Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Proper technique can result in smooth, slippery shifting in well built transmissions. As others have mentioned, preloading the shifter is essential and while many say you need to pull the clutch and allow the rpms to drop significantly for smooth shifting, I have not found this to be the best practi...

In the restoration process of my 1964 R69S and today was the day I had been looking forward to installing my new stainless exhaust system. Generally this is a pretty simple and straightforward job and I didn’t anticipate it would take much more than a half an hour. I unpacked my shiny new set of hea...

Hi Starklint- The magneto unit on the R69 is unique to the R68 and R69 only, while all the other models (R50-R69S) share a standard magneto that has no manual advance mechanism. This is the one I have installed at the moment. Guess mine is the standard magneto with no advance mechanism? https://i.i...

Call Bing USA in Kansas. Send them the body and they will repair and send it back in perfect working order.

Speechless! There’s one I haven’t seen before.

I’ll second Vech’s suggestion. This is very very common on these old carbs. Always remember that pot metal is soft and these old carb bodies need to be handled gently.

Don’t do it. These bikes behave better with 3.50x18 on the front and rear regardless of model or year.

I just happened to have the exact same issue. Advance totally stuck on the shaft. I managed to lever it off with two big screwdrivers and some blocks of wood. And indeed, instead of one slot I had two. The second one being very shallow and obviously pressed in by some hamfisted joker who doesn't kn...

George, I'll second that. Great post there! Your write up provides a better understanding of what's going on inside the gearbox during the starting sequence and a few thoughts on how to avoid this unnecessary damage. I've encountered this a few times and have had to replace the kicker segment on my ...

Thinking more. If you do have a burr on the end and you can't easily pry it off, which is unlikely. I'm afraid the only good solution is to dismantle your advancer. This will allow you to remove the front plate which will expose the nose of the mag rotor and you'll be face to face with the source of...