Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Check the spark plugs. A fowled plug could do the same thing. - You would think with a "tune -up" they would have put in new plugs, BUT.....

Craig

This is the "poor boy" method of checking a condenser (electrolytic capacitor) with an ohm meter. 1) remove any charge on the condenser by shorting the input lead to the case. 2) set the ohm meter range to its highest value. 3) hold the positive meter probe to the case and the negative pro...

One little tip.

After you have set the adjustments and locked them down tight, turn the engine over several times, put the cylinder back at TDC and check the clearance again.

Craig

forgot to add this to my post.

Grant: That unit is identical to the one on my 1975 R 90/6 (with sidecar), right down to the W 1.144 number etched on it. Well - except yours is in way better shape. My speedometer is still accurate, however my tach is toast. I pulled the cable off of it as it was making wretched noises and didn't h...

The front brake on my R 75/5 locked up and threw me to the ground. There was very little damage to the bike as I was only doing about 20mph, but I ended up in the hospital with a broken hip. That was a month ago and I am still a month or more from recovery. This is the third time (going back to 1972...

I did the rings at 47k miles. They might not be completely seated, plus I drained out the 20W50 in October and put in 10W40 for the winter months. I was used to it smoking a little on start-up but not where it affected running.

Craig

Somehow I posted that without text. That's my 1971 R 75/5 that I just rolled over to 50 K miles. I parked it just before Christmas resting on the side stand. Last week it got back up above 50 so I rolled it out, checked the tire pressure and all the fluids, charged the battery and started it up. It ...

Just passing on a tip from John Watts; While you have the headlight bucket off, paint the inside of it white. It will greatly improve the visibility inside the bucket.

Craig