Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Not ruling out a future sidecar.

So maybe I shouldn’t have bought the 9mm.
But I guess to use it, I’ll put in the shim washers.
No biggie. I’ll get it together. Thanks.
—Chris

Here are some pics.
The rear flywheel in the engine case
And the stack of spring, drive plate, clutch plate, and pressure plate in the order they go.
It’s about shimming the pressure plate with the hardened spacers.

1964 R50/2 So I'm at the point I'm reinstalling (did not disassemble... this is from a pile of parts) a new 9mm clutch plate into a a flywheel/spring/pressure plate assembly. My "pile of parts" did not have the (6) hardened spacers indicated in the Barrington book. the book says, "Sho...

Hey all. Simple noob question. I’m going through my Barrington book and I’m ready to install rear engine oil seal. Book says “concave side away from bearing” but it seems like the flat side should be out. Am I just getting things confused? I don’t have a pic from tear down of it, so I can’t confirm....

Thanks.

Seeing as I've already dunked it, we'll see. Took the condenser, points and other fairly incompatible parts off... and will see how it comes out.

Hey All. New Community member. I have a parted R50/2 I'm slowly bringing back to life. Having recently received the magneto and other electrics, some of them are reclaimed and have a bit of rust on them. I do think Evaporust is an amazing product, and does a great job of removing rust from ferrous m...