Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Welcome to the forum! Off the top of my head, east coast, I'd say MaxBMW. They're a dealer but seem to have good abilities here. They might actually just send it off, but you could check with them.

West coast, I'd say Scottie's Workshop in Nor Cal.

Duane Ausherman talks about the transmission on this page; the discussion about the lever returning is near the bottom:

https://w6rec.com/bmw-2-motorcycle-tran ... nd-repair/

Here are some pictures I have from a long time ago. One picture is taken looking from the rear, the other is looking from the front. In looking again at the setup, it does appear that the legs of the spring do bend over the bolts. I've been using this stand since around 1985 and for something like ...

I don't have specific information, but I rather doubt that BMW let bad parts go out the door. Just my opinion.

In my mind, ZDDP provides a cushioning effect during the rotation of engine parts. Clearly oil's job is to keep metal parts from touching other metal parts. Oil works great due to ...

Jim D 5112 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 12, 2025 9:55 pm

Is the SF/SG code for the oil with the ZDDP or the oil that doesn’t have enough of it? Thanks.

That oil rating contains a goodly amount of ZDDP.

The damage to the followers is typically due to running an oil that doesn't have enough ZDDP. In the US, the API code for this oil is SF/SG...not sure what the European code is. Are there scrape marks about midway down on the pushrods? This indicates that the pushrod is touching the side of the tube ...

Just curious...what oil are you using? It could be that that one follower was not fully treated on that end, but that's hard to tell. Hopefully your filter has sucked up all those bits to keep the engine clean.

I think you need some "up" in the barbacks since the top plate of the forks has a downward slope, front to rear. If not, then the bars might hit the tank at full throw.

Here's a set of barbacks I've had on my /7 almost since I got the bike. I ride behind a Luftmeister fairing, so I don't need to be ...

I can't really help but remember that the front fender "pedestrian slicer" has come up before. Search the word "slicer".

Probably #8 in this diagram:

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showpa ... Id=62_0226