The Airhead 247 podcast has extended itself into a video logs and also has a website. On the website they have a (incomplete) collection of technical advisories including the one for decal placement on the R65LS.
I hadn’t realised that the stickers were applied by the dealers. I’ve seen bikes with odd placement, including the rear sticker above the roundel rather than below, and also seen Henna Red bikes with the blue stickers appropriate for the Polaris Silver bikes. I’d thought that these were the result of mistaken alterations by various owners, but it seems that they might be mistaken application by the dealers.
The 247 website is at https://airhead247.com/. R65LS sticker placement is at https://airhead247.com/service-bulletin-r65ls-decal-mounting-00-026-82-2053-3-82/
The podcast concentrates on airheads but occasionally
wanders into other areas like the BMW K series.
The R65LS engine, in common with R45 and R65, are type 248, not 247. The two engine series have different strokes, 248 has 61.5mm compared to 70.6mm on the 247. (Other changes in capacity are effected by changing the bore.) I’m not aware of this being acknowledged on the
podcast, they have used “247” as synonymous with “airhead”.
