Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Hello, I have a friend that has an R 27 in Dover White that was built March 12 1961. I checked with the archives but they have no color mentioned, which typically means Black, but the Dover White looks REALLY good and correct and period patina. If I was just looking at it I would say its original, o...

Tom,

We are making plans now and will be sharing that with the group very shortly. We are looking forward to see you there and having a great time.

James

They came out great!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

Hello, I am in receipt of your request to change usernames.

It is quite hard to change usernames on the system and you are now the second person to ask this. I will be looking into it and get back to you on if i can do it.

Go to the wiring calculator to find the information you need. I use this all the time to determine the gauge I need for the length.

Let me know what you think!!

Register it in Vermont and ride it! Give it a year or so and then register it in Florida because the Vermont registration is your title.

Please send a few pictures of the front of the motor, the generator and the ignition unit please. From the one picture it looks a bit different but it is hard to tell. Once we know that we can help guide.

Get two "bolt geeks" together and see what transpires. Manganese phosphate, right? I am not sure if they used Manganese phosphate on items, its more for wear resistance than simply anti-corrosion if I understand it correctly (correct me please if I am wrong). I believe that for bolts and nuts, they ...

Jim, For the R 26 go to the parts manual in our library and you can see the finish listed for the various components. Go to https://vintagebmw.org/library_data/PartsManual_R24_1956_German_Rigid_R25R25-2R25-3R26.pdf And for an example look at page 20 (page 27 of the PDF) at number 61 which is the cla...

Several Vintage BMW members made their way to Las Vegas last week to view, sell, buy and generally drool on a myriad of motorcycles. A full article, with pictures, is forthcoming in the next issues of Classic BMW Motorrader. The sheer amount of motorcycles on-site was staggering, 1850 motorcycles, w...