Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

I don’t know my geography but I used boxwerworks in Watkinsville ga ( near Athens). They were very helpful and did good work and even lent me a tool.

I just read this this am…interesting… BMW Motorrad has issued a “stop sale” notice for all of its internal combustion engine motorcycles in the US. The notice covers both new and used models, and specifically lists the BMW CE 04, an electric motorbike, as the only model still for sale from the compa...

I’ve used acetone or methyl ethyl ketone MEK. Both very poisonous and flammable.. be careful. Length of chain works well as the internal abrasive. Nuts and bolts or screws also work, but you have to count them before and after.

I just noticed a recent post. I did pull the engine and sent the crank and rods to boxerworks in Watkinsville ga ( I’m in ny). Nate Mendes runs it. They found me a used crank, supplied rods bearings etc and even lent me a special tool. They held my hand through the ordeal . Great shop! I did it myse...

I switched wires an made no diff. Changed plugs an hot damn! It was a weird/ bad plug
I should’ve checked that first. Thanks gentlemen…..

1975 r9/6. Was running in the fall. I had trouble getting it to start now (yes, fresh gas). It starts on the right cylinder but the left doesn’t fire UNLESS I pull the left cap off and set it on the plug lightly. Then it runs smoothly. If i push the cap on the plug , it starts misfiring. I just figu...

All good advice from the others. I had a similar situation. The bike would run fine for awhile then would quit. I found that a piece of tank liner was floating around and would intermittently float down to the petcock and close off the gas. Once the engine died and the pull of the carb stopped, it w...

Also, it wasn’t as simple as giggling the wires. I tightened down a few.

Now that it’s charging, I can use my heated vest…..

Success I think. I checked jiggled all the wires. The voltage now goes up to 14.5 and stops there AND the gen light goes out! Must have fixed itself…..thanks for the input. Now for a cold ride.