Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Sorry for the delay. It took me a while to get a new cable. I am at least the 3rd owner. And I’ve have had the bike for 5 years. Had it serviced a few times pretty thoroughly before long trips. I Installed the new cable (the shorter option due to me having low bars on the bike) and adjust according ...

Hi everyone. I hopped on my 78 r80/7 today and my clutch lever is pulling a third of the way before my clutch starts to disengage. In other words there’s play for the first 1/3. I replaced the cable about 2 months ago and dialed it in exactly as rubber chicken described and it felt great. Is it poss...

Yes Schroeder, you’re right, I should have just taken my time and gone through the process properly. I replaced the clutch cable and adjusted it exactly according to rubber chicken and now it’s great. I’m impatient and usually conclude the worst case scenario. Thanks for Setting me and my bike strai...

Hi srankin I basically just coped with riding the bike this way. I have to shift up before I shift down. It’s a pain but I don’t know what else to do. The peg seems to be at the right height. I’d say the shifting rod (?) is a little wobbly and I thought about trying to tighten the bolt but it’s on t...

First of all thanks to everyone for this forum. Been very informative. I have an issue with my 78 r80/7 where when I try to down shift I can’t engage the shifter I press down and nothing happens.. unless I click up a gear and then go down. Then it engages and I can shift down. The other thing I can ...