Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Here are my thoughts after doing a ton of jetting myself. Maybe Vech can chime in here as well.

Dave is right that the 9-10 carbs are worth far more than standard carbs and you may want to think about selling them and buying the proper carbs.

My suggestion would be to start with the R60 settings ...

Patrick,

I could not agree with you more! We are doing our best to energize the community and keep the passion growing!

Thank you!!

Check out the new videos on the forum tips and tricks (and website overview). If you want to add any tips and tricks you have found please add them to this thread!!!

Forum tips and tricks: https://youtu.be/MazKM7Yu234

Also I posted an overview of the website if you want to check that out too ...

Testing uploads, I just did a server upgrade and want to make sure the images are uploading correctly.

Brett,

Those don't look bad and what you are doing is fine, very small changes!

Good luck and safe riding!

Jef,

I do not have a valve handy to measure, but I can tell you that the valve (M 59 D 111) is the same for the R57, R63, R16 and R17. That might help others who have a valve out of one of their motorcycles to measure it!

Best,

James

I met Bob for the first time when Mac and I called him to see if he would be interested in having the Vintage club archive his site in perpetuity. From the first minute of the conversation I could tell that Bob was an intelligent, well spoken person who knew what he was talking about and did not ...

It is with deep heartfelt sorrow that I announce the passing of Bob Fleischer.

I have started this thread if you want to leave any personal stories you have about Bob, please leave them here.

The answer to that is yes.

It has been a while since I have done it, but I can remember for certain that the rear mounts are easier, the front mounts need some fiddling and the top mount is best changed by removing the gas tank.

Again, it has been a long time but I did do it once with the motor ...

I use a small strap wrench that I have. The rubber could be to blame as well. The new aftermarket rubber is not very good.