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Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: Red_Hen on April 20, 2011, 09:26:41 PM

Title: BMW Emblems on CV Carbs for R65LS
Post by: Red_Hen on April 20, 2011, 09:26:41 PM

Have any of you purchased BMW emblems to affix to the top of your Bing CV Carbs?  If so where did you get them?

Title: Re: BMW Emblems on CV Carbs for R65LS
Post by: tvrla on April 21, 2011, 08:39:35 AM

You can always try a BMW car dealership if they can't find them for you at the bike dealer.

I prefer to clean the rust off the steel tops and paint them silver, so don't have experience with the roundels. I'm the kind of guy who would remove all the identifying badges and advertising - if they can't tell its a bmw, then they'll just have to ask.

Title: Re: BMW Emblems on CV Carbs for R65LS
Post by: montmil on April 21, 2011, 06:42:07 PM

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Have any of you purchased BMW emblems to affix to the top of your Bing CV Carbs?  If so where did you get them?

BMW dealerships used to offer a roundel sized for the Bing tops. Haven't seen any in a number of years. I have seen solid silver Mercury dimes affixed to the Bing tops. Shiny bit o' bling for those so inclined. 8-)

Monte

Title: Re: BMW Emblems on CV Carbs for R65LS
Post by: nhmaf on April 22, 2011, 08:28:14 PM

I've seen them sold at the BMWMOA rally and BMWRA rally - usually they are parts that were destined to be glued onto a key fob, I think.   Keep your eyes open.. may also want to scan ebay periodically.

Title: Re: BMW Emblems on CV Carbs for R65LS
Post by: Yikes on April 26, 2011, 09:56:11 PM

I just bought a 21mm emblem to cover the top of my now-epoxied-over gas cap key cylinder.  It is BMW  part# 51142308800 and is a tiny but very nice emblem properly used on cases and racks of later model K & R bikes.  (I love the Max BMW parts fiche.  Type in the part # and up comes every techincal drawing for every model the part is used on!)  I was pondering getting 3 to do the carb tops too,but at $7.63 each (before the Chicago 20% discount), I decided to settle for the one and go with the silver paint on the carbs.

Like most everything Airhead, Snowbum has a great technical article on emblems.  I took his advice and got a couple of 70mm tank badges that are actually automobile hubcap trim pieces.  They are nicer than the true tank badges and less than half the cost! [smiley=bmw_smiley.gif]

Title: Re: BMW Emblems on CV Carbs for R65LS
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on April 27, 2011, 03:36:29 PM

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(I love the Max BMW parts fiche.Type in the part # and up comes every techincal drawing for every model the part is used on!)

Yeah - but you have to have the part # first!

Title: Re: BMW Emblems on CV Carbs for R65LS
Post by: Red_Hen on April 27, 2011, 08:27:04 PM

Thanks - my lock had to be drilled out on my cap - the emblem sounds like a good idea - polishing & painting the CV tops also sounds like a good idea - or Monte's idea about mounting old silver dimes (if you can find them) on the tops.