BMW 1974 R90/6 Restore (for now)

[Captmilk76]

Let's get this started.
Here she is when I got her to the garage.

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[Captmilk76]

Re: BMW 1974 R90/6 Restore (for now)

We opened up the seat and found these goodies in great shape.

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[Captmilk76]

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Good bye to the ugly luggage!

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[Captmilk76]

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That's an air pump right? Crazy awesome German engineering.

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[Captmilk76]

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The front fairing is next up on the hit list.

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[Traveler350]

Nice bike. Definitely wanna see more!

 

[session101]

nice, you got an R90, basically the superbike of the BMW's

 

[SeanGSUK]

Bookmarked!

 

[Autotek]

Re: BMW 1974 R90/6 Restore (for now)

That's an air pump right? Crazy awesome German engineering.

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Imagine needing to use that thing! Mine had one as well but doesn't work, kinda like my son.

 

[Captmilk76]

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Imagine needing to use that thing! Mine had one as well but doesn't work, kinda like my son.

Haha

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[Captmilk76]

Re: BMW 1974 R90/6 Restore (for now)

My brother and I tried to get it started today. (I usually work on the bike during my lunch break) he has a big ass jump starter. All the switches are working and the headlight/taillights work just fine. It turns over, and gets spark but the dam petcocks were seized up. So I'll give it another go tomorrow.

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[JustinLonghorn]

Righteous. I'm on board.

 

[Tim]

Those air pumps almost never work. I have one too. The tool roll is worth $100 on its own, but NEVER sell it. It has just about every tool you'll ever need to work on the bike in it.

Careful with the petcocks. They're rebuildable but the plastic spigots out the bottom are fragile. Hard to tell if yours go straight down or are the 90 degree type. The straight ones are difficult to find these days.

 

[Captmilk76]

Re: BMW 1974 R90/6 Restore (for now)

I think straight type right?

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[Tim]

Yup - straight. You can also still buy the braided fuel line from BMW. I use it on my other bikes as well. Nice stuff.

 

[Tim]

Oh and there's a cross-over fuel line that passes through the airbox. If one petcock plugs or whatever the other one passes enough fuel to feed both carbs.

 

[Captmilk76]

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I noticed that when I turned the right side on and (the left petcock was stuck) i was seeing a leak on the left carb.. They thought of everything

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[Captmilk76]

Fairing removal was fun…(not really)

 

[Captmilk76]

I'll have to pull the headlight and turn signals. Anyone want a fairing?

 

[Captmilk76]

She looks sexy now