Attacking it with your usual verve
Guess it will be finished over the bank holiday weekend
R65LS
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Attacking it with your usual verve
Guess it will be finished over the bank holiday weekend
And sold on by Easter Sunday…..Attacking it with your usual verve
Guess it will be finished over the bank holiday weekend
Have you worked out why there are cuts/crimps in the loom, or what the ‘electrician’ was trying to achieve? e.g extra light relays? Bypass a cut out switch?
Not really , its been through 14 previous owners since it was sold in 1983 and there was no service history or paperwork with it . The cuts appear to be just poor workmanship/damage and the odd crimp mark do look like some sort of previous power take off . I think the description of "Electrician" would be a bit far fetched LOL , perhaps he was a butcher in a previous career LOL
Your not selling it are you ? I thought you had just put it through French registration ?
Finished the wiring , looks a lot better and quite a few issues found and fixed , hopefully sorted the cutting out issue . I balanced the carburettors and it behaved itself and didn't cut out whilst I was doing that , so next step is out for a road test
Always open to offers, although it does look nice with its new historic black and silver numberplate
Happy to report that I had a succesful 90 minute road test with no issues whatsoever so my electrcial gremlins seem to be sorted
Excellent job you did on that
Now looks like a proper loom. Can’t understand why anyone would do a cut n crimp job on a wiring loom, it’s just a short term solution that stores up long term problems.
I thought they stopped making them in 1984. I found the following site useful when I was busy with mine, which you've seen.
You haven’t got any spare unused parts from when you sorted yours have you ?
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I have some R65 parts, what are you after?
I haven't got a lot. I have a used set of barrels and pistons that I bought as spares. Most bits I bought were used to replace the less good bits on the bike I have. In truth, mine has been untouched for a while. While it's been running it needs a bit of fiddling with ignition and fuelling.
You could go 'custom' and fit an 860cc kit from Siebenrock.
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I’m specifically looking for a rhs front fairing inner panel as I’m missing one :-(
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Removed the old seat cover with the duct tape repair and fitted a second hand cover that came with the bike . Not the best of fits having been previously fitted but an improvement on the old one
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Decided to sell this to make room in my garage so I can work on my sons new to him R100GS
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