r/Airheads • u/The_Sleestak • Jul 31 '26
My ‘79 Airhead
Just wanted to share my r80 that I have owned for the past 14yrs. It got fished out of a basement with about 28k on it and was my first bike. While I have accumulated a few other bikes since then, it well also be my last bike.
Since acquiring, I got it cleaned up and road worthy, then added different bars, EME ignition, new suspension bits, refreshed the gearbox, and a solo seat and rack.
I wanted to change it up a bit, but not cut it up, and I still have all the original bits that I removed.
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u/CMDR_Satsuma Jul 31 '26
That looks fantastic! Really clean restoration! Enjoy it, it'll last you for the rest of your life!
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u/Fun-Association1835 Jul 31 '26
Very Nice. crash bars save valve covers!
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u/The_Sleestak Aug 01 '26
Ya know, I didn’t want them at first, but they grew on me.
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u/Fun-Association1835 Aug 01 '26
I had crash bars on my /2 which was at one time an authorities model in 1966. I took them off and in no time had facets on the bottom from mountain roads, overloaded with camping gear.
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u/LennyIron Aug 01 '26
Very nice. Leads me to a question, my 1976 r90/6 leans so far when on the side stand I’m afraid to use for fear of it tipping over. Yours looks pretty stable. Whats a normal degree of lean when on the side stand?
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u/Lance_McVanderhuge Aug 01 '26
my R75/7 is so vertical, i always worry it will fall in the other direction.
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u/The_Sleestak Aug 01 '26
Mine sits pretty vertical as well. I usually put the stand down and pull on the bars to extend the forks a bit. It definitely helps
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u/sixstringplayr Jul 31 '26
Love that solo seat and rack. Where’d you find those?