The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: Justin B. on July 24, 2026, 10:56:09 PM
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I finally got a chance to do some more work on my '81 RT the other day. After peeing gas all over the driveway I pulled the carbs and found the left hand carb float needle was glued to it's bore! Also, both floats were very dark and likely wouldn't float anymore. I weighed a new float and found it to be 12 gm and the old floats were at 14 gm. Glad I had bought some spare floats years ago!
After doing a quick and dirty "freshening (clean passages, new O-rings, floats, and gaskets) it no longer had an incontinence problem. Being over 100 degrees outside it fired right up with no choke! :)
Next is an oil change and flushing out the brakes and it should be ready to go for a spin around the block. I also snagged a decent Clearview windshield, with vent, and installed that. The old one was riddled with a network of tiny crack looking defects and very hard to see through
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Vroom vroom! :bmw_smiley: