Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Check with Brent Hanson, or vintage Beemer parts or Scotty’s’ or Max, anybody that rebuild cranks, they MIGHT have some sitting around

Wanted to share a couple pictures of my early production 1951 R51/3 #522701,the 700th one built. It has all the cool one year only touches,the early front engine cover/square section rear brake lever/single arm-leading edge front brake/Mann air filter/corner drain oil pan/R51/2 -#39-#40 carbs..........

That is unusual,is that a new crank,or rebuilt? Odd they would send it that way,with no plug. It looks great! For main bearings I perouse ebay for NOS bearings from Germany/Britain/Italy,etc. it's anecdotal, but I just have more faith in older manufacturing quality....vs. all the new "Korea&quo...

Post a picture, I’ve never seen a crank that had these “missing”?

1967 R50/2….. here is a pic of the #. It is a single roller bearing.

All I know is, whatever bearing…. They all seem to spin the crank race / wear it out

I have experienced the same, sloppy piston clearance, and wide ring gaps and bad valve sealing will contribute to this. Buy the next size up piston rings, they have slightly more tension, and you can effectively gap them correctly. The correct size rings sometimes come out if the box with the gap to...

How many times are you kicking it for the compression test? You have to kick it over 5-6 times to reach max reading, the first kick is always a good indicator, but will. It give total reading. If it is that low after 5-6 kicks, then you are going in circles with the carbs, I went through the same th...

There is a small town in Oahu, Hawaiian islands called Wahiawa, it is a old place and has its moments of beauty. I acquired my first BMW 14 years ago, and it was pure serendipity that a friend of mine saw my bike and said ( in our local dialect/pidgin) “ you like those kine bikes?” , he then said “g...

Check this out, I saved these pics off of FB where I saw a European restorer using this actual roller, not barrel bearing. I messaged him and he mentioned he always built engines this way. He said this was the original design for the war time R75 engine and allows the crank to move in & out rear...