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Post a pic of your Airhead

Is it white? And, did you take the picture in the middle of a blizzard? :D
 
1974 R75/6 with /7 tank and R65 seat and purple frame and some crazy yellow ... have I got my work cut out for me!!!
 

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A good day in the mountains!

This picture was taken on Tennessee Hwy. 129, on a cool, sunny day, riding with friends. I'll never forget it.
 

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R 100

My girl....damn I love this bike :heart
 

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and well you should. a very nice monoshock caught red-handed doing graffiti.

This is my #2; 1980 R100 after doing a 300 mile test ride. I just got it back on the road today.
Stole the peanut head covers from the /6
rebuilt final drive
new lester mag wheel bearings
new shaft drive spring
rebuilt the seat (chopped the hinges off and made a lift-off pin)
rebuilt carbs
new brakes
stainless brake cable
new tires
major tune-up
etc
I am not going to add up the receipts but just gloat in that my MPG went from 32 to 46 !!!!!!!!!!
 

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You can find a pic of The BatBike much earlier in this thread...but it doesn't look like that now.

This is what it looks like now:
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My bike at the 2007 rally.....
What a great weekend!

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jacqui van ham
Ton Up Club, Chicago
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Hiya, ljr5487-

I used some science-project knobs, grade 8 bolts, big ol' 2" neoprene-lined fender washers, regular washers, and some carved-up hockey pucks. End result: panniers I may remove at my whim, in a minute or two. Details dwell here.



Hiya, Sumran-

The diagonal braces tie in at the seat pan, and any excess deflection is damped out nicely from both the high-density polypropylene of the milk crate (high-frequency, low amplitude oscillations) and by the elastic of the bungee cords holding said milk crate (low frequency, high amplitude stuff). The velcro at the cylinder guard/frame downtube also handles helps to tie things together.

It's called engineering. Some call it "art" or "shade tree improvisational mechanics".
 
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The diagonal braces tie in at the seat pan, and any excess deflection is damped out nicely from both the high-density polypropylene of the milk crate (high-frequency, low amplitude oscillations) and by the elastic of the bungee cords holding said milk crate (low frequency, high amplitude stuff). The velcro at the cylinder guard/frame downtube also handles helps to tie things together.

Some of the engineering you were kind enough to explain is too advanced for me, but I can clearly see the art influence. I like the way you have the diagonal lines converge at the back of the bike. Makes it look fast, even when it not moving! The centerstand wheelie helps the effect. I expect the ammo box box panniers guarantee the front wheel elevation on the centerstand. Again, my compliments to your special blend of liberal arts and hard science.:thumb
 
85 R80

85 R80 Monolever with brother's 72 R75, near Pedernales River, central Texas.

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Here is a picture of my RS at the Washington rally this summer. She did good. One of the engraved coffee cups was for best Airhead. The others where for winning field events. And no I didn't subject the RS to doing the field events. A friend had ridden my F650CS to the rally so I used it.

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My friend had ridden his R90S to the rally. He was whining that his bike didn't win anything. So we decided to award him and his bike the best whiner award. A nice cold beer.

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