R62 Project: The Beginning

dunn6818 · Post by **dunn6818** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:40 am

Darryl,

Good story, I trust you'll be writing an article for the Bulletin on this ?

I know how you feel with having more than one live project & also trying to balance the priorities of rebuilding BMWs against home life & work !

My push this year is to assemble the engine & gearbox of my 1939 R61 framed, 1939 R51 engined racer & hopefully get her on the road / track.

Cheers
Peter

Darryl.Richman · Post by **Darryl.Richman** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:18 am

Yes, I definitely expect to get this into the Bulletin. I'm sure there will be future topics, too, like searching for a frame and forks... The Spring Veterama is this coming weekend, and I will be in Germany. But I fear I will be spending time on another project and won't be able to get to Ludwigshafen for it.

Peter, your racer sounds exciting! I know my friend Scott would be interested in seeing your project!

Barry Robin · Post by **Barry Robin** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:12 pm

darryl-

i'll keep my fingers crossed that you come accross your frame next week!

and if you just happen to find that R11 brake plate i've been looking for...i'd pay most anything you'd ask for it! might even help defray the costs of the bits you're after.

-barry robin

dunn6818 · Post by **dunn6818** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:23 am

Darryl,

My racer was the star of the "light & simple" article in the Bulletin 2 issues ago. The article is in 2 parts as I wrote up progress to Jan 05, lots more work has now been completed & I've written most of part 2.

At the moment I'm looking for carbs, I'm not prepared to pay & cannot afford the asking price for amal fischers 423s, I'm probably going to fit 274s or 276s from a Douglas. These amals are fairly common at UK autojumbles.

Cheers
Pete

Bruce Frey · Post by **Bruce Frey** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:16 am

Darryl - if you can't find an original frame, Oldtimer Garage has a repop as well as a lot of other flat tank parts.

Barry - I will be at Veterama this weekend. If you can tell me what an R11 brake plate should look like (I have an R12), I will keep my eyes open.

Peter - Don't give up on the 423 carbs. I found a nearly complete pair at Mannheim last year. You probably know of Hitchcocks in the UK for the British Amal carbs. I they have 276 carbs and there is a German specialist called Kla Mo Te who often advertises the spigot mounted ones on ebay.de. While I have Amals (which I have never gotten sorted) for my R6, it actually runs better with the Bings from a R50 that came with it, so that is always an inexpensive option.

ciao,

Bruce

Ciao,

Bruce

Darryl.Richman · Post by **Darryl.Richman** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:37 am

Bruce, I have been looking at the Oldtimer Garage web site ever since Richard Sheckler mentioned to me on the /2 list that they have R12 wheels. I have a pair of those on order (and a pedestrian slicer for the R52).

The problem with buying a reproduction frame is that it's not vintage, with a vintage number. I'm pretty sure that California would take the view that I am building a "kit bike", and require all the modern features of a bike, like turn signals, always on headlight, front brake light switch, and so on.

But don't think I haven't considered it!

The only thing I haven't seen advertised that would be necessary one way or another is a set of forks.

I wish I were going to see you this weekend -- I'm leaving for SFO in two hours -- but I think it's unrealistic to expect that I'm going to make it, alas. My R52 is in pieces and the motor has to get run in for a rally next weekend; and I will be in Denmark all week in between.

But if you do happen across a stecktank frame and/or forks...

Barry Robin · Post by **Barry Robin** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:34 pm

bruce-
thanks for asking after my R11 brake plate search; the only online picture that even sort of gets close enough for detail i could find is this one:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... sa%3DN[url]

it's very similar to the R12 but it's flatter, with those ovaloid cut-ins on the face. hope this helps...
i'm just looking for one without cracks or holes.

thanks -barry[/url]

Bruce Frey · Post by **Bruce Frey** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:30 am

Hi Barry,

I found some R11 pix in my photo collection. Most of them are frem past Veteramas.

Do these look right?

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bruce_fre ... 000re2[url]

Best regards,

Bruce[/url]

Bruce Frey · Post by **Bruce Frey** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:34 am

OOOPS!

try this

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bruce_fre ... photos[url]

or this
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bruce_frey/my_photos[/url]

Barry Robin · Post by **Barry Robin** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:49 am

bruce-

on the yahoo page, photo number 1 is correct; so, yup-that's the one!

on the other hand, most sellers at veterama already know which is which. just tell them it's for a series 2 or 3...

thanks,
-barry

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