real biker. Now, not so much. The ride home was great. Loved the brake job, much better than I could have done myself, but you know, no grease under my fingernails. Tools not being used, no barn beer. When I got home I planted some canna gillies for wifey.

This has happened to me. Old battery, hot day, wreck on the interstate. Finally just pulled over at a high point until traffic cleared. Had to push the bike off.