Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

I am looking for the dimensions of the final drive needle bearing on the pinion shaft for the /2 final drives BMW # 33123038245. Is there a number for this needle bearing and can I order it thru a bearing parts house... Jim

Sounds like steering head bearings need tightening. This has little to do with the damper. I would start by installing a pair of tapered roller bearings and get a good adjustment on the new bearings. If you have the tapered bearings already I would check the adjustment...

Thanks all for your help. Nothing really worked till i pulled the insert 13110039128 Insert Bing 25-050-5 (Nr. 5) out and it came out in 4 pieces. Serious air leaks around the needle jet where it screws into the Bing insert piece. As long as the piece was screwed into the carb body all appeared to b...

Thanks all... I have tried all of these suggestions, still looking.

Idle mix screw is at the bottom with no pressure on the slide, slides sitting on the bottom of the carb body

I am finishing up a 1953 R51/3 and I can not get the left hand carb to idle down. The slide is on the bottom of the carb body, I have checked and re-checked all internal parts which are all new. The body has been cleaned in carb cleaner 2 times, plenty of free play in the cable, all internal passage...

Motobat MBTX12U I use them in all my /2 restorations... good fit, long life... jim
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Sudko in CA sells the Amal to Mikuni adapters. you can also get them thru Rocky Point cycle...

Does the R68 use a dished headlight bucket...

I have to say that the 12 volt charging system from Benchmarkworks is a real bullet proof system and I have installed it on 90% of the bikes I have restored from a 1952 R51/3 to the 1969 R69S and never had a problem. Hardest part of the installation and the part of the process that takes the most ti...