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Old 29 Jan 2011
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Keep up the great reporting!

The R80 rims are sure a lot easier to clean than the tubeless R100 rims.
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This looks . Going to find myself my own r80 to rebuild .
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This looks . Going to find myself my own r80 to rebuild .
Keep up the good work!
Over in Europe you should have no problem at all getting one. Here in the US, we only had them imported from 81-87 at about 3000 bikes or so. You guys had over 20k bikes mfg between 80-96?

I'm sure my stats are off, but I know you guys have more.

They are a great bike though. Much of what I'm doing is combining the best of the R80GS and the G/S to make a perfect overland bike.
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1/29/11 and 1/30/11

I just pulled apark the Germa Petcock and cleaned it up. I'm not too happy about the single tiny filter within. Seems it can get clogged pretty good with one bad batch of gas. I may pull the filter and just run with inline filters. I would rather allow the crap to flow out of the tank and into the filters than build up in the petcock/tank and nail me further down the line.

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I'm also looking at adding a push button to the light switch blank on the left hand light control. I think it would be a good way to control aux lights or some other accessory.
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You need those poor filter to stop larger rust-flakes entering down into the petcock. These rust-flakes will clogg the petcock.

You will need hoose filters as well, since rust-particles will pass through that poor "net" and the petcock. Those particles will clogg the holes and jets in the carbs.
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You need those poor filter to stop larger rust-flakes entering down into the petcock. These rust-flakes will clogg the petcock.

You will need hoose filters as well, since rust-particles will pass through that poor "net" and the petcock. Those particles will clogg the holes and jets in the carbs.
Problem is that on the Germa petcock there are no in tank filters, just two open tubes.
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Dump the Gemas and get the later ones - much better, with decent filters and reserve. I also use large plastic auto filters after each tap to be sure. Last ages, and really keep the fuel clean.
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Sounds good, I have one of those coming for the front. so it should be fun

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The R80 rims are sure a lot easier to clean than the tubeless R100 rims.
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