Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

A few weeks ago I was riding, and I hit a slight bump. It sounded like a piece of metal flew out of the front end. I quickly pulled over, and couldn't find a thing. It was a clear road, so I don't think anything fell out. But that was the beginning of the troubles. A few weeks later I hit a sizeable...

Thanks for everyone's help. I cleaned as many contact points as I could find. No dice. I decided to chance it was the ignition module. I ordered a replacement, took the gas tank off, removed all the sticky-but-mostly-dried thermal goop from the heat sink. I replaced the ignition module, using the su...

Thanks for the ideas, folks. The old gas was slightly "yellow" when looking in the carb bowls. I drained all the old stuff out, and put in fresh, "clear" looking gas. It felt like it wanted to start, but no dice. I did notice, however, that after cranking for a bit, I accidently ...

This '85 R80 RT has been rock solid...until now. It had fresh gas in the fall, and stabilizer in the fuel all winter. It fired right up after I put a new battery in it, as it always does every year. I drove for about a mile, and it died, acting like it ran out of fuel. I let it sit an hour, and it s...