Hi all,
First off, thanks for all the advice you all have already offered; this will be my first attempt at a rebuild and I have no real familiarity with these older BMWs, so your collective wisdom and advice are very much appreciated.
I've done a good amount of research on this model and year, but some things are raising questions for me. First off, the gas tank seems larger and has a map box in the top of it that I'm not seeing as it having been an option. I have seen this tank in photos elsewhere, but I haven't seen a lot of them. Can someone tell me more about these tanks.
Second, this bike has no turn signals on it. Doesn't appear that there were ever any in the bar ends and there's no switch, though on the brake lever there appears to be a place to mount one. Did this bike typically not come with turn signals?
Finally, someone somewhere along the line added an odd ignition cylinder to the headlight bucket. I opened the headlight bucket and it wasn't wired to anything; wiring appears to be correct based on what I see in the Chilton's manual that I have (I'm awaiting the Barrington Motor Works manual). I'm betting I won't have a whole lot of luck finding a reasonably priced headlight bucket, so any thoughts on how to deal with the hole? I'm not looking to make this a show bike, so my first thought was to just put the cylinder back in and leave it, but I'm open to suggestions.
Here's the bike, sans the sport saddle that was reupholstered in brown leather that has long since given up the ghost, and the headlight bucket:
First off, thanks for all the advice you all have already offered; this will be my first attempt at a rebuild and I have no real familiarity with these older BMWs, so your collective wisdom and advice are very much appreciated.
I've done a good amount of research on this model and year, but some things are raising questions for me. First off, the gas tank seems larger and has a map box in the top of it that I'm not seeing as it having been an option. I have seen this tank in photos elsewhere, but I haven't seen a lot of them. Can someone tell me more about these tanks.
Second, this bike has no turn signals on it. Doesn't appear that there were ever any in the bar ends and there's no switch, though on the brake lever there appears to be a place to mount one. Did this bike typically not come with turn signals?
Finally, someone somewhere along the line added an odd ignition cylinder to the headlight bucket. I opened the headlight bucket and it wasn't wired to anything; wiring appears to be correct based on what I see in the Chilton's manual that I have (I'm awaiting the Barrington Motor Works manual). I'm betting I won't have a whole lot of luck finding a reasonably priced headlight bucket, so any thoughts on how to deal with the hole? I'm not looking to make this a show bike, so my first thought was to just put the cylinder back in and leave it, but I'm open to suggestions.
Here's the bike, sans the sport saddle that was reupholstered in brown leather that has long since given up the ghost, and the headlight bucket: