If you like our site, please consider joining our club!
By joining you will help ensure that we can continue to provide this service
JOIN HERE!

Search found 85 matches

by Airhead77
Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:15 am
Forum: Vintage (1948-1969) Motorcycles
Topic: 1960 BMW R27
Replies: 35
Views: 7830

1960 BMW R27

Yes, the carburetor's numbers are those Kurt managed to see. Good eyes! Sorry for the interruption yesterday, I had to upload more pics in to FB in order to link them here. I have more detailed presentation there that would prove to boring for a forum. One thing I noticed while I tried to install th...
by Airhead77
Wed Oct 09, 2013 4:04 am
Forum: Vintage (1948-1969) Motorcycles
Topic: 1960 BMW R27
Replies: 35
Views: 7830

1960 BMW R27

[img=520x390]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/981581_10151686720519531_109041611_o.jpg[/img] The bike getting assembled. Things I found wrong on the bike: -Engine (4pcs) and damper (6pcs) mounts all shot. They had cracked so badly that they were falling apart when squeezed. -Fr...
by Airhead77
Wed Oct 09, 2013 3:51 am
Forum: Vintage (1948-1969) Motorcycles
Topic: 1960 BMW R27
Replies: 35
Views: 7830

1960 BMW R27

I bought lots of missing parts reaching almost 1000€ from Ulis in Germany. Just the tires and the Albert mirrors were 200€. The bike was originally ordered with a bench seat but I couldn't let myself install it, I just love the solo saddle that leaves the beautiful curves of the /2's behinds exposed...
by Airhead77
Wed Oct 09, 2013 3:29 am
Forum: Vintage (1948-1969) Motorcycles
Topic: 1960 BMW R27
Replies: 35
Views: 7830

The bike's mechanical parts

The bike's mechanical parts were rebuilt and installed but the electric bits were in a box and it was missing the cable harness. Lots of new parts had been sourced to rebuild the bike and all the expensive bits were there. The bike then got transfered into a warm parking place, where it stayed there...
by Airhead77
Wed Oct 09, 2013 3:10 am
Forum: Vintage (1948-1969) Motorcycles
Topic: 1960 BMW R27
Replies: 35
Views: 7830

1960 BMW R27

Hello everyone! I've been a member for a couple of months now but I didn't feel like spamming with meaningless threads/posts. I've been living in Finland for the last 13 years and been wanting an airhead since my high school years like crazy. These bikes sold very little, if at all, here in Finland ...