Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

My ‘71 (late 70 build) did not have fuses. I added them back in the 70s.

Is there any chance of damaging the Dwyer instrument if the carbs are way out of balance? I read that the pressure cannot exceed 15 psi on the gauge.
Wayne

Another vote here for Bruce Deveau. He did a fantastic job on my R69S!

Bill, I was going to recommend Revzilla but I checked the website and it says that are both “unavailable”. That is where I had bought my set. I have read on another forum that Avon was sold again. I believe it is now Goodyear and the UK factory is being shut down. I hope they are just moving product...

I was just reading about a restoration project on ADV forum in the Olds Cool Airhead section. The frame in that project came out perfect after straightening and it didn’t even require hardly any disassembly of the bike. The place that did the work was GMD Computrack.

Wayne

The threads on spokes can be formed by one of two methods. They call be rolled or cut. I read a post recently on one of the forums warning about cut threads being a potential problem, the sharp cut is easier to break under side loads. This could definitely be an issue with the forces of a sidecar. Y...

Did you mount the rear tire in the reverse direction or were these front and rear tire specific?

Same as my observation.

It is Bruce Deveau in Amesbury. I have used him as well and he did a superb job and is extremely knowledgeable about small details with BMW paint stripes. His number is 978 314-1354. He is great to deal with and is very reasonable price wise. You will be pleased.

Do they come in 3.50 x 18?