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Thanks! For 20 years I used to have 2 x 100 watt halogen 6" lights, both spread beam, not pencil beam. They were very good. One eventually fell off because the steel bracket that I welded to the crash bar broke, so I though time to change and try the led for smaller size. The led lights are Montster M55, not sure if they're still available. I didn't use the 100 watt halogens continuously for frequent night riding, they just came in handy for those infrequent times riding at night. So no problems with a flat battery. There are good led and not so good. For urban/touring I'd go good led driving lights, and led headlight. No real problem for stock charging system. For rural living or extended remote touring, I'd go back to another pair of 6" halogen and maybe a 450 watt alternator upgrade. Depends how many miles you'll do at night and if driving lights will be on most of the time. Check out ADV rider forum if you haven't already. Best names in airhead know how. ADVrider forums> old's cool> airheads.

@@jeffr100rs appreciate it! Looking forward to seeing more videos

@@jeffr100rs forgot to ask, was the lower fairing altered to get these on? You don't see these often on the RS

@@alis9406 The lights are very close to the fairing, mounted on modified crash bars. Just the top horizontal section with a plate welded for the light mount. I wore the crash bars out so it seemed a good idea.

It doesn't take much to upset the handling on these RS. Could be frame or fork damage from previous owners, or a number of other things. When all is in order, high and low speed stability are there. They shine at riding hard at low speed like in the tight mountains, where the playing field with sports bikes is much more even!

@@jeffr100rs It's the frame flex inherent in these bikes when pressed hard.

@@20111111jorg High speed uneven surface on big curves isn't the most stable of places to be on my RS because of 'everything flex', heavily loaded for touring in a straight line and nice sweepers at higher speed is planted. Lower speed high effort in the twisties is planted too. This video is on a perfectly smooth surface, any frame flex was not an issue.

Brand new set of Staintune mufflers, trying them out. ;-) 85 laps that day, put my panniers back on and rode home. The whole package is excellent, on or off road.

@@jeffr100rs So they making them again ?I bought a set back in 86 I think they were at Mittagong from memory. I heard he sold the business and they discontinued the Old airhead exhausts

@@robwhite461 It's an old enough vid for Adrian from the original Staintune to have made the pipes. Custom 40mm ducati internal baffle. I think there's some talk of airhead mufflers from the new staintune owners.

It was racing bike that day, sort of like a tight mountain road without hills or trees. The mountains are much tighter and better for hunting tho.

All in a day's work for those tyres, which Michellin no longer make.... They were the go to for many airhead riders. On the day of this vid the rear was new and the front had 8 k kilometres. The front tyre didn't give a hint of trouble.

I didn't have the grips on but someone else mention taking the panniers and top box off. Worth a try.

Significant handling reduction with lower revs I've found. 2nd gear high rpm good handling and good power and engine braking, 3rd gear poor handling compared, no power, no engine braking. A bit taller 2nd gear and shorter 3rd would be good, but for just that track.

@@jeffr100rs WITH RPM NEAR THE RED LIMIT -- MAKES THE ENGINE MASTER OF THE HANDLING AND BOTHERS YOU TO HAVE A SMOOTH EXIT OF THE CORNERS WITH ENOUGH POWER TO ACCELERATE !!!!!

@@mitsospouliezos6289 I did 85 laps that day and found out early what was quickest, best gear and what handled best. That's the main thing. And as a stock road bike with pilot activ tyres on it the bike was mostly at its limit, and mostly as quick as the others through the corners which is always fun. Higher rpm in 2nd on tight corners is where handling and control is for my RS. The same corners in 3rd is way down the ladder in all regards. I'm lucky if there's 70hp to play with, lol.

Thanks, It's a lot of fun throwing all that weight around on tight mountain roads. I'm fortunate to be able to ride roads with little traffic. I've got a lot of other youtube vids riding the RS.

This RS has been my only bike for 28 years. I think it excelled at this little practice track with no really long straights, almost as tight as my favorite mountain roads where it really excels. Full on dirt road adventures most always with a ton of camping gear are part of it's ability. Nothing new takes my fancy as being better all round than the RS. And I can fix it. About 2015, I was able to use very good oe painted parts as well as many other very good s/hand parts, which wiped 20 years of my patina off the bike. Now it's slowly heading back into patina.

@@jeffr100rs Nice. Mine got a complete new suit of paint about the same time. Now I can just see a few chips here and there, usually by the front grill.

I pretty much ruined both covers that day. They're now turned upside down, only 50% worn, lol.

Some aspects of the filtration changed since making this video, I should make a new vid. My water is constantly top quality, year after year.

Thanks Robert, there are several other RS videos on my channel. I also have some RS video on 'jeff81rs' youtube channel. They're fun to ride hard, eh!

The pool is about 16 years old now. It is a very consistent environment and the water is always excellent. I vacuum as required to clear string algae. String algae produces very clear water. Conventional chlorine pools and natural pools are so far apart, there is almost nothing to compare. If an inquiry says they are looking at both options, I always advise to go with the conventional type. Special living pools need special owners, basically.

That depends on the amount of koi to the amount of water. I had a 2kg koi in this pool for 15 years, no smelly water. But, I have a lot of water in this pool so the ratio is very good. I rarely fed the koi.

Thanks Lex, basically my only bike for the last 28 years. I knew I was onto something back then.

The RS was born in September ‘81. I manage to get two years of life out of it every year. Cost me a few bob doing it tho.

@@jeffr100rs I'm looking at purchasing a 1983 BMWr100rs...Oz NSW here.

Ian Yensch I’m in Albury. A hugely capable bike, on and off road, in my experience. I’ve had mine about 28 years and no other bike appeals to me from that experience. I thinks it’s one of the best all purpose bikes ever built.

@@jeffr100rs Tumbarumba boy here mate...now up North near Byron.. Would love to chew your ear off about potential purchase...how do I get in touch with you...?

Ian Yensch perhaps message me, Jeff Knox on face book and I’ll give you my mobile number.

The water is A class as well. This pool is a natural water regeneration plant. It tastes much better than most peoples home water supply. Unless they like the taste of chlorine. My pool doesn’t have lots of people swimming in it, and has 20+metres visibility which is more clear than most domestic water supplies.

@@jeffr100rs Wait so how do I make my swimming pool's water clear?🤔 The swimming pool in my house (not personally owned btw) starts to turn green after 2-3 days of no chlorine treatment.

Ikan Masin Gaming My biological pool is purposely built to function without any chemicals whatsoever. 100% unsanitised. It is nothing like a conventional chlorinated pool. You need to take a water sample to a pool shop for analysis and add the required chemicals to make it function properly.

@@jeffr100rs unsanitized?

Ikan Masin Gaming 100% living water. Not biologically dead (sanitised)

Staintune, Australia. Maybe no longer in business? 38mm headers, 44mm Ducati internals as opposed to standard sport pipe's 40mm. These are a copy of what Mr. Staintune Himself, Adam, built for his '81 RS

@@jeffr100rs, hmmm. I have a 1991 R100RT, and it uses 45mm slip on mufflers. I also had assumed that "Staintune" was a made up brand name as in STAy IN TUNE.

@@mrnickbig1 It is/was the brand name. High quality kit. I don't know if they made mufflers for mono models. Staintune made headers and mufflers for many other motorcycle brands too.

@@jeffr100rs, I can not find any place that sells new Staintune exhausts for BMWs.

@@mrnickbig1 staintune.com.au/ If you're not in Australia it might be difficult. If Staintune are closing down it will be even more difficult. Email them via the website link above and see what they can do for you.

Good stuff. On the right tight mountain road, the sports bikes can get in the way. Of course it's not hard to get past a lot of riders, but it can be hard, even futile to try and get past an RS on heat.

Love the engine so much the Tuono has gone for a GS1200 to keep my RS company. The RS is amazing - love the character - really is a great bike and puts a smile on my face everytime.

Thanks Michael, having good camera gear and knowing how to use it properly would be good. At the same time, reflections are one of the highlights of my pool and others I've built. The black Firestone liner makes the pool a mirror. I have many beautiful pics of reflections on this pool. Just one of the things that provide constant visual change. I should make another video, this one's nearly ten years old.

Never stagnant, always excellent quality water. I filled this pool once, in 2006. There is no need to empty and clean. These pools are very good, when designed well. A poor design will give poor results, so lots of homework for you.

Finally got my youtube channel back, what a journey. As I said above, water never needs to be changed, in a good system.

mit dem Oberkörper in Kurve rein dann schleift es nicht mehr und man kommt schneller durch. mache ich zumindest.

@@W123w21 Die Verkleidung ist für mich ein Hindernis für die Bewegungsfreiheit.

@@jeffr100rs meine R100RT ist im Vergleich zu deiner RS eine Duschkabine. Drück das Moped aus der Kurve raus und halt dich mit deinen Knien am Tank fest. Vielleicht das innere Knie etwas nach vorne drücken mehr braucht es nicht. OK, ich muss zugeben meine R100RT hat eine R100R Gabel und ein längeres Wilbers drin. Sie steht schon etwas höher als eine Serienmaschiene. Viel Spaß.

@@jeffr100rs Yes, for me too. Especially with knee armor on my leathers.

Yes, for me too. Especially with knee armor on my leathers.@@jeffr100rs

Thanks Michael, it was all great fun except for those false neutrals at the end of the straight. I've got another gearbox to swap in so I can pull it down and see why it's dropping out. Only does it when it gets hot and I'm pushing it 10/10. I also ride it improperly too, off road!

Gopro 3, without remote mic. When it worked, the plug in to camera remote mic gave excellent audio. I need a new gopro..............again.

I remember being given a riding lesson by a bloke on a GL1500 Goldwing while I was on my 1989 ZX10. That taught me a whole lot. Years later when on my H-D Superglide I gave the same lesson to a dude on a CBR600R. 😁😂😁

It sure can, John. A joy to operate this machine in the mountains. No one laughs at the little airhead after they've accompanied it on any of its adventures. Thanks for watching.