Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

The Heidenau K34s are listed as Closeout at the big retailers like Revzilla. I hope they aren't going away as well.

What's the right size of Avon Roadrider for an R27 (3.25x18)? I've read 90/90, is that correct? Also, what kind of mileage do you get? I've only run Heidenau K34, which are cheaper, and handle great in my opinion, but I only get 3,000 miles on the rear, and would be open to better options for cost-p...

Vintagebeemerparts (called Spike Buck on eBay) has never failed me. Fairly good website, quality parts, good prices, and he ships pretty much same-day. https://vintagebeemerparts.com/

Cool, this is the first I've heard of it. I'll try to make it, if the weather's decent I'll ride down.

Off to another motorcycle fest today, the Virginia Moto Classic in Richmond. Very much a hipster vibe, but some cool bikes. For BMW, there were a few /5s, some later airheads, and maybe four or five pre-70s. I met a guy I follow on Instagram, @welltraveledbmw. He has an R50/2 that’s been in his fami...

I've had lots of trouble with it, too. I had a long post drafted last week with a few photos, then hit preview and it went to the login required page. I had to login and start the post over again.

I had such a great ride today. I headed west from home towards Farmville, a nice college town, for lunch. It's a good destination because I can get there mostly on narrow, no-painted-lines backroads, and maybe see a dozen other vehicles. Just how I like it. The bike was running so well and is such a...

To close this out: Thanks to Vech my carb nut issue appears to be solved, the o-ring was the fix. I installed the o-ring, cleaned all the grimy threads really well, then coated them with a little grease as suggested by the Barrington book. No movement over a 25 mile test ride so I'm calling it fixed...

Thanks Vech! O ring is ordered and I should be back on the road shortly.

Great day at the rally on Thursday. Excellent exhibit of vintage bikes as the central focus of the big hall, good job VBMWMO! Some photos of the pre-70s bikes at this link, mostly the singles, there weren't many outside of the vintage exhibit. The weathered R27 outside is mine, a nice 200-mile round...