Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Those seem like low compression readings. Or maybe they're lower on the R50?? Still seem low. How did you do it? You should as a minimum manually hold the slides open so the engine can breather. Better still, completely remove the carbs. Then the kicking is important, too. Try to get 3-4 kicks one r...

My 65 R50/2 finally arrived, only one cylinder is running, could be just a clogged fuel line. Left cylinder 85PSI, right cylinder 90PSI.

I went as far as fly to Maui to see this bike, I was ready to make an offer on it and he said he did not have the title, only an expired registration. After 10 days he then said he had to spend $600 to get the title and the title said it's 1956. I looked up NADAguides.com there is a $1000 difference...

My R50/2 did not get on the boat, it will get on the next trip and arrive October 21. I just can't wait.

I just bought a 1965 R50 and I live in Waialae on Oahu.