Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Where you are located is also a factor. If you are in the USA, there are a number of reputable experts on both coasts and a handful scattered in between. Be prepared to be on a waiting list.

Did it sit for the winter months with ethanol fuel in the tank?

Poking around on Google suggests this is not unique to just old motorcycles, but happens to old tractors and cars too, especially the 6V variety. I'm assuming your R71 is still running 6V? I think your part# is for a 6V coil, which would need a ballast resister if you've upgraded to a 12V system. I ...

I just ordered three new inline filters yesterday to replace the ones currently on my bikes. I believe the ones I have were installed by Vech at Bench Mark Works when the bikes were restored. As tiny as the ports are on the jets in these Bing carbs, I'll never run without a filter. I don't know what...

According the the Salis Parts site: Part # 07119921056 Nut M6

https://www.bmwclassicmotorcycles.com/p ... rt-one-26/

It might be easier to go to a good hardware store with the bolt in hand and find a good quality nut that fits it.

The best sort of repair : a bit of effort, you learn something and it costs nothing. Well done. But about running until you go on to reserve, when I rebuilt my 50/2, I ran it until reserve, switched over and ... nothing. The tank was empty and I had replaced the two plastic tubes the wrong way roun...

Swapping them did work. No rattle. And FINALLY, the new jets and needles resolved the issue where best idle was with the mixture screws all the way in! So even though I had cleaned the old idle jets twice, and thought they were good, there was a clear different in the amount of light I could seen th...

I got the carburetor rebuild kit from Bing to replace all the jets and needles on the R60/2. As I was swapping out the main jet needles, I noticed significant wear in the end of the slider piston from the idle adjust screw. I'm sure this is normal since the screw is much harder metal, but it's almos...

It took getting quite a bit more aggressive than I would have imagined. Needlenose against the bezel was starting to deform the bezel, even with some thin cardboard as a buffer. I ended up with medium sized vice grips with a rag around the knob, pulling up and twisting, gradually working it loose un...

The 1.44 number on the dial would indicate that it is to be mated with an R60 and sidecar...the rear drive would be 27:7. The speedo pic with 1.44 is my R60/2 with sidecar. It does have the correct 27:7 final drive. I have the solo final drive in a box with a handful of other spare parts. I had dou...