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Post a pic of your Airhead

1977 r100s

The bike just arrived from Michigan. I bought it from my cousin, it has been in storage in his garage for 25 years. Will begin getting it road worthy immediately, and am hoping the restoration will be relatively painless. Have always wanted an airhead, more specifically an S, even more specifically my cousins S. Cosmetically it is nearly perfect, I'm loving it!






 
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The bike just arrived from Michigan. I bought it from my cousin, it has been in storage in his garage for 25 years. Will begin getting it road worthy immediately, and am hoping the restoration will be relatively painless. Have always wanted an airhead, more specifically an S, even more specifically my cousins S. Cosmetically it is nearly perfect, I'm loving it!







Now this is a primo bike!! Best of luck!!!!!
 
nice, bike but lose the tires!

Seriously, those old continentals handle scary bad when new, especially on bridge grating and rain grooves. Likely they are originals and I wouldn't take a chance on them. I like Avon Roadrunners in the proper 4.0" and 3.25" sizes but others may work just as well. Very clean looking bike. Enjoy.
 
76r90/6

PV Dr. East, Catalina Island in backround.
 

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k75s, I kind of posted that one knowing you would eventually run into it. :)

jwgee2, my hots for the Oilhead S bikes are well documented. Among Airheads, I have a weakness for the R100RS. Thanks for posting. How did you end up with that bike?
 
My airhead along the Potomac River at Marshall Hall, Maryland.
 

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Beautiful !!!!

The bike just arrived from Michigan. I bought it from my cousin, it has been in storage in his garage for 25 years. Will begin getting it road worthy immediately, and am hoping the restoration will be relatively painless. Have always wanted an airhead, more specifically an S, even more specifically my cousins S. Cosmetically it is nearly perfect, I'm loving it!


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Pair of boxers

Here are my 2 cafe builds. Hopefully more to come... all I need is free time and money! :thumb
 

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My '77 R100 S
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I've since swapped out the Corbin gunfighter seat for a Denfeld with the glove box under your 'nuts'. It is a great seat for the wife and I.
Instragram photo enhanced the colors a bit. The bike is actually a dark blue.:blah
 

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I bought this 1990 BMW R100 GS new in October 1991 and drove it till I parked it in 2001. Thats the trouble with buying extra motorcycles. I bought a KLR 650 as well as two R1150 GS Adventures and they took the airhead GS's place....till now.

These pics after taking the exhaust pipe headers off for a recoating of the exhaust nuts with anti-seize and replacement of the gaskets (now aluminum) between them and the muffler/collector.

Sorry about the "driveway" pics which some of you know, I really dislike.

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While I had them off to replace the gaskets between the header pipes and front muffler/collector, I buffed up the header pipes...
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Edited to add: August 1st. My first ride on my R100 GS since I parked it just over ten years ago. What a difference to the oilhead R1150 GS Adventures I have been riding since 2003. The airhead GS is so much more nimble and everything else...a real GS, period!
 
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