Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

I have not tried to contact any of them. I actually don’t know of any of them. Or how to get hold of them.

Schrader and Sankrin. The photos show the new adjuster bolts, they look different to the “original” ones on the bike. The originals had hex heads where the cup to hold the pushrod is. The “new” ones are from Euromotive and they are apparently good for all airhead bikes. On these the cup that holds t...

I haven’t checked compression. I don’t have a compression gauge and no other issues with compression. Both sides are the same as far as the adjustment goes. Both have the same stretched threads on the adjustment bolts. I haven’t had issues with the right side at all. I only checked the valve clearan...

Thank you again for all the great responses. Previous owner told me he barely touched the bike. He had a collection and this one was bought for the Wife and not ridden. It obviously gets murkier further back in the history. Previous owner was a Doctor or son of one. And also barely rode it. This is ...

Thank you Craig. Lots of food for thought. I have a new set of valve adjuster screws on the way. I will be installing them when they arrive. I’ll look then. I’m mostly concerned that I’m doing more damage than anything. With the locknuts flipped to the bottom of the rocker arms on the left side I ca...

As mentioned I initially thought it was the rockers beating the pushrods shorter. The theory of valve wear has merit because it would wear evenly. But as Schrader mentions, it would be going the wrong way. The bike has 22k miles on it. I also thought the cam followers could be wearing. But we are ta...

Hi. New here. I’m sorry if this has been addressed elsewhere, I looked but couldn’t find anything. Short story long 😳. I’ve owned my R60/5 for 7-8 years now and it has been a trooper. Just starts and runs on down the road. It has always had a slight valve tap when hard acceleration. Sounded like the...