1983 R80ST Rebuild For Charity Project Journal

1983 R80ST Assembly From The Frame Up

This shows the way I put the R80ST back together after disassembling it down to the frame.
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Here is how I disassembled the bike.
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And this provides an index of all the work I did to restore this bike organized by the parts main sub-categories.
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Here are pictures of the completed bike.

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1983 R80ST Restore-All Done

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1983 R80ST Restore-All Done

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1983 R80ST Restore-All Done

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1983 R80ST Restore-All Done

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1983 R80ST Restore-All Done

1983 R80ST Rebuild Completed

I started this restoration in December 2021 and completed it in early July 2023. There were some periods when I was otherwise occupied and wasn't able to work on this project. I estimate it took about 16-18 months of work to complete this restoration.

My goal is to auction the bike and donate all the proceeds to the <a href="http://www.motorelief.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Motorcycle Relief Project</a>.

Here is a link to pictures of the completed rebuild of this 1983 R80ST.

• 00 1983 BMW R80ST Project Complete Overview

This is a walk-around video I made prior to starting the rebuild,

<strong>VIDEO: <em>1983 BMW R80ST Pre-Build Inspection</em></strong>

This is a video of the walk-around of the completed rebuilt bike.


<strong>VIDEO: <em>1983 BMW R80ST Project Complete Walk-Around</em></strong>

 

 

1983 R80ST Break-in Riding Journal & BMW MOA Foundation Bike Raffle

After the first engine start, I began the break-in and shake down for this 1983 R80ST. My goal is to break-in the bike in about 600 miles, and to be sure everything is working correctly. My experience after a major rebuild like this one is that there are always some issues and the need for some tweaks and fiddling to get everything working perfectly. So far I have put almost 900 miles on the bike.

Here is a link to what I did during the break-in riding and a YouTube video.

• 00 BMW 1983 R80ST Break-in Log & BMW MOA Foundation Raffle Info

<strong>VIDEO: <em>1983 BMW R80ST Break-In Riding Log And BMW MOA Raffle Info</em></strong>
<h1>Date For Selling The Bike And Donating Proceeds To MRP</h1>
Ted Moyer, Executive Director of the BMW Motorcycle Owners Of America (MOA), contacted me awhile back to talk about my project. The MOA Foundation supports the Motorcycle Relief Project and he wanted to know if I would be interested in having the MOA Foundation run a raffle to sell the bike and send all the proceeds to the MRP. I told him that sounded like a good idea. Ted took the idea to the MOA Foundation board of directors and they approved it.

So the MOA Foundation will hold the raffle in December 2023 through January 2024. MOA plans to initiate the raffle at the annual MRP December dinner fund raising event. You can visit the <a href="http://www.bmwmoaf.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BMW MOA Foundation website</a> to buy raffle tickets in December-January. Currently the MOA Foundation is holding another raffle that ends on October 31.

Here are some pictures I took during my break-in rides.

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Scenes During Break-in Rides

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Scenes During Break-in Rides

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Scenes During Break-in Rides

Tickets

I am saving my pennies for tickets. St.

STEVENRANKIN said:

I am saving my pennies for tickets. St.

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^^^THIS^^^

What a beautiful machine.

STEVENRANKIN said:

I am saving my pennies for tickets. St.

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Great Steve. Hope you win.

Drew said:

^^^THIS^^^

What a beautiful machine.

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Thank you Drew

I'm all over this raffle like white on rice. What a great video of the final product during break in.

Outstanding,

Congratulations on a job well done for a worthy cause. It has been a great learning experience to follow your progress as you so graciously took the time to document it and share it with us. May you be blessed for such a giving spirit.

mikegalbicka said:

Congratulations on a job well done for a worthy cause. It has been a great learning experience to follow your progress as you so graciously took the time to document it and share it with us. May you be blessed for such a giving spirit.

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Thank you for the kind words Mike.

brownie0486 said:

I'm all over this raffle like white on rice. What a great video of the final product during break in.

Outstanding,

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Cool beans. Please spread the word to your airhead friends.

R 90S PM sent the other day

Brook, I sent a PM the other day regarding two R 90S's and a bunch of parts that might work for you. I know your busy so I thought I would give you a prompt.

Nice write up on this project in the December issue of the ON magazine.

OM

Tickets

I got my tickets as soon as I could. Fuel it up I will ride it home from there, LOL, it would be great to win but mostly I donate to good causes such as this. Cheers Brook, nice job. St.

I called the home office to buy tickets on Tuesday, left a message to get back to me. Today, no call back

Anyone got a link to the purchasing of these tickets?>


thanks

brownie0486 said:

Anyone got a link to the purchasing of these tickets?

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From Brook's site:

https://bmwmoaf.givingfuel.com/r80st

Excellent!

Brook,
Amazing work sir! Just read your Owner’s News article; very well done. Thank you for sharing your passion and donating to the MRP. You are a saint.

There’s an entry form to manually fill out an entry inserted inside the Jan/Feb issue of Owners News and it also has a QR code on it that takes you to the entry form site.

EDIT: Also full page about it on page #9.

The website is https://bmwmoaf.givingfuel.com/r80st.