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    85 185s compression queston

    hello
    just picked up a 1983 185s and checked compression with throttle wide open,got 135 psi.Should I be thinking of a top end rebuild soon or will I be okay for a while?

  2. #2
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    S.E. LA
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    Ahh that should be plenty for it to run decent.

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  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
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    Tennessee
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    Mine reads 135 and it does just fine. Hauls my 240 pound butt with no problem.

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    Trouble is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    1983 is the last year they made the 185S

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