Doing some work on my new to my 79 R100T with S fairing. Minor stuff. Working clock, new footpeg rubbers, handgrips, brakes, fix sloppy shifter, thorough going over like I do any used bike. My first BMW. Digging around in an old bike is like discovering history. Sold as an S and I didn’t notice the T badge on the tail until I got it home. No big deal to me. Story is that it was purchased in Germany by a military member, converted to S and shipped home when he did. My research says a European market T has the smaller carbs and low compression pistons. US market bikes in 1979 (according to BMW brochure) all had the same engine. High compression pistons and 40mm carbs. My bike has 40mm carbs and a US 85mph speedo. I am putting new clutch and throttle cables on it. The right throttle cable part number cross references to an ECE spec T. Now I guess in 45 years someone could have just grabbed any old throttle cable in a shop and used it, so I am not sure that means much.
In case anyone in here has been stationed in Germany way back and bought a bike. How did this work? Buy a Euro spec bike and then have to change it over to EPA spec to import it? (Expensive) Or do military base adjacent bike shops sell American spec bikes to GI’s to bring home?
In case anyone in here has been stationed in Germany way back and bought a bike. How did this work? Buy a Euro spec bike and then have to change it over to EPA spec to import it? (Expensive) Or do military base adjacent bike shops sell American spec bikes to GI’s to bring home?
