Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Hello Fellow BMW owners, I have a question that I'm battling to find the right answer without wasting time. I have a R75/6, She seems to run for 40min nice and smooth from cold then it tends to choke in a better sense, over heating perhaps. I started the process of elimination. 1. I made sure the f...

Hi Everyone, i need to just understand My R75 is running well but i thought to test the heads and remove the plugs to check its all running well after i re set the idling. I remove the HT lead to the plug on the left hand side head and she runs fine, i then remove the right hand side HT lead to the ...

Hi Kurt, i managed to find the issue, the value clearance was out and what i did was pulled the right side plug out placed my finger over the hole and turned the motor and there was no push of air in any form so i've adjusted the values and the right side idles when i remove the opposite plug, so i...

Thanks for the advice, the plugs are new just bought those last week thinking i had a dead plug, i also bought a hotter plug knowing the heads run slightly warmer and in the past the cooler plugs popped often, let me swop over the carbs and then see if it changes, i will get the carb numbers and pub...

Kurt i managed to clean out both carbs completely, removed jets washed out the housing and made sure everything was clean, re assembled and mounted back on the heads. Set both mix and air screw to 2 1/4 turns out as standard to then try and fine tune. The left side gets warm and yet the right head s...

Hi Kurt i think i should strip the carbs again and double check the jets etc and see if it does idol when you remove the left side plug which it currently does not and the plug looks new still on the right. So i think you have the solution. Will keep you posted. Thank you. Regards Sven - South Africa

Ive recently re sleeved both heads and piston rings replaced and compression works nicely, I have managed to get the R50 to run but it has a flat spot when you accelerate, I have cleaned the carbs and I see there is a good spark when I remove both plugs and place them on the head, swing the motor to...

Hi Guys, im looking for either new or used pistons for my R50/2. I have to replace my current pistons with second oversized pistons (69.00mm). Current size is 68.00/68.50 and both need a shave in the bore to remove scratches.. Besides being over charged on eBay anyone have a set or know were i could...

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Hi Warren, I've given the carb's, fuel lines a good wash and things seem to be fine, i have also bought in-line fuel filters knowing its not 'cool' on a classic motorcycle, but with the grit in the fuel these days id rather replace the in-line filter than stripping carb's, Thanks again for your advi...