Category: Otus
This category is all about my beloved 1977 R100/7.
Oil Cooler Failure
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At the conclusion of this year’s Airtoberfest Otus’ oil cooler failed. Fortunately the failure was very noisy and I was able to shut him down before all the oil sprayed out. Unfortunately I was 125 miles away from home and no way to repair or bypass the oil cooler on […]
Sidecars in the Flint Hills
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OK, I know – I don’t have a sidecar but I’m fascinated by them so I tagged along with a fellow Airhead and sidecar owner to Joyce Canfield’s Sidecars in the Flint Hills rally this past weekend. I’ve been thinking about putting a sidecar on my project bike (a 1983 […]
Rally Ready!
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Rally time is here and Otus is Rally Ready. In spite of everything we’ve been through together this old bike remains in amazingly good shape. All the fluids are great so all I really did was do some cleaning. Shelter is packed, sleep gear is packed, battery-powered gear has been […]
Givi, not Luftmeister, Top Case
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Something unexpected happened today. I got an email from the seller of the Luftmeister top case. He told me the hasp on the case was broken and asked if I still wanted it. I asked for a refund and he gave me a refund. I knew he didn’t have a […]
Luftmeister Top Case
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I finally committed to a replacement Luftmeister case for Otus. My Luftmeister case was a casualty of my accident and was replaced with a Givi top case. While the Givi case was really nice, it was also the top case for my R1150R. When the R1150R was traded for the […]
Hella 500 Fog Light Kit on R100/7
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I love the look of the Airhead GS. I’ve seen pictures of the these Airheads with Hella lights on them and finally decided that Otus needed a pair mounted on his crash bars. As usual, my friends at Amazon were all too happy to sell me a set of lights, […]
Pedestrian Slicer
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A story found on the Internets tells me that back in the day, British and European motorcycle riders would display their license numbers on metal plates attached to the front fender. In the case of a motorcycle/pedestrian accident the plate would injure the pedestrian and so the term “pedestrian slicer” […]
Liberty Bell Replica – Independence, MO
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My first replica Liberty Bell in the 2018 Melting Pot Grand Tour is the one located in Independence, MO at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum. The facility is located at 500 W. U.S. Highway 24 Independence, Missouri 64050-1798 and the bell sits on the north side of […]
Anatomy of a Proper Tank Bag
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First I was all about the tank bag. Then I modified my tank bag by adding power outlets. But a couple of years ago I felt the need to eliminate the tank bag. I even wrote about it here, and I wrote about modifying what took its place here. Unfortunately nothing […]
Well and Properly Sorted
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It has been a long time coming but I am ready to declare that Otus is well and properly sorted. I’m not going to bore you by rehashing all the events of the past – just understand that I have been on a 620 day journey that came to a […]