NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/aus/motorcyc/255

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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:51:44 GMT
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    Alas Winter has set in up here in Montana.  I pulled the battery out of
the Beemer ('73 R75/5 long frame) last weekend in preps for a long winter's
nap.  It was a good year of riding- damb near ten grand on the odometer.  Went
from Wyoming to Kansas City to Big Bend Park way down in Texas, out to the
coast and back to Wyoming.  Would have gone up the coastal highway if it
weren't for the rain turning me back.  OK wimpy you might say but consider this
trip took place in late February and early March.  Got to do quite a bit of
quality riding around Jackson's Hole WY this summer as well- up through the
parks, down through the back side of the Tetons via Driggs, ID;  cruised the
Winds around Lander and Pinedale, WY.  Yep damn fine ridin' year.
    With the considerable down time forced on by the onset of winter I get
plenty of chances for maintenance and repair.  This year it's leaky seals and
brakes, maybe new wheel bearings all around.  Maybe some of you Beemer-files
have seen this problem before:  There is a vent cap on the final drive housing
that continually oozes gear oil while I ride.  I check the levels in the
reservoirs and they remain full with the exception of the transmission, which
may be burning it off.  Is it possible for the tranny oil to flow all the way
back to the rear differential housing and thus leak out the blow hole?  Is this
problem indicative of some urgent repair?  Obviously I need to do something as
the oil eventually ends up fouling up my tire.  Very messy.

    G'Day eh.                                             Beemer Mike