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Bmw r80/90/100
I already have a strange aroma of pee about me as I've have a few Bimmers and I really fancy an old one I can ...
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Bmw r80/90/100
I already have a strange aroma of pee about me as I've have a few Bimmers and I really fancy an old one I can tinker with.
Apart from "Its a BMW!" what good reasons are there not to get one for a second bike.. seen these on FleaBay and have taken my fancy.
1979 BMW R80 WHITE EX POLICE on eBay (end time 07-Nov-09 17:49:41 GMT)
1978 BMW R100 RS on eBay (end time 08-Nov-09 10:39:31 GMT)
I'm reasonably handy with a spanner and would like to learn more, but not on my everyday bike, far too many electronic widgets to knacker!
thoughts?
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Yeah, It was seeing some that got me thinking...
Assume you've seen flatracer.com?
he supplies a lot of those parts
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Originally Posted by
SteveMac
Yeah, It was seeing some that got me thinking...
Assume you've seen flatracer.com?
he supplies a lot of those parts
Hadn't seen Flatracer till you mentioned it, some cool stuff on there.
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Really Bored
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the old airheads are nice machines, easy to modify, cheap spares (motorworks), easy to work on, and fun to ride.
have a go!
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A guy at work has a 1980 R100. its orange with black alloys, loud cans and what look like non standard stromburgs. its a great looking bike and sounds lovely.
he's also got an R80 Cafe racer 70's vintage. red frame, blue tank, tiny alloy gaurds, spoked wheels with alloy rims - a really tiny and tidy cafe racer.
I'd happily own either of them - go buy one and post your project!
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In the early '80s there were a lot of detail changes, electronic ignition and nikasil bores were introduced. Points are cheaper to fix and you can do it at the roadside. The nikasil barrels do something like 100k and then need to be thrown away and replaced. steel sleeves can be re-bored and even cut out and replaced.
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I like the look and then I clicked the link and the 3 words " how fucking much !!!!" are still ringing in my ears.
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Originally Posted by
protoborg
In the early '80s there were a lot of detail changes, electronic ignition and nikasil bores were introduced. Points are cheaper to fix and you can do it at the roadside. The nikasil barrels do something like 100k and then need to be thrown away and replaced. steel sleeves can be re-bored and even cut out and replaced.
Honest question but why do they need to be replaced?
I've had my KX cylinder re-plated before and have another spare cylinder that's freshly re-plated waiting as well, and another spare head, and another spare bike
Admittedly re-plating isn't anything like as cheap as a re-bore but its viability depends on how cheap a new cylinder is compared to re-plating.
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Originally Posted by
demographic
Honest question but why do they need to be replaced?
I've had my KX cylinder re-plated before and have another spare cylinder that's freshly re-plated waiting as well, and another spare head, and another spare bike
Admittedly re-plating isn't anything like as cheap as a re-bore but its viability depends on how cheap a new cylinder is compared to re-plating.
Not from first hand experience, but I'm told re-platers of suitable quality are few and far between and not know for rapid turnaround or for VFM. Horses for courses I guess, and costs. Rebores will be the cheaper and quicker by far.
BTW this is what a R100RS looks like
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Originally Posted by
Gregor
I like the look and then I clicked the link and the 3 words " how fucking much !!!!" are still ringing in my ears.
What- the Ebay links?
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Just looked on eBay again, the white one went for just over £1k.
I've yet to ride an Old R, current bike is an R12S and used to have R11S's so I enjoy airheads, the cafe racer look is nice.. will keep my eyes open..
Cheers for the offer Mach' I might take you up on that, should I manage to get any time off work!
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You will need the drive shaft puller and the plate to go on the end to shim the gearbox up after replacing the little spring not that easy of a job
The other thing that is shit on them is the charging system if you do low speed riding around town with your lights on
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Originally Posted by
kris kross81
You will need the drive shaft puller and the plate to go on the end to shim the gearbox up after replacing the little spring not that easy of a job
The other thing that is shit on them is the charging system if you do low speed riding around town with your lights on
Compared to any other bike of the same era the charging system is brilliant
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