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Vintage owners on the Forum

I Bought A R27 In October And Put On 300 Miles Before The Cold Weather Closed In. This Bike Is A Lot Of Fun To Ride And It Sure Does Get A Lot Of Attention. My Rt1200 Collected A Little Dust This Fall.
 
I have a '66 R50/2. Bought a year ago, 17k actual miles (PO was 2nd owner and had it since '73). Restored to daily rider condition and now enjoy it immensely. It's no trailer queen but looks good and performs as it should. Most challenging aspect was getting it all back together and THEN discovering a sheared flywheel key that caused me to take it back apart enough to repair the key and install a new clutch disc. Thanks to Vech for the clue that led to the discovery...

Little Egypt Airheads
'66 R50/2
'76 R75/6
'80 R100RT
 
Vech

Old BMW's are like underwear, you can't own too many!
And by the way, if you ever come through Mississippi, come see Bench Mark Works and the collection!
I currently have, and run the following:
1925 R32
1928 R52
1936 R17
1936 R12 with a 1937 Juwel side car
1939 R23
1942 R75M with machine gun!
1950 R51/2
1951 R51/3
1952 R67/2 with LS 200 Steib
1958 R69
1956 R26
1952 R52/2
1961 R69S
1966 R69S
1968 R69S
1967 R60/2 with spezial sidecar
1975 R90S
1976R90S

Vech
MOA Ambassador 9462
 
Pre-1970 bikes?

Currently in the stable:

1966 R50/2 that I've owned since 1986. Licensed and ridden.

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1958 R50 with Steib S500 sidecar, that is currently being worked on, but will be running by spring.

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Oh, and a 1955 Matchless G80CS competition model.

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jeff
 
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1959 R60

I have a 1959 R60 with a Steib (sp) sidecar that I am going to try to "fix up" a bit. I dare not use the word "restore" due to my limited mechanical knowledge. My mother-in-law had it painted to match her helmet years ago and one of the things I am going to do is have it painted back to black. Any ideas on the "fix up" will always be appreciated!!!!!
 

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Your Mother In Law sounds like quite a Gal!.....
...don't park the bike under the hoop....
...paint the minivan black!.....:thumb
 
Vintage

I just sold my R27 and maybe I shouldn't have, missing it pretty bad. Still have a R75/6 and am looking for a R60 or R69 ..............live in Morton IL if you know any for sale around there.
 
I have a few....

i have a few vintage machines.

1952 R68 restored
1955 R67/3 under restoration... need rear fender now...
1967 R60/2 with Steib S350 dover white restored
1967 R69S black restored
1968 R69S black restored
1971 R75/5 cafe modified
1972 R60/5 beautiful
1984 R100RT Last Edition
2000.5 Aprillia RVS Mille for that time i need to go really, really fast

jim
 
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