kentuvman
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Ken,
Thanks for the perspective.
You're right.
As much as I'd love to do this myself I'm going to hold out till the next one to learn and provide what this one needs to get back on the road at this point. I realize it may need something stupid simple but the year anniversary of purchasing my Mistress is two days away and this is the longest I've not ridden a BMW (November till now) in 10 years. I've developed a twitch every time I pass a bike on the road.
As much as my pride hurts to admit, it's time to call in reinforcements.
Barrett:
I've learned these bikes are deceivingly deceptive - what I mean is, I figured when I acquired my R65, there would be nothing to a bike like this compared to the current fuel injected and computerized bikes BUT I was wrong.
Paying an airhead professional to get her going served me well - I'd done most of the work so really what was left amounted to a lot of fine tuning. Paul Glaves said it well:
ÔÇ£Remember Ken, the first 90 percent of the work takes 90 percent of the time, and the last 10 percent of the work takes the other 90 percentof the time.ÔÇØ
You've got a very fine bike, Barrett. I'm sure you'll be riding her soon! You have a lot to be proud of!