Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Off to another motorcycle fest today, the Virginia Moto Classic in Richmond. Very much a hipster vibe, but some cool bikes. For BMW, there were a few /5s, some later airheads, and maybe four or five pre-70s. I met a guy I follow on Instagram, @welltraveledbmw. He has an R50/2 that’s been in his fami...

I've had lots of trouble with it, too. I had a long post drafted last week with a few photos, then hit preview and it went to the login required page. I had to login and start the post over again.

I had such a great ride today. I headed west from home towards Farmville, a nice college town, for lunch. It's a good destination because I can get there mostly on narrow, no-painted-lines backroads, and maybe see a dozen other vehicles. Just how I like it. The bike was running so well and is such a...

To close this out: Thanks to Vech my carb nut issue appears to be solved, the o-ring was the fix. I installed the o-ring, cleaned all the grimy threads really well, then coated them with a little grease as suggested by the Barrington book. No movement over a 25 mile test ride so I'm calling it fixed...

Thanks Vech! O ring is ordered and I should be back on the road shortly.

Great day at the rally on Thursday. Excellent exhibit of vintage bikes as the central focus of the big hall, good job VBMWMO! Some photos of the pre-70s bikes at this link, mostly the singles, there weren't many outside of the vintage exhibit. The weathered R27 outside is mine, a nice 200-mile round...

There is no o ring. I don't think there is supposed to be one according to the parts diagram on Max BMW and the Bing book. It's a Bing 1/26/83, type 122. If there's an o ring that'll fit it'd probably add enough tension to stop the loosening. Anyone have a parts number or source? I have a new nut on...

Hey all - On my last ride, the carb slide top nut (the knurled round nut) on my R27 kept coming loose. I had to reach down at every stop and hand-tighten it back up, and eventually wrapped duct tape around it to keep it in place. Is this common? If so, is there a simple fix? Will loctite on the thre...

Are there any planned VBMWMO gatherings tomorrow (Thursday) at the MOA Rally? Anyone want to meet for lunch onsite? I'm riding my R27 up just for the day, and will probably only be there from about 9 until early afternoon. Feel free to call or text 910-574-0376, or email pmtremblay at gmail. Patrick

Last May I rode a freshly recommissioned R27 on a Motogiro, a spirited 300 miles over two days through mountainous back roads. I wrote about it on this forum (https://vintagebmw.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17519), and in the Summer 2022 VBMWMO magazine. The bike had only been on the road for a...