Well, Richard, I'm afraid I've been a little optimistic in my last message: - I confirm the front hubs are the same, I just checked this (the forks are also...
Hello Jean Daniel, Thank you for your informative message. I went back and relaced one of the R24 wheel with the R25 rim. Those rims have a right and a left...
Hello Jean Daniel, I have made a serious error in both my observations and deductions. The R25 Rim I laced up to the R24 rear hub matches the lacing pattern of...
Hello Jean Daniel, Yes, this is good news. We have no problems with using R25 wheels on R24 hubs. They are after all, the same rims. Cheers, Richard...
Yeah, it's like it were Christmas! And, after all, it was very interting to check all this. Regards. JD P.S.: and it seem that the R 24 has a lot of parts in...
I was looking if their was a yahoo group dedictate to plunjer BMWs and stumbled on a group for R51/3 owners: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/BMWR51_3. I...
Hello Marco, I am interested in a plunger frame group. I clicked on the URL, but could not access an R51/3 site. Thanks! Richard I was looking if their was a...
Well, it's not a plunjer only group, but the closest thing I could find. The link works for me, alternatively you can go the http://groups.yahoo.com home page...
Hello Peter, I tried the link Marco gave out, but it would not work. I then went to Yahoo Groups and typed in<R51_3> under search. That brough it up. Then...
Hello, I'm setting up my R26 for a sidecar as I refurbish it. Probably (98% sure) will use a Steib LS200. I have the 5/26 rear drive, proper handlebars,...
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Kim, a steel rear rim would be a nice thought... AMetzler rear K-type tire will help a lot. You could replace the rear springs by stiffer types or install a...
================================== I'm setting up my R26 for a sidecar as I refurbish it . . . What else must/should I do? Is the LS200 mounted like the ones...
I have an R26 with a Hollandia sidecar that I bought in 1970 in Amsterdam. The Hollandia is what I would call a middle weight. It is physically bigger than...
Hi everybody! here is my question!i own a R 26 and it seems that i have some problems with the idling speed.when i'm in a traffic light,waiting to go,if i...
Fotis don't ride with that bad rubber. It is the cause for your bad stationary and besides that it can easily ruin your engine when your mixture is too poor. ...
Hello Fotis, The symptom you describe suggests that the spark plug is loading up with carbon when your engine is at idle speed. This can be caused by too rich...
... problems with the idling speed. Fotis, I doubt if a new rubber coupling will cure the problem. Make sure your mixture adjustment screw is not leaking...as...
a prevcious owner of my bike, put the wrong thread and length bolt into the right front motor mount. It's come adrift and I want to replace it. However I can't...
... Jeffrey, I have a similar problem getting mine loose. I think a thin (like a bicycle repair) open end wrench will fit. I do not remember the nut ...
The square boss on the rubber mount is 17mm, the service manual shows a wrench that is not only thin but very wierdly shaped, I'm going to have to make one out...
Hi all from a new member. My name is David, from Newcastle, Australia. I owned an R25 about 15 years ago, which I sold when I got married. My father owns an...
Upon inspecting the wheel bearings in my 1954 R51/3 restoration project I find it has straight caged roller bearings , I assume it would have originally had...
After reconditioning the plunger suspension of an r25/3, new bushes and shafts and cleaning out all the old grease, there is rather a large void left in the...
