The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: mandosi on April 28, 2007, 12:01:50 PM
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I'm looking for an original owners manual for my 81 R65 but can't seem to find anything. Can anyone direct me to a source? Also trying to find color schemes for that year. My is Green/Blue...I'm thinking of a color change this winter to black. Any help for this newbie is appreciated. [smiley=1drink.gif]
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Howdy. Some color scheme (and lots more) info can be found here, http://www.bmbikes.co.uk/information.htm , although the '81 R65 seems to be lacking. Your '81 blue/green must be like this, http://www.geocities.com/eljefespeaks/8_27_06b.jpg , which is a bike belonging to another member, Clutch: see the "Looking for another color" thread, also here in Technical. Lots of ideas for a change, too.
Owner's Manuals pop up on Ebay, http://www.ibmwr.org/market/ , etc, and we'll help keep our eyes out for one for you.
Again, welcome to the club!
Gone scootin', trying out the new bike computer... ;)
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I got my owner's manual from my local dealer. I don't know how it differs from a 26 year old one except it's not old. :-) Make sure they don't sell you one that covers R100s and the other bikes, as that one is for the later R65s that share a frame with the rest of the line. The correct book for you only covers R65s and R45s. They're a bit over 20 bucks if I remember right.
Good luck,
Ed
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As far as your paint is concerned, since you are changing the color just paint it whatever color you like. If it's not going to be a trailer queen to be dragged to concours type shows it really doesn't matter...
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available from any dealer - special order. 01 41 9 798 291 1979-84 R65 $22.95 (from Capital Cycle (http://www.capitalcycle.com/body_html/catalog.html)).