Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

A bit much weight ..or too little vintage. No art deco on the fenders at all...want my MTV.

My R 51 or 69 S both look nicer and are original.

Now that is an excellent Cannonball entry candidate.
The paintwork is art deco noveau.

Vech:

A Model-T has room for tire pump, bike and guest.

In the recent Vol 187 Issue 29 -real recent July-AIRHEAD DIGEST- there is an interesting discussion of the use of aircraft gas-(AVGAS) in some BMWs. At least one of the participants was convinced that very few BMW cycles were left that might ever use small amounts of highly leaded AVGAS- as is curre...

I have a 1951 R 51/3.

Don't forget timing and mag/It all works together
and the devil is in the details. Keep alternating plugs as they get wet-then dry.Then new plug.
That was an old tip from Vech.


Ridge Marriott

The 16th Annual Barber Vintage Motorcycle Festival is scheduled for October 8th-9th and 10th at Barber Motorsports, Leeds, Alabama-just East of Birmingham off I-20-E. Vendor and swap-meet area lanes featured.Tickets and more information available at the Barber Motorsports online site. Camping sites ...

This must have been interesting. Kevin Reimer's R 27 would have done well.
I still have'nt gotten my little R 27 yet.
You were in serious US Border Patrol country. Stations at Alpine and Marfa.
As a former INS Special Agent, know the area....

Mike:

Thanks for the tips. SP may work for me.
I dive still (Former military)-and have combat exposure in Vietnam. (VA rated tinnitus & hearing loss).
Have to watch h aids as pressure or contact pushes wax against /closer to ear drums.

MAC:

Better late than....

Keep up the good work.

Ridge Marriott
PS-I put a note in the Stew Pot

In about 2008 I was at Craig Vechorik's Benchmark Works and managed to ride the R-27s of both Richard Scheckler and Kevin Reimer. They were both peppy bikes and I still remember both rides. Kevin had replaced the stock carb with a Bing from an R 50. Kevin's R 27 made a memorable ride from Tallahasse...

Interesting commentary on Mobil 1 multigrade fork oil.
I wonder if synthetic fork oil is offered-as I have not seen it.
Think I will have a long chat with Vech on this subject.