The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: dogshome on December 22, 2019, 10:50:36 AM
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I bought this on a bit of a whim when I got the bike and umed and ahed about fitting it vs what it cost and sending back or re-selling it. Anyhow, it's on. I tested the forks by bouncing on them, but knew it was fine as I did not have to coerce anything. It just fitted.
Surprisingly it does make the front very solid and confidence inspiring. Went out in 10C, sunny day but it rained last night and the roads were greasy. White lines and those long thin streaky 'potholes' no problemo. Recommended :)
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So is that a factory fitted RS fairing on a R65
It looks good
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Cheers. Yes it is.
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Could you post a picture of the entire bike? Would love to see it.
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Piccy
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Beautiful bike!
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I bought my R65 like this one (same color) in 1984. It sat unused in the dealer showroom for two years (made in 1982) and at that time BMW offered an option to mount an RT fairing on these unsold R65.
Two main differences where the lack of the two gloves compartment between the fairing and the tank, and a plastic plaque at the lower triple tree clamp instead of the two rubber boots. (the brake lines where at the same R65 position of the others R65, and I bet modifying the routing to match the other RT bikes would have been too costly).
I removed the fairing to return to the naked bike for her 30th birthday in order to ease her old days a bit. At that occasion I discovered that the big red battery cable going to the starter motor from the battery was badly worn out by rubbing at the spacer under the tank holding the two big fairing parts to the frame. A local BMW guru told me it was the major cause for fire on these bikes...
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Wow that is beautiful. And also I will be checking the big red wire to the battery from the starter motor in the Spring. Thank you for the heads up!
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I bought my R65 like this one (same color) in 1984. It sat unused in the dealer showroom for two years (made in 1982) and at that time BMW offered an option to mount an RT fairing on these unsold R65.
Two main differences where the lack of the two gloves compartment between the fairing and the tank, and a plastic plaque at the lower triple tree clamp instead of the two rubber boots. (the brake lines where at the same R65 position of the others R65, and I bet modifying the routing to match the other RT bikes would have been too costly).
I removed the fairing to return to the naked bike for her 30th birthday in order to ease her old days a bit. At that occasion I discovered that the big red battery cable going to the starter motor from the battery was badly worn out by rubbing at the spacer under the tank holding the two big fairing parts to the frame. A local BMW guru told me it was the major cause for fire on these bikes...
Mine is supposed to have had the fairing fitted by the second owner 2 years after purchase. Same thing with no internals which is fine for this smaller bike.
I had the tank off to get the rust out and tided the wiring up where it had rubbed. The big wire looked fine on mine.
I've not been on an R100 etc, but it's a slippery slope with me. RD250 (ported and Microns etc)>RD400 (similar)>H2-750 (bent rev needle and very silly wheelies and burnouts). 650 'lawnmower' twin (equivalent of the 250) is fine in my 57th year :-)