Valves and Guides After dismantling and vapour blasting the heads I set about measuring some of the parameters. The intake valves looked in good condition and had barely perceptible movement…
The swing-arm is another bearing that goes back and forth over a few degrees for all of its life as opposed to round and round (the other is the steering…
The clutch lever feel was very heavy on the bike when I got it so I decided that I should overhaul the actuator mechanism. When I disassembled the system There…
So whilst rebuilding my second carb I thought I'd try and make a video- this isn't the best as it's my first attempt but I'll try and make some more…
So the first thing I noticed today is that in Carburettors part 1 the carb I tore-down was way too clean (although not perfect). This was because I had actually…
Today I started work on the carburettors. The R65LS had later style Bing CV carburettors with a 32mm diameter. I should mention that the Boxer2Valve YouTube video on R90/6 carburettor…
So today I decided to try and rebuild my petcock. The R65 has just the one tap, located on the left hand side of the tank. Interestingly many people are…