Vintage and Antique BMW Motorcycles : 1966 BMW R69S

1966 BMW R69S

BMW Motorcycle Restoration and Painting and Vintage BMW's: John Borella (CT) does Glasurit paint, sheet metal restoration, pin striping, gas tank restoration and rebuilding and painting on vintage and modern BMW's; no website, call 860-774-5535 | "Vech" is a famous BMW vintage motorcycle restoration expert; his shop is called Bench Mark Works; he also makes the soft clutch (reduces clutch effort) for BMW /2/5/6/7; Convert your vintage BMW to 12 volts Vech's new 12 volt conversion kit looks easy to do; instructions on website | The Wark Shop (Marietta, OH)paints BMW's and other European bikes using European paints | Vintage BMW's: The Vintage BMW pages | Bavarian Cycle Paint (CA) does body repair; European paint products; and claims quick turnaround times - also gives dealer and club discounts - no website, call 760-868-5726 | Holt BMW (OH) does repair and refinishing; custom painting and pinstriping; has new parts pre-finished in BMW colors; can color match; and sells Glasurit products - no website, call 740-593-6690 | Hall sender units available at Motorrad Electrik | Speed's Cycle in Maryland repairs, rebuilds and restores vintage BMW's

Refinishing Aluminum Engine Cases: The hot tip is "PBW" (Powdered Brewery Wash), a fairly inert buffered product used to clean aluminum brewery utensils, kegs, etc.; available from many beer making stores | More info about polishing aluminum, chrome, metal and more on the wBW Motorcycle Products and Accessories page and the Motorcycle Technical Articles page

Vintage BMW Motorcycles: John's Beemer Garage has all sorts of info on /2's and vintage BMW's, including parts manuals, photos and more | An interesting and detailed article on turning a 1976 R90/6 into a cafe racer | De Knalpot in the Netherlands has tons of pre-WWII, vintage and antique BMW motorcycles and other parts and accessories | Lots and lots of really good technical info on /2's and vintage/antique BMWs on this site by "Duane" | Vintage BMW Owners group has lots of information on restoring and riding vintage BMW motorcycles | Technical information on "/2" vintage BMWs | 5 United is mostly an email list for information on 1970 to 1973 BMW motorcycles, including the R75/5, R60/5 and R50/5 | The Dutch BMW Mono Club has been around for many years and has information on single cylinder BMW motorcycles

Vintage BMW Motorcycle Mirrors: Albert exact replacement headlight-mount mirrors for BMW motorcycles up to the 1973 model year are available from Bench Mark Works

Vintage BMW Motorcycle Parts: In addition to the BMW Motorcycle Parts source listing (above), try Blue Moon Cycle for many different parts for vintage BMW motorcycles | "Vech" has many hard-to-find parts at the Bench Mark Works | Martin Kornhas in Germany has many parts for vintage BMW's; R25 - R27, R51/3 - R68, R50 - R69S and R50/5 - R100RT; site is in German but they're working on an English translation | The Boxer Schmeide site in Germany has performance parts (including lightweight pistons) for Airheads and a collection of photos of hopped-up Boxers | Brand new alternator rotors for 1970-1995 BMW Airheads; BMW toolkits; Ikon (formerly Koni) shocks and more at Eurotech Motorsports

BMW Motorcycle Repair and Maintenance

1955 BMW R25/3 - BMW Motorcycle

BMW motorcycle restoration, troubleshooting, repair, maintenance, service, tools, technical information, tips.

Here are more about 200 pages of BMW motorcycle trouble shooting, repairs, restoration and maintenance tips for older models. Learn to fix your BMW motorcycle from some of these pages. Specific questions that I have received by email about certain issues have been addressed in this format. This way I only have to write it once. I do not take phone calls.

I owned and operated "Duane's Shop" in San Francisco from 1968-1971and then received a BMW franchise and moved to Marin county. That shop was called "BMW of Marin" and employed 4 full time mechanics. It was the largest service facility for BMW motorcycles in the USA. My experience almost came to a screeching halt in 1975 when I sold my shop. I continued as a BMW dealer, until 1980, way out in the boondocks, on a hobby basis only, with Fort Bidwell Shop.

This site is not intended to be a complete or "ultimate" book on BMW. I only write on subjects that I know about, remember something, are not addressed on other tech sites, or are addressed in error. If a subject isn't covered here, that may be because it is well done on another tech site, or because I know nothing about it. You may find it on my links page.

All of these pages are incomplete. Check the date at the bottom to see the last update. An update may be major, or minor, but I am updating pages at least weekly.

Other repair methods may exist that may be better suited for your application. Read everything that you can find and then decide how to proceed. New technology and re-produced parts may change what I once knew.

Easy ways Caring for Motor!

If the motor is started fussing, most annoying! especially for those who like going home on a motorcycle. Do not rush to blame your motor, it could be you who care about motorcycles. So there's no harm in treating motor peering following tips!

Check Oil Condition

Engine oil is a very important role to grease the engine components, such as the handlebar piston, piston, and piston rings, axles and noken crutches or handlebar as valve. If the presence of lubricating oil is blackish color or reduced flexibility lumasnya power, it should be replaced. Change oil regularly and use in accordance with manufacturer recommendations.

Check Condition Aki

Do not let water accu through maximum and minimum limits that could accelerate as a result of damage to cells accu. Add the battery in the morning.

Do not let the battery or batteries that have started to weaken, immediately replace it, it's not good if you are still forced to use it. If still forced both positive and negative poles will remove corrosion (white powder) that will spread to the main cables that connect the electrical current to the channel lights, dynamo, or other parts.

If indeed you have this motor, the electric current is delivered battery or batteries are not perfect will cause damage to the components of dynamos, switch contacts and light machine. One thing to note if the batteries are weak or unable in the starter and distarter, do not force pushing the motorcycle to turn it on because it will only damage gear.

Check the chain and Gir

Do not let the chain is too loose or too tight. Too loose can make a chain off of girnya, while too fast can result in broken chain. Check also the condition of gear, if it is a sharp change soon because otherwise the chain can suddenly end. Danger not, reply again suddenly sped off the chain?

Check cable and Busi Koil

Note the presence of the cable that connects the coil electric current to the spark plugs. Quick change cable apparently is old enough and a lot of visible cracks and hardening of the cable. Do not forget to note the presence of spark plug for spark plugs is vital for smooth running of a vehicle engine.

Note Hose Stations

Gas hose to the carburetor merupakanm also noteworthy components. Do not let the fuel hose condition occurs hardens or cracks, because the inside of the hose can be no inelastic and lead dust from the dirt washed into the carburetor hose. Will eventually happen blockage of gas supply from the tank to the carburetor so that disrupt combustion systems.

Heat Engines longest 2 Minutes

Heat the engine before the motor running, do not have to stay long enough for 1-2 minutes to the circulation of lubricating oil in the engine parts are moving. Do not be too long to heat because it will make tailpipe yellowed otherwise you would not want to waste gasoline khan?.

Check tire pressure

Do not be too hard and also not less because it can result in damaged motorcycle tires developed.

Always Use Original Spare part

Better a little expensive, but satisfied and durable than the use that is not original, but even cheaper but less durability.

Not so difficult is not, provided you are diligent in properly caring for a motor bike must have your favorite show senatiasa prime. (honda / rit)