BMW 1974 R90/6 Restore (for now)

[Captmilk76]

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

If anyone has an extra R90 handle bar in interested

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[Captmilk76]

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

Here is the lester mounted!


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[Captmilk76]

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We rebuilt the petcocks and i remounted them, with new gas lines.

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[Tim]

Looking good - did you use BMW OEM braided fuel line? It's available from BMW for a reasonable price. I like it a lot - used it on my XS650 too.

 

[Captmilk76]

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Looking good - did you use BMW OEM braided fuel line? It's available from BMW for a reasonable price. I like it a lot - used it on my XS650 too.

No but i probably will.
I have to swap out the rear wheel and tire, get new bars and a battery and she'll be rideable. I am moving it to my moms 4 car garage (where i keep my other bikes) to finish it up. I have to swap out the rear tire before i can move it.

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[Captmilk76]

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Won these headers on eBay!
Got both the left and right. The ones i have are really bad on the one side cracked through. I'm bidding on replacement exhaust as well
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[Captmilk76]

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Got the rear wheel on. I thought i had a tire that would fit but it turns out that the tire I bought was a 130/90 18 too big :-( but the tire that can on the lester isn't that bad.

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[Captmilk76]

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I also took off the old exhaust, it's still in great shape ;-)


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[Tim]

Rear wheels on the Airheads are a PITA no doubt. Very tight fit with the fender and pipes etc. etc. Helps to deflate the tire and raise the rear end by putting the center stand on a block of wood.

 

[Captmilk76]

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

I am replacing the rear shock anyway so i pulled it and the wheel went on. A guy on advridr sold me a set of exhausts and rear shocks, both in gold condition for $100 shipped.

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[Captmilk76]

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Took off the old bent handlebars, replacement handlebars are on the way.

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[Captmilk76]

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Did a quick riser polish. Looking good and that was only 5 min of work.

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[Captmilk76]

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Put the "newish" handlebars on today with new grips. The throttle cables were a little sticky, but after a little lubricant they're working like a champ! I also got the "newish" headers in today and found out that I will need a special exhaust nut wrench, which I just bought...

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[Tim]

This is all going to be so worth it in the end - looking great.

 

[Rich Ard]

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

Put the "newish" handlebars on today with new grips. The throttle cables were a little sticky, but after a little lubricant they're working like a champ! I also got the "newish" headers in today and found out that I will need a special exhaust nut wrench, which I just bought...

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This thing pisses me off to no end. I hope the engineer responsible for that nonsense went to his grave feeling terrible about it.

Tim's right, though - thumbs up all around!

 

[Captmilk76]

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Thanks guys!

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[Autotek]

This is all going to be so worth it in the end - looking great.

Hey Tim, I watched Pulp Fiction again the other day and I was like oh YEA... good one!

 

[Tim]

Yup. Zed's dead baby. Might watch that again tonight.

 

[Captmilk76]

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

Got the exhaust wrench today! Dam that was fast shipping!
The wrench worked out great. I had to give it a couple rubber mallet love taps.
Pulled the old rusting headers off and put the new ones on. I have to get a cross pipe for the exhaust.
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[Captmilk76]

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Here's the picture of the handlebars

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