Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

I was riding the 69s yesterday and I was not happy with the ride. I feel like the bike has springs that are way to hard. The bike handles beautifully when the road is smooth, but when the road is less than perfect the bike suspension is not compliant enough to sort out the undulations. Has any one f...

If you're going to pull things apart, meaning cylinders are removed, you should probably take a look at the cam followers as well as the surface of the camshaft they run on. Just to make sure there's no obvious wear and tear. Hi Kurt At this point in time I am working on a full rebuild of an R51/3,...

A bent/bowed push rod can cause an audible tic. Maybe back off the rocker arm adjustments (let the pushrod free float) and spin one with your fingertips to check for out-of-round or a rough spot? If you go all the way to pulling them out, roll them on a glass plate or other known flat surface. Good...

Well I checked the adjustment on the valves at TDC. All good. .20 Ex and .15 In. Ran the bike and the TIC was still there. I then popped the covers off and ran the engine to check oil flow..... excellent. When I stopped the engine I felt the left ex clearance and it was excessive. Measured at .25 En...

Well it is all gone and there is lots more room in my headlight shell.

Thank you for the diagram.

Mal

The plug for the hazard switch... there has been a problem here in the past.

Well Steve Thank you for the first name, it feels better than St from my end anyway. Big day in the workshop today. I hope we have found the problem with the electrics. 1. The bike was fitted with a hazard warning lights switch which had failed and seemed to be part of the problem, along with a funn...

Hi St Yes I have the gear to do a leak down test. The bike has 100,000km on the clock and it seems probable that it might be close to right. I suspect from the sparkplugs that a new set of rings and maybe a rebore is going to happen in due course. At the moment "Cucumber" is behaving like ...

Dear St (now what does St stand for - I was thinking maybe S ain t) Anyway that is enough of Mal's silly attempt at humour. Re the electrical, I have been building a set of images from the Brooks site, so gradually I will reconcile my bike with the intended reality of BMW. What is really unfortunate...

Dont give up, there are many who appreciate your expertise and advice. I am one of them. I know how much you helped when I was looking for a /6 which I have now purchased. There will always be people who just are so focused on their own problem/s at hand that they forget to thank those people who he...