Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

A couple of things on getting those screws out. Consider some grinding paste to help the screwdriver grip the slot in the screw...single slot or phillips? The other thing to think about is finding a way to keep good pressure on the screw head while you turn the screwdriver. I'll try to describe some...

I like it. Let me know and I'll try to get free. August will be kind of warm!!

Sure sounds like the diaphragms. The problem shows itself at higher speeds. If there's a tear in the diaphragms, they don't rise as much as needed because they can't hold a vacuum, so the high speed suffers. The slides will still move, but just not as much as needed. Since the bike is new to you, be...

Thanks, Bruce...I always enjoy your reports and pictures of Veterama. I want to attend one of these and maybe this October, I have a reason to be in Germany. I want to follow up on the R25/2 I bought which was in police service in Montabaur. It appears that Mannheim is maybe 100 miles away. Plus I w...

I have the Bing book (worth getting from Bing, ~$10) at home. Read off the numbers on the sides of the carbs...then I can find what the settings are. IIRC, the numbers should be 64/32/3 (and 4) or 64/32/9 (and 10). As for the choke adjustment, it's a bit fiddly. There should be a stiff wire coming o...

The gas cap for a /7 is a flush mounted cap with a rubber ring. Your gas cap looks like an aftermarket cap similar to one I bought from Vech for my R69S.

A couple of things first come to mind: - you might not have the idle passages completely clear in the carb, especially if it's been sitting that long - the idle air mixture screw might not be properly set. Do you have the initial settings for your carb? You should have the CV carbs...what are the ca...

Thanks...it's Police green. The bike was formerly a police bike in the city of Montabaur, Germany, back in the late '50s and through the '60s. Green was/is a common police bike color, although I think I've seen some German police bikes painted white.

The '81-on bikes have a special new clutch-flywheel combination. Actually, the flywheel in that instance is called a "clutch carrier". But it will still have the appropriate marks. Other ways to lighten the existing heavy flywheel consist mainly of taking it and drilling holes in it in a p...

I have posted 2 LENGTHY replies as to a possibilty of oil starvation at the main bearings,and when I want to post the "spam filter" does not allow it,very frustrating,I don't even want to try a 3rd time! Hurray!! I'm not the only one! This has been happening to me too. I got with the site ...