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Complete Restoration of BMW R75/5 into Cafe Racer

Sticks

OK , now sonny you listen up here !

The first thing you do is get rid of those stupid sticks. :dunno
Best thing i did after retirement !
( they bring no satisfaction to your life and cost a fortune to keep in tune with the other ball chasers) A terrible waste of a good day that could have been spent riding, chasing a little ball around in the country side.:dunno:dunno

Get yourself enrolled in a basic rider course at the local MSF or Community College that offers rider training . With all you have put in to this adventure , you need to at least give the experience a chance.
Quit making excuses and get a leg over :thumb:dance

I forgot to address you point about getting rid of the sticks, here is a picture of my golf green in my back yard, I installed it over 12 years ago when we first moved into the house, has sports lighting also so we can play golf at night. I hold an annual golf tournament here called the Olde Man Pius Invitational, named after my grandfather. I have had as many as 42 golfers and 150 spectators at my house for this little event. It is a great time, good friend and family, good food and drink. This year it is scheduled for August 25th. I just have not had much time lately to be playing but I have to get practicing, I have not won my own tournament yet, but maybe this year will be the year. We had a tough year for the bent grass green, no snow cover killed off about 90% of my green so this picture is from a couple weeks back and you can still see the rough areas but after much seed, topdressing and water she is coming back and will be in tournament form by July.

Thanks,
Shane
 

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Hmm, a few modifications to the landscape and i can see something really more useful :brad

Either an MX track or a flat track :thumb:thumb
 
Funny

Hmm, a few modifications to the landscape and i can see something really more useful :brad

Either an MX track or a flat track :thumb:thumb

Yeah I will get on that right away, you are a funny man, thanks for all the comments and making me smile, have a great day.

Sincerely,
Shane
 
Keep the sticks, its another great part of retirement. Walk don't ride around the course. It's part of keeping physically fit. Also helps depth perception. And, if you've got an old set of Pings, all the better. Now git that bike together, should take about one weekend. Also, start riding a bicycle around, gets the brain around the two wheel inner ear.
 
Thanks

Keep the sticks, its another great part of retirement. Walk don't ride around the course. It's part of keeping physically fit. Also helps depth perception. And, if you've got an old set of Pings, all the better. Now git that bike together, should take about one weekend. Also, start riding a bicycle around, gets the brain around the two wheel inner ear.

How are you? I will tell Josh you think we have about another 7 days or so until we should be done with the bike, ha ha. I have already put it in my head that I will not take possession of the bike until Spring 2013 and I promise all you guys that are worried, I will take the appropriate classes and make sure I am comfortable on the bike before riding. I am not spending all this time and energy on a project and let it kill me on the road, but I appreciate all the concern.

Thanks,
Shane
 
I.D. Plate

Josh finished stamping the I.D. plate on the front of the bike, he says the "1" is a little bit lower than it should be but he is a perfectionist and I told him, being a little askew shows that the damn thing was stamped by hand and not by machine, adds character, I don't sweat things like that, but knowing him and his attention to detail it is killing him.

Thanks,
Shane
 

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Better Idea

So are you keeping the original plate in the bike's document binder?

How are you? I have something planned for the original, like on the Porsche, I had my original hood emblem and my VIN plate, both in poor condition, so we replaced them and I took them and had them encased in acrylic for safe keeping, here is the picture of what I did for the Porsche and I will do the same for the BMW.

Thanks,
Shane
 

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Shane -

I saw the mention of Bill Hamilton out of Martindale, Texas. Are you aware that there is a BMW motorcycle shop and salvage yard also in Martindale, Texas? Small world...and a very small town!!
 
Thanks

Shane -

I saw the mention of Bill Hamilton out of Martindale, Texas. Are you aware that there is a BMW motorcycle shop and salvage yard also in Martindale, Texas? Small world...and a very small town!!

How are you? I did not know that, what is kind of funny is that Bill teaches Motorcycle Safety Classes in that area and he had gotten rid of his Harley some years ago and after I told him about my BMW that I was restoring as a sister bike to the car, he found a BMW, see photograph below and purchased it as his daily driver.

Thanks,
Shane

PS: See the garage door in the backdrop, that is the stall where my Porsche was built. He lives in the old Martindale Schoolhouse from the early 1900's that he has restored, amazing property.
 

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Point A is Martindale Motorworks; Point B is the location of Bill's shop. I guess you have to click to see the larger map.

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1.4 Miles

Point A is Martindale Motorworks; Point B is the location of Bill's shop. I guess you have to click to see the larger map.

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Well Bill only has a 4 minute trip to get parts for his bike, cool.

Thanks,
Shane
 
Problems with DMV?

When I took my bike in last year to get classic plates, had to make appointment, show up on time, get in line, wheel bike into garage, napolian ordered me out of the room to wait outside, door closed?

Wondered if I'd need a lawyer, after 15 minutes the "inspection" was complete. Didn't start the engine, couldn't have checked anything mechanical or blinkers/horn.

Only thing I figure is he had an optical devise to git behind the fairing/cables to check ID plate rivets with the chassis stamping.

So to this day I don't know what goes on in there except they must be checking for stolen bikes/parts? Removing any ID or changing rivets could be a problem unless you've got a common sense DMV in booming ND.
 
Brigitte Bardot and Sylvie Vartan, it has been a few weeks since we have posted a damsel in the thread, have a great Memorial Day Weekend everyone.

Thanks,
Shane

Not wearing proper footwear? Those girls need a good spanking! :thumb
 
Common Practice

When I took my bike in last year to get classic plates, had to make appointment, show up on time, get in line, wheel bike into garage, napolian ordered me out of the room to wait outside, door closed?

Wondered if I'd need a lawyer, after 15 minutes the "inspection" was complete. Didn't start the engine, couldn't have checked anything mechanical or blinkers/horn.

Only thing I figure is he had an optical devise to git behind the fairing/cables to check ID plate rivets with the chassis stamping.

So to this day I don't know what goes on in there except they must be checking for stolen bikes/parts? Removing any ID or changing rivets could be a problem unless you've got a common sense DMV in booming ND.

I did the same thing with the Porsche, when I needed to get it registered I had to show a certified proof of purchase, also had to have a Sheriff out to the house to inspect the car. Went into the DMV here in ND and gave them my inspection papers and my bill of sale did not have the VIN number on it, the guy I bought it from never put it on the sheet, anyways the lady behind the counter had an issue, talked to her manager and they had me wait also for about 30 minutes, finally I took her to a computer in the office and went to my restoration website and showed her what I had done with the car and on the site the VIN number was there and my name was on the site so she said "good enough for me", kind of funny really, so if you want to steal a car or bike, just make a restoration website up about the stolen vehicle and present it and there should be no issues? Bureaucracy.

I will have the original VIN plates in my possession of there are any issues, but we are not the first person to restore a vehicle and VIN plate blanks are readily available for any make and model of vintage car. I can see the concerns.

Thanks,
Shane

PS: It should be noted that the Sheriff was so enthralled with the car that I could have told him anything. The car has no bumpers, has no front license plate, it does have seat belts but I could have told him anything and he would have believed me because he knew nothing of this type of car. He had me put the blinkers on and push the horn and that was it. He said "You have done an amazing job on this car and who would I be to stop it from getting registered, good enough for me!" The Porsche cars have a VIN plate under the front spare tire under the hood, which I kept the original on the car, and there there is a plate in the drivers door and the case for the motor is in 3 pieces and 3ach piece has its own stamping, so in order to really figure out if a stolen car or a stolen motor, it would have taken a Stuttgart specialist to pull that one off.
 
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