ClUB ToolBoX

By Tony Gray, Member #3905

REPAIR DVD

The club toolbox contains several manuals for models ranging from earlier airheads, oilheads and hexheads to the early K series bikes. Contained in the library of manuals is a repair DVD (twinset) on the R series Oilheads. These DVD’s are an early production (2009) from well-known American Jim Bade – trading today as Jim Von Boden – JVB Productions. I would classify this production as a bit ‘clunky’ in that the DVD is divided into different sections as would a written manual but there is no way to go straight to the section you want to reference. Over time you could note the time spot on the DVD for each section but it is a deficiency. The material is quite well presented and easy to follow but certainly lacks the professional production of his more recent offerings. Although most of the work concentrates on the 1100/1150 R bikes there is a fair amount on the first iteration of the R1200 series bikes. I would recommend these DVDs to someone unfamiliar with their bike but wanting to find out a bit more about how it works and get their hands a bit dirty.

The Club doesn’t have this one, but it seems to cover all of the R series from the R32 onward.

Their song Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. describes trying to find top dead centre after a bottle of Shiraz in poor light to do a long-overdue valve adjustment before a mid-week ride.