Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Welcome aboard! 1/2" is way too much play. Photo #15 in your link show the two large gears at the end of both the throttle tube and the cable end (chain). The "relationship" of those two gears determine the amount of slack in the cable. Take the cover off the throttle housing and look...

Avon RoadRiders. Great handling. Same size front & rear per Vech's advice - who I bought them from.

Tinkertimejeff wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:40 am

Yes there are two (2) versions of the large sport tank for /2's. A trained eye can tell by looking, untrained need a side by side comparison.

Can you elaborate a little more about the differences between the two tanks?

I had a very similar situation when I got my '68 69S almost two years ago. The bike was sold by the owners friend (owner had passed) and there was some old paperwork but it didn't reveal much about the service history. Bike was very well cared for with a few small mysteries but nothing major. With 3...

I have a 6V LED bulb for my 69S from Bob's and it scatters light all over the place using the stock reflector and lens.

Don't LED bulbs require reflectors and lens created specifically for LEDs?

Now that's what I call "patina".

I have these on a couple of bikes including my 69S. They are very comfy without being too spongy/soft or being oversize in diameter.

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Avon Road Riders on my 69S. 3.50 x 18 F&R.

I'm 664401. Late '67 or early '68. That's all I know...

BMWgroup lists my numbers matching, no sidecar mounts 69S as a late '67 or early '68 build, but lists no other details about delivery because they say "delivery records are not complete anymore".