Pushrod seals

[Julio A.]

Haha, you did just described the features of my bike.
I did some looking through the internet, The 80' model does have a different seat.

Learned a lot from you guys, Thanks!

Semester Finals just passed by. I'm excited to get up the R65's saddle this weekend.  

[R65Guy]

If it is a true US model (vs. Euro) it should have the 85 mph speedometer of that era.

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

Yes, it is possible to fit a '81 seat to a '80 bike.  You may or may not need to swap out subframes, I'm not sure.  I do know you will need the subframe if you want to fit the front tool box, as the top mounts are of a different design*, and the seat pan follows a different contour on it's sealing of that box.

Then there is the mounting of the glove box onto the rear fender/subframe.

The '81 glove box is of a much improved design over the '80, BTW.  
If I ever put a dual seat back on my '79, it will be a '81 type.


*The later mount design gave much needed additional room for the r/r of the battery, BTW.

[Julio A.]

If it is a true US model (vs. Euro) it should have the 85 mph speedometer of that era.

My Speedo has the Km/h increments, not mp/h.



Anyways, I have rode the bike through the Christmas rush traffic and stuff. The heat was unbearable; My foot felt like it was roasted.

The pushrod seals held up. The whole left side was miraculously dry.
The whole right side however, was still leaking oil; unlike last time that it was misting, it is more like a really slow trickle now. on inspection I found that i could easily manipulate the pushrod rings by hand.  It seems like it had gone loose. Now problems anyway. I could easily wipe of the small quantity of oil after every ride.