Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

I haven't got the Barrington book to hand to tell you exactly what to do, but if you have a copy it tells you how to sort this. From memory the bearing is pressed back from the other side after assembly.

A downloadable R11/16 handbook in German is available from this site, http://cms.bmw-einzylinder.de/index.php/literatur/bmw-handbuecher-und-ersatzteillisten.html This particular version doesn't have the drawing Darryl shows, just the top part showing valve timing in relation to crank position. I hav...

It looks to me as if the bearing has been spinning and worn through the surface hardening on the shaft. I had a repair done by cylindrical grinding the shaft down to allow a hardened sleeve to be fitted and then finished by grinding back to correct size. I didn't see the job get done but the sleeve ...

I was invited to take my R62 to the Salon Prive Concours event held at Blenheim Palace last week where it took second place in the exceptional motorcycle class. Being wined and dined among some of the worlds finest vehicles and the company of some interesting people was a very pleasant way to spend ...

Last month I took my R11 on a nostalgic ride into it’s past. Some of you may enjoy this short film clip taken while riding the Val des Terres hillclimb.




https://youtu.be/oXdwdEU3E-g

Despite surviving 81 years and a war my R11 unfortunately has not survived unscathed from visiting a coffee shop. Knocked over by a reversing driver, it has a damaged throttle/dipping lever and a small dent in the tank. Does anyone have this part for sale or know who may have one? Was it fitted to a...

If your asking what other people like, then I think all these bikes look great in black, if you go military, my vote goes blue/grey over the tan colour. I have just spent 9 days in Guernsey (Channel Islands) celebrating their 70th Liberation with my R11, much of the time following a 1941 military R1...

I think the extra width you have on the stand feet are the problem. The photo’s of mine show the feet in relation to frame when stand is up. The stand does not ground in this position when riding the bike. The stand is very close to my silencers but you should have more room with smaller diameter ta...

Your stand looks like a new manufacture and possibly over wide compared to mine. Mine measures 250mm across the widest part of the feet, and 200mm internal across the feet. What does yours measure?

Can you grind the top off two chain links, remove the outer chain side section and remove the rest backwards like removing a split link?