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16020 Dan Barks
ifr11 Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
12:57 pm
I have a 72 R75/5 SWB and the starter is very slow. It won't continously turn the motor over. Any Ideas? Can I remove and clean it, replace the brushes? I...
16021 Steve B.
s_m_bergeron Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
12:58 pm
The euro bars from Motobins stink IMO...they are "Fehling LN1"...they interfere with the brake switch, and they are 'flatter&#39; across their width...I wasted...
16022 Clyde Jones
clyde-jones Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
12:58 pm
Hi all I have obtained a set of Fulmer bags that are in OK condition and I want to get them decent looking and have the aux lights working. Does anyone have a...
16023 mark
fishmeok2 Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
12:58 pm
Hi all A friend in China (Jim Bryant) just had a catastrophic engine failure on his 75/5 motor and needs pistons, rods, crank, and one cylinder. He's also...
16024 Derek Hamlet
derekhamlet Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
12:59 pm
George, If your rear main seal is dried out and hence ready to leak, it will spew oil on your clutch friction plate. That would be sad as they are quite ...
16025 John Borella
bikpaintr Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
2:29 pm
... To the best of my knowledge Magura made all of the stock bars for BMW right into the 1990s. I have the Eurotech Magura on my /5 & am very happy with it. ...
16026 John Kelliher
issaka007@... Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
2:29 pm
Hi slashers, Trying to get the timing right, what is the angle of the flywheel? I thought it was 9 degrees? John Kelliher Middlebury, VT 73 R75/5 "The Old...
16027 Duane and Linda Aushe...
ok8ava Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
6:28 pm
It can't happen The rear main seal can't leak and the oil get on the clutch. It runs down the engine case and any on the flywheel gets flung off. All engine...
16028 The Doctor
vashon_doctor Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
6:29 pm
Hi George, the original seal design used on the rear main seal is commonly called a single lip garter seal. It the most common design for oil retention in the...
16029 The Doctor
vashon_doctor Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
6:30 pm
Hi Dan, the starter used in the /5 was the smallest starter in BMW's effort to apply electric starters to motorcycles. Like any component, they wear out....
16030 The Doctor
vashon_doctor Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
6:30 pm
David, a bit of fuzz is normal, perhaps a ball of fuzz the size of a Daisy BB gun bb is common. If you wind up with chunks of teeth, you should be concerned. ...
16031 Duane and Linda Aushe...
ok8ava Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
6:31 pm
I have just added three new emblems to the page and I think that there may be only one more to find. Maybe I have them now. The page is...
16032 James Franzen
dm250m1 Send Email
Apr 1, 2003
6:32 pm
Terry Gower is right, it was Randy Long. Is he still subscribed? Can someone put me in touch with him? Thanks Jim Franzen...
16033 5united@yahoogroups.com Send Email Apr 1, 2003
7:20 pm
Oil transfer into the final drive. Duane Auscherman, a retired BMW motorcycle dealership owner writes: A common problem with the /5 is that some of the oil...
16034 5united@yahoogroups.com Send Email Apr 1, 2003
7:20 pm
The monthly Battery Question gets Answered! ... Phil Marx writes: I've used the equivalent YB18LA from Batteries Plus and gotten the same match to my Yuasa,...
16035 5united@yahoogroups.com Send Email Apr 1, 2003
7:20 pm
Tire Thread Retread Every two months, somebody asks: "is there any consensus on what are the best tires (cost doesn't matter, handling, wet and dry, and road...
16036 5united@yahoogroups.com Send Email Apr 1, 2003
7:20 pm
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, Before posting to the list, there are things you need to know. The first thing is : there are 850 people on the list. If...
16037 5united@yahoogroups.com Send Email Apr 1, 2003
7:20 pm
3m weatherstrip adhesive is recommended for putting the rubber kneepads back on your fuel tank. 3m weatherstrip adhesive is available in most automobile parts...
16038 moraitem Send Email Apr 1, 2003
9:53 pm
1. Factory repair manual recommends testing starter by engaging fourth gear, keeping the rear break on, actuating starter push button for 2 - 3 seconds and...
16039 Mark Weiss
teamarizona Send Email
Apr 2, 2003
12:49 am
I still have a bunch of those /5 decals as displayed on the tail of my racebike. http://members.cox.net/markweiss/firebird/firebird.html $6 each, all proceeds...
16040 Mark Weiss
teamarizona Send Email
Apr 2, 2003
11:17 pm
Nope, just send $6. Checks are fine. Mark...
16041 Dan Miley
slash5dan Send Email
Apr 3, 2003
2:29 am
I just looked at some messages from last week and saw that people were discussing alternatives to the "US bars" that came on a lot of /5s. My '73 had them and...
16042 John Falconer
johnfalc Send Email
Apr 3, 2003
2:29 am
Duane, I know this is the /5 list, and because my R100T failure yesterday didn't pertain to /5's I didn't post about it here. But ... At least on the R100T I...
16043 horacepro@...
horacepro Send Email
Apr 3, 2003
2:29 am
... ************** You can deduce that by measuring the resistance of the motor with an ohmmeter. Volts divided by resistance will give you the maximaum amps...
16044 Clyde Jones
clyde-jones Send Email
Apr 3, 2003
2:30 am
Help! I decided to to my first oil change on my 72 r75/5 and I have hit a snag. I drained the oil, removed the outer filter cover, but I cannot get the ...
16045 volsduck Send Email Apr 3, 2003
2:30 am
I need assistance. I have a R50/5 that I need to replace a lost indentifaction plate on. I have the plate but I do not read German. I need to know what...
16046 Duane and Linda Aushe...
ok8ava Send Email
Apr 3, 2003
2:30 am
I just added to my page on frame alignment testing. The string method is explained. I bet it can be improved and this is the crowd to know how. It is...
16047 List Bastard
psotrop Send Email
Apr 3, 2003
2:30 am
I've gotten a couple of e-mails from riders who demand that I issue an edict as to when the Festival of Fives is. As previously stated here before, all anyone...
16048 sruczko Send Email Apr 3, 2003
2:31 am
Lots of good info lately on fitting "Euro" style bars, or similar alternatives. For those of you who have fitted either the R90S bars or the Mystic bars to a...
16049 Ryan Shields
leathafoot Send Email
Apr 3, 2003
2:31 am
All, My charge light has recently come on dim when I am above the 1000- 1200RPM range. It stays on bright when below that RPM like it always did. I checked...
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