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bmw-mono-club· members of the bmw-mono-club are interested in the single cilinder BMW motorbike
I finally got a chance to sit down with my R25/2 and check things out. I have some things to track down and fix...to be expected. I don't have a lot of...
Air filter: The paper air filter was introduced on the R27 in 1963 (Bulletin 202 of 26 July 1963). The increased resistance of the paper filter required a...
Hi Kurt, The mesh air filter was the standard 'rock strainer' of the day. It kept things larger than rocks from getting into the intake port. Just keep it...
I have run across a few interesting things on my police bike. The paperwork in German (I've done some translating with google) indicates that it was stationed...
Hello all, I have a '58 R26. The original carb is far gone ...... It now has a Bing (concentric) 1/26/111 in very good conditions. I belive it came from a...
Geoffrey - Allan has a table of carb settings on his website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roundel/66174400/ It appears that the carb is for a 600cc, the...
Hello all, is the pos for the needle counted from the top or the bottom? Thanks Cheers Geoffrey Argentina. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus,...
I was reading the owner's handbook yesterday and wanted to confirm a few things: - I believe the disk between the tranny and the shaft is called the Hardy...
... The original disk was rubber with fiber binder (hog hair?) and would be hard and dusty-crumbly by now. The repro disks are hard rubber or urethane plastic....
Allan, Kurt, The R27 used the Urethane puck, and as you said, it crumbled. The four rubber ring spacers were needed with the Urethane puck. The R25 through...
... Was the original fibrous black puck made of urethane? Did they even have urethane in the R25 era? The crumbly original puck for my R27 was black, and I...
Hi Allan, No, they sure didn't make the pucks out of Urethane back in the mid fifties. As far as I know, the Urethane pucks only came in a honey colored form,...
When he died, my R 27's one was made of rubber. The replacement one I bought (about 1981) was orange and made of a sort of nylon or teflon) Regards. ...
I've got my rear wheel in the house to change the rear tire...might be able to get something done since it's so cold outside. I notice that the bearings are...
Kurt, As a member of the VMCA you may borrow the special tool needed to remove the wheel bearing nut. The bearings inside are ball, not tapered roller. Yes,...
Richard - Yes, that does help. I have a pin wrench that I bought for my R69S but a quick check shows that it won't work here. I was starting to think how I...
Richard, I'm a member of VMCA and thought I had heard something about a tool borrowing policy, but never understood how its was organized. I began to think...
Hi Dave, It's simple. Just tell us which tools you need, and if we have them, we'll send them to you. You need to be a current member of the VMCA. You would...
Thanks Richard, After I have my engine together I may have an I-tool I could put into the library. Are you the person in charge of the stacks? Dave ... From:...
Hi Dave, Yes, the tools are here in Wayne, Ohio. Cheers, Richard Thanks Richard, After I have my engine together I may have an I-tool I could put into the...
What do you use or need for tools on an R25/2? I bought the economy metric tool kit from Vech but it's too big...I'll probably return it. I think I should...
... metric tool kit from Vech but it's too big...I'll probably return it. I think I should just purchase separately the necessary tools that will still fit in...
I also bought the repro kit for my small tank /2 and the kit fits...just. I have to leave it untied and move the tools around inside the pouch to get the door...
... The R25 tray has the same widths and length as my R27 tray, in which the repro kit has plenty of room. There is even room on each side for a tire gauge and...
My repro kit fits fine in the tool tray of my R27 but I am always very careful to arrange it properly and then tighten the lid down slowly. Someone somewhere...
Richard, all I have seen the same thing with friend's lid. People slam the lid the same way they slam the Ignition key. Common snese is sometimes in short...
Couple of questions...bike is '52 R25/2. I can find only one timing mark: http://tinyurl.com/y8tb94w Is this going to be it? I haven't checked to see where...
Is it "rightie-tightie, leftie-loosie"? I'm assuming it's like the twins...got to remove the bolt to get the advance unit off. Thanks...Kurt San Antonio...