Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Look for cable parts at the Flanders company

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The US importer is located in Pa.

I ride all of my bikes with a drag on the throttle. It's nice to be able to take your hand off of the throttle without slowing down. Once you get used to turning the throttle back its not a problem. That was another safety requirement to protect you by your government. If you need to replace one jus...

Most older motorcycle carbs are not capable of holding the fuel back with the gas valve left on that is why most owners manuals tell you to turn it off when stopped. My friend spend a lot of time on his carb that would leak a little bit even with the fuel shut off. It turned out that although the fu...

The sidecar mounting bolt position is determined by what sidecar and mounts are used. Bikes without a sidecar normally would not have a sidecar mounting bolt in the lugs or mounts that are welded to the frame. They would just have the frame mount with the unused empty hole.

1 -- I have used a regular ring compressor. 2 -- You could also use a hose clamp if it will cover the rings. If it is not wide enough just cut a piece of aluminum or another sheet metal strip. Cut it wide enough to cover the rings and long enough to fit around the piston. Then just wrap it around t...

Wire markers used to mark the wires on electric motors and other circuits can be purchased in a pocket pack they are preprinted and are put on like a little strip of duct tape. Look for wire marker pocket pack, they are not that expensive.

Remember the Coneheads?

I just put one back together with the old parts and I know that they were not balanced before. Dose the flywheel have holes drilled in from before around the edge from balancing? Did the factory balance them?