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Jun 1, 2009 10:01 am
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I've commuted pretty regularly on tmy R75 for about 14 years. I've never thought about sun damage to the bike - I did notice my nylon tank bag faded a bunch...
I left my Front wheel to be respoked with my mechanic and he disappeared with it and my new Michelin Macadam. Keith in Orange county California is the culprit....
Around 2002 I installed a Gorilla alarm on the /5. I'm impressed with it for compact size as well as audible quality (LOUD). I only got their 7007 model, basic...
Damn, that sucks. Do guys like that really think they are getting away with something and that nobody will know? Very sorry to hear about that! For whatever...
Sorry to hear about your problem, Doc. You might try the ads in the back of Road Rider magazine. In 1977 I found a rear wheel for my '73 R75/5 in North...
Slashers, I have a '71 R60/5 with an engine that needs a lot of work according to my BMW shop. It probably has over 100,000 miles on it and needs all new...
I'm putting a R65 swing-arm on my SWB /5 and am wondering if I should use R65 swing-arm bearings and seals or /5 swing-arm bearings and seals. Also, I have...
Wondering why you're putting in the R65 swing-arm? ken ... Ken Karpowicz "The highway is for gamblers Better use your sense." [Non-text portions of this...
$2000 sounds about right. Depending on where you live you might be able to find an experienced mechanic not affiliated with a shop. In CT labor rates are...
The R60/6 had a drum front brake and should be interchangeable with a /5; the R75/6 and R90/6 used a disk front brake. If you can get a whole /6 disk front end...
Just a reminder that the Kentucky Festival of Fives is this weekend near Berea Kentucky. More information is at www.5united.net. There is some great riding in...
The R65 SA uses the same bearings, but there are no seals. There is a shorter SA pin, a large thick flat washer & the same locknut. The center distance of the...
... Josh, Both swingarms use the same bearings...which, btw, are the same as the wheel bearings. Make sure you trial fit the R65 swingarm since you'll find...
improved handling & cush-drive shaft. Downside: have to re-engineer the little shelf the rear brake switch sits on, & adjust where the brake lever pushes on...
any /5 front wheel will do, all the same, same w/the axle (14mm). for the /6 parts, you'll need one from a '74 or early '75, later '75s have a 17mm front...
... Bob, Sounds like mostly upper end work...which is fairly easy to do if you have any mechanical aptitude. You could likely get it all done and together for...
Okay Bob, Let's say you only get ten more years of riding the R60 after the rebuild. And just to give a little cushion let's take the tab to $2,500. That's...
Bob, Sounds like the gig I just went through with my R75/5 this winter, except there was also a new clutch and a few other things. And yes, the price was...
Speaking as someone who has sunk close to $5K into my 1971 75/5 in the past year I would opt for either options A,B, or C. While I have told myself, "That...
Snowflakes on a /5? How did you do the the disc brake conversion? Got pics? ... Just about any wheel will fit the /5 I have 1977 snowflake mags on mine...
Thank you to all for your suggestions. Almost all of you STRONGLY urged me to keep this classic and do the work myself. I will respond to some of you off-line...
Not seeing it come apart probably is bad only because you didn't have the opportunity to take a gazillion digital photos of each step as it was removed....
I have a drum brake front wheel that I have offered to Gerald, the original poster, but I have a question about it. When I dug it out to take some pictures of...
In a /5 wheel there is a tube that allows the smaller axel work this very tune was droped all BMW wheels have 17mm axel for the 30203 Bearing JUST the /5 need...
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