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1971 R75/5 Partial Restoration
Re: 1971 R75/5 Partial Restoration
Re: 1971 R75/5 Partial Restoration
Re: 1971 R75/5 Partial Restoration
The original exhaust that came on the bike was in horrible shape. When the owner said he wanted to look at a black exhaust I just happen to have on old set in the shop. It was originally on my R90S. To my surprise it fit. Not only did it fit but I actually liked the look. With the tight budget this may be the was to go.
Re: 1971 R75/5 Partial Restoration
Merry Christmas everyone !!!!!
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Re: 1971 R75/5 Partial Restoration
https://bmwmotorcycletech.info/FarleyBrownSurefoot.htm
I've had a Reynolds ride off on my /7 almost 35 years...but I have the OEM side stand so no issues. I do not recommend using the Reynolds as a "ride off" stand...it puts too much strain on the mounting locations.
On your front brake cable...I see a kink in the routing as it comes through the rear lever. Is this just a part of the prelim setup or will this straighten out later? A bend like that will contribute to early cable breakage.
'78 R100/7 '69 R69S '52 R25/2
Fast. Neat. Average. Friendly. Good. Good.
Re: 1971 R75/5 Partial Restoration
The front brake cable has not been set. I don't have the hand controls yet so Im just putting everything in place. I have a template to set the position of the arms when I get the rest of the parts installed.
Thanks for looking over the build. Your help was greatly appreciated during my R90S build.
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Re: 1971 R75/5 Partial Restoration
With the load equally shared, it puts let load on the center mounting points when I put the bike up and take it down from the stand.
Do you know what model center stand it is? It should be stamped on the down tubes of the stand...near the feet I believe. According to this, it looks like it should be the R310 model.
https://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/reynolds/reynolds12.jpg
'78 R100/7 '69 R69S '52 R25/2
Fast. Neat. Average. Friendly. Good. Good.