Subject: Re: 79 R65 won't idle snip.. 2) The points have closed up. Set the points using a dwell meter, not a feeler gauge. Tom Cutter I have an old dwell...
On this list a while ago there were discussions re price/value of airheads. I remember contending that great deals can be found but that they don't show up too...
Napa doesent keep them in my local store but will special order for 20.00 each and give me a 10% off for an order of more than 5 I didn't think much of the...
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Nov 2, 2006 12:29 am
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Try BMW Hucky's http://hometown.aol.com/bmwhucky/ straight filters: $7 hinged filters: $11 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Decades ago I bought oil filters dirt cheap thru Capital Cycle when those were offered at discount prices. Some were OEM and others were after market. Still...
Well at least the clutch works. No slipping what so ever. I finally got everything back together last night to go for a test ride. I had a little clutch squeal...
I think that saving money on alternative brand oil filters is the wrong place to save money. If we can find a superior one, then maybe so, but I would not...
I have the original mufflers from a '71 60/5. The previous owner removed them from his project bike which has become mine. The mufflers have some surface...
Ken, go ahead and use them, if there are no rusted thru holes. just make sure there is no more stuff inside them blocking the thru passages. blow from both...
Of course you can use them. What could be wrong? Perhaps the baffles are not in great shape and they breathe more fully than a new set. That might make the...
I had a side impact collision with this brace. I thought it was straight, but the window-glass test shows it's just barely off. I know you can straighten these...
Hello to all: Need to know best place to buy a set of choke cables for my 73 Model 750/5. It uses the solid wire type. I have done the usual searches, but...
last batch of brand new cables for sale 2 cv throttle cables and 1 front drum brake cable to suit /5 with high bars.£19[65% of new cost] plus postage please...
Thanks all for the tips on less costly oil filters. I hate to abandon the local dealers for this item but if they can be had for less (and the same or...
Have you tried your dealer? My '72 /5 has the solid core push-type and it was built in the fall of '72. ETK says such a bike uses: 13 23 1 256 976 (left) 13 23...
... You need 13 23 1 255 976 and 13 23 1 255 977. They are $7.00 and $9.00 respectively. Order them from www.Beemershop.com, they probably have them in stock ...
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Nov 4, 2006 3:41 am
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Hi Slashers I have used HiFloFiltero's for many years as good as maybe better then BMW MFG My opinion!!!!! I took all of them apart never found any thing but...
...I just found a chrome headlight protector that attaches to the bolts on the headlight ears on my '73 /5, swoops down then curves right back up and over the...
Likely a Butler & Smith part. Originally it was for the pre-70's /2. Look at some old photos and you will see it. Stephen in the Scottsdale desert Custom Top...
Those little chrome headlight protector blings do fit on a /5, but, were originally designed for the /2. IMO they look better on the /2 because there is more...
This is a follow up to my previous mufflers post. I further cleaned the interiors (not too many bones, Tom) and started cleaning the exterior formerly chromed...
Chrome hi heat parts treat with Hi temp paint, Black seems the best for this...... For the cad plated parts (Turn signel stocks)I use Rustoleum Aluminum paint...
Im looking for some extra copies of the owners news nov. 06 issue as my wife made it in on the blue /5 in the womens track day article. Also got the last quote...
I'd try a Permatex product called Rust Treatment (Destroys Rust) Item # 81775. It literally stops the rusting process and will turn the rust into black...
Ken, My mufflers were in usable but no-so-nice-looking condition too. More rusted surface than chrome. I attacked them with a 3 inch diameter "3M Clean and...
Masterchem (the manufacturer of Kilz, the stain killer that blocks out water stains and erases brain cells) makes a product called Hammertite that's made to be...
I have used phosphoric acid-based rust converters, which seem to work fantastically well, though not on exhaust parts. But since they claim to chemically react...
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