Hello- I am a first time poster and a several years' forum 'observer.' I and my R75/7 have greatly benefitted from the many years of knowledge wrapped up in the Airhead Forum. I know I should suffer great abuse for lurking so long in the dark and I think I can weather the slings and arrows, hopefully.
What brings me here is a problem that I encountered last summer on my now 43 year old BMW (mine since 2000 AD) is the simultaneous departure of both of my R75/7 engine identification plates. One was lost to the road, the other clung by a thread of ancient glue to the engine. Of course, I didn't notice the absence of either plate until I began the cleaning process the following day. After retracing my route on many days following and searching the internet many late hours at night, I realized I would never find my missing plate. I gave up my search and contacted a local sign maker who did a credible job of recreating the look, but in a very thin 2 dimensional manner. I was set except for deciding on a glue that would be sufficient to hold the plate on my engine.
So, at this point, a year after my loss, I have a question to ask of the collective forum and also a bit of possibly good news to offer forum members that may have lost their ID plates.
My question- what adhesive/glue would be best suited to holding a hot/cold metal surface that is sometimes subjected to bouts of shaking? I do live in South Dakota, where it sometimes gets warm, mostly gets cold.
My good news is that while searching ebay for another R75 part, I found the exact plate that I needed. The description stated it was newly made. I hesitated at the word 'new,' thinking that meant inferior, not quite the same as original. It looked great in the pictures, but so many things do. After a brief moment's pause, I said yes and ordered.
The plate came in the mail today, rather quickly, and I opened the envelope to find the plate a solid reproduction of my remaining original. Even the production numbers were there underneath the slots for fitment to the engine. It could only have been more perfect if it had the same nicks and scrapes that my original plate had. After looking it over carefully, I am beginning to doubt it's a reproduction. But where could any originals be found in mint shape after 43 years. I did a check for other models' plates and did find more than the R75/7 plate. If anyone would like info on such an item, I would be more than willing to forward the info. I will say that I know nothing about the vendor other than the quality of the product I received.
So, what adhesive would you use?
What brings me here is a problem that I encountered last summer on my now 43 year old BMW (mine since 2000 AD) is the simultaneous departure of both of my R75/7 engine identification plates. One was lost to the road, the other clung by a thread of ancient glue to the engine. Of course, I didn't notice the absence of either plate until I began the cleaning process the following day. After retracing my route on many days following and searching the internet many late hours at night, I realized I would never find my missing plate. I gave up my search and contacted a local sign maker who did a credible job of recreating the look, but in a very thin 2 dimensional manner. I was set except for deciding on a glue that would be sufficient to hold the plate on my engine.
So, at this point, a year after my loss, I have a question to ask of the collective forum and also a bit of possibly good news to offer forum members that may have lost their ID plates.
My question- what adhesive/glue would be best suited to holding a hot/cold metal surface that is sometimes subjected to bouts of shaking? I do live in South Dakota, where it sometimes gets warm, mostly gets cold.
My good news is that while searching ebay for another R75 part, I found the exact plate that I needed. The description stated it was newly made. I hesitated at the word 'new,' thinking that meant inferior, not quite the same as original. It looked great in the pictures, but so many things do. After a brief moment's pause, I said yes and ordered.
The plate came in the mail today, rather quickly, and I opened the envelope to find the plate a solid reproduction of my remaining original. Even the production numbers were there underneath the slots for fitment to the engine. It could only have been more perfect if it had the same nicks and scrapes that my original plate had. After looking it over carefully, I am beginning to doubt it's a reproduction. But where could any originals be found in mint shape after 43 years. I did a check for other models' plates and did find more than the R75/7 plate. If anyone would like info on such an item, I would be more than willing to forward the info. I will say that I know nothing about the vendor other than the quality of the product I received.
So, what adhesive would you use?
I always thought the R75/7 would be neat bike to have...a "one year" model!
