Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Just checking ... aluminum or steel rims? need 2 for r51/3 project... contact Jim at
jimstravlin@hotmail.com
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Thanks Brian.... that was my back up plan.. been a long time since i put a /3 front end together

Someone told me about a video showing the detailed assembly of the front fork for the R51/3. Does anyone know anything about it or where i might find it. Searched you tube and all the usual places. It has been 20 years since I worked on the /3 models and i would love to have a refresher. I have the ...

Just purchased one at Blue Moon Scooter on Ebay. Very nice piece, stainless steel...

go to Sudco in CA, they have an amal to Mikuni rubber spigot. they sell for $100 per pair which is high and you have to anchor the carb from vibration so the rubber does not tear. contact me at jimstravlin@hotmail.com and i will tell you more.
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I have recently had photos and text taken of my bikes, from my web site www.airheadrestorations.com and posted on Cycle Trader and Craigslist. it is like the wild west out there, beware.... jim

Sudco is a distributor in CA that will sell you the Mikunis or the adapters to adapt the Mikuni carb to the R69S. i ran Mikuni's on my 1967 R69S for 3 years. the spigots as they are called are made of rubber and do not stand up to long term use, i am back on the Bings again and still riding the R69S...

Alan... i have the many in one tool and agree that it works great. i would love to have a good copy of the 17 pages of original tools book, i think it would be nice to see a clean copy....
jim... jimstravlin@hotmail.com

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Mark... i found the tool catalog, thanks. My partner in crime is interested in making dome of the tools we use and i will show him the catalog and we would love to take you up on your offer to copy the tooling. will get back to you in a day or so and let you know what we come up with. Thanks for bei...

Alan... i have the special tools for BMW motorcycles manual, is that the book we are talking about? i believe this covers mostly tools for the /3 models. i have a copy of this and got it from Roland Slabon, i think he still sells that on his site on the web. if you have something other than this i w...