bmw-mono-club : Messages : 82-111 of 6572

Messages: Simplify \| Expand (Group by Topic)		Author	Sort by Date

82		Allan Atherton aatherton@...	Feb 1, 2001 7:39 pm
	"Gerry Bristow" <gerrimo@c...> wrote: <<...spotted the plug lying on the road, complete with the steel insert which is, or rather was, cast into the head.>> ...
83		Gerry Bristow gerrimo@...	Feb 2, 2001 12:44 pm
	Allan wrote ... It's a very un-BMW bit of design, I'm surprised it lasted so long. ... This is one of the solutions that occured to me, or perhaps a threaded...
84		Allan Atherton aatherton@...	Feb 3, 2001 2:39 am
	... wrote: << ... perhaps a threaded insert which I could get done locally.>> On my first R69US in 1974, a spark plug began chattering up and down. The threads...
85		Gerry Bristow gerrimo@...	Feb 3, 2001 9:24 am
	... From: "Allan Atherton" <aatherton@...> To: <bmw-mono-club@yahoogroups.com> Sent: 03 February 2001 04:39 . But you are talking about an insert ... Yes,...
86		vince anderson unclviny@...	Feb 7, 2001 12:26 am
	thanks to all who recomended willy, now if i had some contact info (phone # email address or address) i could get started on the R2 restoration. thanks vince...
87		Dsislen@...	Feb 7, 2001 3:25 am
	Something of a starange question, and I hoping that someone might be able to help on this...I've posted to Mark's site and to the slash2 and VintageBMW groups...
88		Allan Atherton aatherton@...	Feb 7, 2001 12:53 pm
	I have an R27 and two /2s but am too lazy to take the throttles apart to compare. The two cables entering the /2 housing do make it taller than the R27's...
89		Allan Atherton aatherton@...	Feb 7, 2001 1:09 pm
	Question for Gerry Bristow: The picture of your R26 before restoration shows the side of the gas tank completely gone from rust. Were you able to get the tank...
90		Marco de Groot marco@...	Feb 7, 2001 1:37 pm
	Even though the question is not for me. I had a similar problem with the tank of my R51/3. I can't remember the price as I had it done 8 years, but I'm pretty ...
91		Gerry Bristow gerrimo@...	Feb 7, 2001 3:21 pm
	Allan Atherton wrote, ... It's an R25/2 not an R26 and I'm afraid you've caught me out, as the tank in the picture is the one which came with the bike, and was...
92		Roelof Jan Zilver rj.zilver@...	Feb 7, 2001 9:35 pm
	Vince, I am a bit too busy at the moment but i have not forgotten your question. I know Willy owned a motorbikeshop somewhere in the south. No doubt, I will...
93		Allan Atherton aatherton@...	Feb 8, 2001 12:22 am
	... <<...besides BMW's I also own a handfull of Lambretta scooters.>> Hi Marco, I used have Vespa scooters -- ...
94		Marco de Groot marco@...	Feb 8, 2001 12:57 am
	Nice pictures! I should have an Allstate badge lying around somewhere, given by a friend from Houston. I owned a Vespa a couple of years ago (a GL), but didn't...
95		cotsford@...	Feb 8, 2001 2:23 am
	My first motor vehicle was a Vespa 125cc. I seem to recall it was a '59 model. It was a real mess. It wouldn't do more than 45 mph which is probably just as...
96		Allan Atherton aatherton@...	Feb 8, 2001 11:45 am
	... Was that an English or Indian Bullet, and what did you think of it?...
97		cotsford@...	Feb 8, 2001 12:29 pm
	Hi Allan, That was a British Royal Enfield Bullet. The ones made in India are not called "Royal Enfield", just Enfield. They got the patterns and...
98		Marco de Groot marco@...	Feb 8, 2001 10:12 pm
	Hi, I wonder if the combined geniuses of this list can help solve this problem. As I wrote yesterday, I needed to fix the generator on my R51/3. After a lot of...
99		Pete Westwood pwestwood@...	Feb 9, 2001 12:23 am
	Gentlemen While I ususally don't venture into these discussions I felt that aftre reading about Enfields I could add: I live in Bangkok and ride a 1958 R26, oh...
100		cotsford@...	Feb 9, 2001 2:06 am
	A diesel engine is different but it doesn't surprise me. In Delhi they have some big 3 wheeler taxis that are made from old Harley Davidsons, with the gauges...
101		Pete Westwood pwestwood@...	Feb 9, 2001 3:33 am
	Yes, by chance I was in Delhi in 1984, traveling from Nepal to London on a 30 year old double decker bus..... anyway one night a mob of us went to the Red Fort...
102		vince anderson unclviny@...	Feb 9, 2001 7:10 pm
	wim, thanks, i'll send off a letter quickly to see if willy can help with the missing parts. the R2 keeps getting bumped for other projects but i'm getting...
103		Randy Gadikian Randy_gad@...	Feb 10, 2001 2:01 am
	Hello out there in beemer land. I have just purchased a 1958 R26 in many many pieces! Where do I begin putting it back together? thanks Randy Gadikian ...
104		Tom Mustapich tmustapich@...	Feb 10, 2001 4:08 am
	... First thing to get is a parts manual and then the fun begins ; ^) Tom Mustapich '71 R75/5 '65 R27 on the way back together...
105		Wim H.H. van Heugten wvanheugten@...	Feb 10, 2001 2:22 pm
	Hi Randy, Buy yourself a parts list and a workshop manual .... Lots of success! Wim van Heugten ... Van: Randy Gadikian <Randy_gad@...> Aan:...
106		Roelof Jan Zilver rj.zilver@...	Feb 10, 2001 4:47 pm
	Hi Randy Visit the download page of www.bmw-mono-club.nl. You will find a download button called R26-R27. Push and you will receive a complete parts\list...
107		Steve Bauer steve@...	Feb 12, 2001 7:42 pm
	Greetings all. I just picked up a new voltage regulator for my 1965 R27 on Ebay as a spare for $50. It would make me happy to get it in the hands of someone...
108		N73087@...	Feb 13, 2001 10:56 am
	While riding my R27 today, I noticed the horn didn't work. When I got home, I took off the headlight, and found the two wires at the horn terminal were loose,...
109		wvanheugten@...	Feb 13, 2001 11:06 am
	Maybe you have a horn where one terminal is earthed and you exchanged the connections? I don't have the experience so this advise may be stupid. Regards, Wim...
110		Joke Bernard jokebernard@...	Feb 13, 2001 10:12 pm
	Hoi Dave, Your problem was also my problem. Buth a friend in Holland solved my problem. He live in Monnickendam.I dont know a e-mail adress, buth I know his...
111		Jeff Stracco R502@...	Feb 16, 2001 7:49 pm
	I'm looking for an R27 triple tree plate in perfect condition,can be newly painted, not necessarily NOS and must be BLACK. If you are in the US, so much the...

Yahoo! Groups

Group Information

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...

Messages