2009 Sumamry - 1976 R75/6

June-July 2009 / Mileage 65, 945 (10K Service)

Spark Plugs replaced (Boxers by Bruce)
Fork Oil Replaces (Boxers by Bruce)
Air Filter Replaced
Brake Fluid Replaced
Transmission Oil Replaced
Final Drive Oil Replaced
Drive Shaft Oil Replaced
Inline Fuel Filters
Lubed Swing arm
Engine Oil/Oil Filter/Oil Pan Gasket/Cleaned Screen and Pan
Adjusted Timing
Checked Valves
Sync Idle and Full Advance
Lubed Advance Mechanism
New Brake Pads, Caliper Dust Cover, Reused Oring-New Fluid
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Oct 2009

New Braided Fuel Line/Filters

Installed new rubber seal around ignition/points area

Nov 2009

Cleaned Exhaust Fin Nuts (New Wrench)

Spline Lube being performed

Dec 2009

Swing arm repacked and put back on bike

Master Cylinder Rebuild Kit seems to fix MC issue, bought a MightyVac to assist in bleeding brakes, and redid E-pin.

Ride and Sync

I put the rear fender back on, and lights, rewired the brake and turn signals. I decided at 50 degrees I would go for a ride and see how the bike handles after spline lube, and swing arm bearings, etc.

The bike shifts very easy now, and tracks well. The older shocks I put on seem a bit more spongy but ridable.

When the weather turns nice again, I have decided to give the front fender, rear fender and tank another coat of paint. The Black Rustoleam is protective, but I'm thinking of putting a lacquer coat of Dupli-color on the "tins" to make a nicer look, gloss black.

I have not put the new BMW emblems back on yet since I'm not done painting. The bike looks rough, but runs nice.

After the ride I used the carbtune on the bike, to see where the new throttle cables were at. At idle adjusted the screws so they were even, right around 800-1000 rpms.

I also tried to sync the throttle cables at higher RPM, did the best I could do alone, it is very hard to do this quickly alone, need a helper next time to get it right.

Mighty Vac

Today after failed attempts to get the front brake bleed correctly, I broke down and bought a Mighty Vac. Since I will attempt to bleed the brakes in my RS after the winter I thought this would be a good investment, $39.99 at O Reily's.

After hooking it up I followed the instructions to bleed the brakes. The handling is better, but not quite there yet. I pulled the caliper off to tap any loose bubbles that might be in the piston area. I put everything back together with only slightly better results. I will try again after winter break. Not sure the bike is ready to ride, it stops, but probably not like it should.

Spline Lube

Gearing up for a spline lube, since the rear frame member is off.

Steps I performed, I knew I was going to remove the transmission

Remove Rear Frame/Seat

Remove Airbox/Tubes

Remove Battery/Battery Box

Remove Swingarm with Wheel/shocks connected (disconnect final drive from tranny)

Remove Clutch Release Mechanism

Remove Transmission

Clean up splines, relube

Clean up Clutch Release and re-grease

I had to order a new clutch throwout bearing, this little item set me back $28.00

After the splines were all put back together, I packed fresh grease in the swingarm bearings area, and put the rear section back together. The swing arm is no to difficult to align up centered. I use some wooden skewers that were just the right size as spacers as I tightened everything back up.