Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Thanks a lot for the info on the flywheel. I have not yet had a good look at the flywheel, only through the timing hole, but the outer edge looks to be aluminum. The fact that the Barrington book says the timing mark's were often inaccurate makes perfect sense and explains why my actual point of TDC...

Thanks for your quick responses to my carb flooding problem. I purchased all the replacement parts within the last month from Benchmark and had a conversation with Rich about what the application is. I don't have a scale to weigh the floats so I'm assuming they sold me the correct parts. As to filli...

Should have mentioned this in the previous post. The carbs have been dismantled, dipped and cleaned along with all components. They have new plastic floats, float needles, idle jets, seals and flange gaskets. Also new Karcoma petcock, filters and fuel lines.

Scott in SWFL

Hi, just joined ,but have been lurking for a few months. I picked up a '67 R69S from an estate sale recently, along with an '83 R65 that was part of the deal. My questions here are about the 69S. My flywheel markings are not the usual OT, S and F, but rather, O, 8, 12, 36 and 40, as in degrees. Is a...