I purchased my 1977 R100S in 1984 and was the second owner of this prime example of an 'Airhead.'  When I took it out for a ten minute test ride, I came back an hour and ten minutes latter with a grin you couldn't slap off my face.

After many years of excellent service, the valve train failed.  The valve train was designed for leaded fuel and could not handle unleaded gas.  At the same time, the bike seem to have a target painted on it.  It was either hit, knocked over by a passer by or something dropped on it six times in three months.  At that time, I stopped riding it.

In the late winter of 2006, I decided to restore it and start riding again.  After 30 years, all of the engine's gaskets and seals leaked.  The heads were rebuilt with an unleaded valve train and I replaced the iron lined jugs for a set of nikcile jugs.  The point style ignition was replaced with an electronic unit.

Due to constant delays, the engine wasn't completed until the spring of 2007.  When the bike was returned to service, the same phenomena as when I bought the bike is still present.  You don't take this bike out for a ten minute ride.  They always turn into one hour plus rides.  The fun meter gained an additional 3,600 miles over the summer and fall.  I enjoy riding it through the Adirondaks and the North Country, but with 30 year old electric's, I'm just a bit hesitant to take on the long multi-state rides that I used to do with it.