So a lot of you guys know that I picked up a BMW as a literal barn find a little while back. It had sat in a dilapidated house with a spark plug out of one cylinder since the 80's. It's 100% complete minus the side covers, and is in overall fair condition. The tins are straight with no dents. Everything aluminum has oxidized, and all of the raw steel has rusted. The plans are to restore it to factory condition with upgraded fork internals, hagon shocks, an upgraded charging system and CDI ignition, and a good set of panniers. I'm pretty motivated here lately to build a reliable road dog, and I think this will fit the bill nicely. I've been collecting bits and pieces. Scored an R75/5 top end for a little more grunt since one cylinder was completely rusted and pitted in the liner. Already scored a nice crash bar, Tim gave me a very nice condition factory seat, I've gathered stainless hardware to replace everything that was originally mild steel, and a few other bits and pieces. A friend Phillip Howard that I know down the street is a BMW lover and has the same year R60 in show room condition that gives me an excellent reference. I started digging in hard today.
Here is what it is supposed to look like. It was this original Monza blue confirmed by VIN search.
As I got it.
Came with some cool Shoei panniers. I'd really like a set of Krausers for it.
And todays progress. Lots of cleaning, degreasing and blasting to do, then it's off to powder.
Ordered a new (used) subframe for it today, because the original one was broken and re-welded badly. Thinking of sending the hubs off to Woody's wheel works to get the sealed bearing conversion done to them thanks to Tim's advice. They also resurface drums so will have that done as well. It will get re-laced with stainless spokes and the wheels altogether overhauled. Thanks for watching, this space will stay up to date as progress is made.
Here is what it is supposed to look like. It was this original Monza blue confirmed by VIN search.
As I got it.
Came with some cool Shoei panniers. I'd really like a set of Krausers for it.
And todays progress. Lots of cleaning, degreasing and blasting to do, then it's off to powder.
Ordered a new (used) subframe for it today, because the original one was broken and re-welded badly. Thinking of sending the hubs off to Woody's wheel works to get the sealed bearing conversion done to them thanks to Tim's advice. They also resurface drums so will have that done as well. It will get re-laced with stainless spokes and the wheels altogether overhauled. Thanks for watching, this space will stay up to date as progress is made.