Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Sorry, I am going to butt in here and give you my two cents, LOL. Why do you want to convert to a rear disc brake? I have ridden my current 84 R80RT for forty years with a drum brake as I did my shot lived R90S. The drum works fine or at least it did for me. On the other hand, I had a 78 R100RS with...

Keep your eyes peeled in not only eBay but also the MOA market place, and airheads ads, tanks pop up for sale more than you think. Who knows, may the company making the reproduction tanks figured things out but, LOL, I am not going to gamble on buying one unless I get a guarantied return and free sh...

Some of the great things about the fit and finish of BMW motorcycles used to be the hand work involved, pinstripe or R90S paint jobs. What ever, it was far classier than the OM stuff. St.

I had both my RS and RT repainted the RT twice the RS once. Both times the pinstripe was clear coated over. No it doesn't give the 3D effect you get when done on top but, The second paint job on the RT, the stripes lasted close to 35 years, 190K miles of rough riding. Not to be a jerk, but I don't r...

Personally, I have not ordered one of the Indian tanks, my friend at the airhead shop did two. Sadly, he had issues of fitment with both tanks. One tank was for a master cylinder under the gas tank bike, in this case a /6. The tank when mounted rubbed on the master cylinder, there was no clearance. ...

Oh you are correct, there are is a large number of techniques out there BMW owners have used over the years to keep their engines, transmissions and other aluminum parts clean or to restore. I have used several chemicals and bead blasting over the years but never steam. I would imagine it will do th...

Oh boy, I haven't looked at a clock for a R90S in years. LOL, for that matter the back of my current clock on my RT or RS, but I am almost certain they have a ground terminal? I don't see one in this clock.

I guess the only way to check it out is to try it maybe? Good luck, St.

Congratulations on a successful on trip repair. It is good you didn't have to resort to U Haul to get home. LOL, I wish I could do trips of that length these days. Mine are just loop runs anymore. St.

LOL, I never remember the amount, I have to look it up each time, 800 to 900 seems about right, St.

Yes, you fill it to overflow at the side fill bolt. LOL, kind of hard to get more in than to that level. How many miles are you going to be riding on your travels? Gear oil is not like engine oil which needs changed every two thousand miles. I only change gear oils every 30 or 40 thousand miles. St.