The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: wilcom on August 05, 2019, 07:20:33 AM
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Going to get a bike today (400 miles). Snagged it off Face Book. Sight unseen, so we'll see if it's a Prize.... or..... a Pig!,,,for a $1000US I had to take a shot at it...……… He said it needs a Battery and the Carb leaks...…….Does that might mean it will start and run? ( I didn't take the time to ask)
Wish me lucki
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Wilcom, looks pretty good and the price is right! Does the cat come with it?? ::)
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Does the cat come with it??
If the cat's included, he'll feel right at home here!
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I saw that, I was wondering if someone here would snag it. Not sure how you could go wrong at that price. I'll be curious to know how it ends up.
Glad it was you, good luck.
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Glad it was you, good luck.
Thanks BPT. His post was only 4 minutes old when I pounced. Figured at the worst I could part it out and get most of my seed back plus have a ton of spares left over. At best though, I wanted another bike so my sons could go riding with me. I'm going to cultivate a younger group of friends, my peer group have either hung up their leather jackets or died.
Never thought much about it, but sure enough, ya live long enough you can run out of friends
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Joe I am so glad you got that one. I saw the post almost as soon as it went up and it did idly cross my mind to buy it and then find somewhere to keep it while I organised shipping to Australia.
It would have worked too, around $AU1500 to ship from West Coast USA to East Coast Australia, say around another $500 to cover contingencies. Given that in the photo the bike looks like it is worth about $AU5k there was some headroom. Unfortunately by the time I got a quote on shipping it had gone. As I said, I am so glad it was to you.
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Unfortunately by the time I got a quote on shipping it had gone. As I said, I am so glad it was to you.
Tony, pictures can be very deceiving, but on the bright side, he thought enough of the bike to put a lock on the rotor.
I will be happy as a clam if I pull on the front brake and have good feel!!!
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Nice score Joe! I noticed the FB post as well, but not much good on the other side of the planet, but I did marvel at someone selling an LS at 1000 bux. And it even looks pretty tidy to boot!
I hope it scrubs up and checks out ok but it’s certainly a better starting point then where I was in February, that’s for sure and it’s even cheaper as well!
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Looking forward to see how you get it running. :)
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I will be happy as a clam if I pull on the front brake and have good feel!!!
I drove and collected the bike today. See obligatory picture below showing said bike setting next to my red LS
Wouldn't you just know it, the only thing I'm disappointed about is the front brake was locked up and had to crack the bleeders to get it to free up. Must be a self-fulfilling prophecy' ;D
It's the real deal. a honest to goodness R65LS built 12/1982 with a clean title. It's been idle for some time as the Road Rider tires are 8 years old and show as if new.
It has the tire pump in place, tool tray, the inner fairing trim pieces are still there and not broken, but the darn tabs are. Steel braided brake lines and a battery tender hook up. Looked like it lived a nice life somewhere before it set out in the weather this past year,
This fellow has never touched it, bought it to fix up and never did anything with it. He said when he bought it the fuel lines were leaking(pouring) but it did start and run.
The paint code on the fender was still intact. It started life as a Polaris white/silver bike. The history of why it is black has been lost.
I'll order some fuel line and a battery and see if I can get the engine to make noise next week, but for now after 850 mile bike collection in the last 23 hours, I'm going to find my cat and take a nap.
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The paint code on the fender was still intact. It started life as a Polaris white/silver bike. The history of why it is black has been lost.
Why it is Black...…………..I may have some insight as to why the bike was painted black. I wiped off the tank this morning and looked it over. There are NO signs that the tank has been repainted. The strips look "factory" and no blemishes what so ever, other than a few light scratches that 35 years have added.
Could very well of had something happen to the original tank, rust or dropped an anvil on it? When he snagged the new black tank( with two color pinstrips) He painted the rest of the bike to match the tank rather than spray such an obviously nice tank. Just a guess
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Was the LS only offered in silver and red? Your theory sounds plausible, since I guess any R65 tank would fit. I think the LS didn't come with pinstripes, correct?
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Was the LS only offered in silver and red? Your theory sounds plausible, since I guess any R65 tank would fit. I think the LS didn't come with pinstripes, correct?
The R65LS came in Henna Red and Polaris Metallic and no pin stripe. I'm not sure which years had the white wheels with Henna Red. I thought it was the introduction year that had white wheels but I have never found it in print
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You made a great deal, like you said, the parts are worth more than that .
A parts bike is a great advantage for trouble shooting .
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I got the first wave of parts ordered. Battery and fuel line from Amazon. The new seat cover is coming from Motobins. This is only my second time ordering anything from Motobins and I was duly impressed. about 5 clicks and 30 seconds and I had my LS seat cover ordered. Very efficient website !
While I was awaiting parts I decided to drain the fuel( year old I expect). Decided to try and charge the battery and discovered it was a genuine BMW Gel battery. It also had a genuine BMW air filter( the PO was no "Cheap Charlie")
With the tank off all the wiring looked as it should, all the lil ty wraps in place. Looked totally unmolested with hammer and tong.
The Carbs looked very clean and I suspect they had been off and cleaned not all that many miles ago. I took them off and squirted cleaner in all the ports and orifices, got squirts coming out all the right places. I was carful NOT to adjust any thing as I figured it was" running when parked". Pulled the plugs and cleaned them off, they were a little sooty. The battery had enough charge to roll the unplugged motor over until the oil light went off. So far so good.
You know I had to...….. I was too close not to see if the motor would make noise! hehe
I filled the bowls, as I had cut the old fuel lines. Gave it some choke and spun it over. Took the choke off and spun it again and it fired up and would idle before I turned it off. Yeee Hawww
Video of first start up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAYMXOwi3aE
Maybe tomorrow I will check the rest of the fluids and attack that front brake that was locked up when I put it on the trailer..
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Congrats, maybe you've really lucked out and gotten a runner needing not much more than having the dust blown off.
I've said it here on the forum several times - I'm always amazed at Motobins and how i can have something at my doorstep in 2-3 days after ordering, and that's with the basic FedEx service, nothing rushed.
I'd wish you good luck again on your new project but looks like you're already having it.
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Congratulations; what a great find!
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I've had to work the last couple of days so I wasn't able to play with the new toy. I did take a bonsai down the street and it doen't make any "bad noises" in the drive line, Shifts good and pretty tight sailing down the street with just rear brakes.
One carb refuses to have its idle adjusted, so there are crummies in the ckt somewhere and the dang front brakes will not flow fluid with the bleeders open. I unhooked the line to the caliper and it will not flow fluid there either. Looks like it's MC time...….ARRRGH.
I have more little parts coming in so won't get back after it for a day or two.
Will be taking a fishing trip tonight that leaves the harbor at 10PM and returns the next day at 7pm. Fish count said there are Tunas biting... wish me luck
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so won't get back after it for a day or two.
Will be taking a fishing trip tonight that leaves the harbor at 10PM and returns the next day at 7pm. Fish count said there are Tunas biting... wish me luck
The good news, the tuna were biting and I came home with three nice yellowfins that are now filleted and in the freezer.
The bad news, life sorta got in the way and my "getting back to it in a couple of days' has turned into a couple of months.
I blew out the passages in the carbies with cleaner and they still don't want to adjust properly. Starts instantly with choke and settles into a nice 1000rpm idle when warm but cannot effect much when dialing in the idle mixture screw, so something is still amiss.
I let the carbs go and attacked the front brakes, one of my least favorite jobs. There was no fluid flow with gravity or with pumping the lever. I shot some air in the calipers and I had clear lines all the way to the MC. Took off the MC and cleaned everything and reassembled. Works good now. The only thing I found wrong was a blockage(I think?) in that little pin hole in the MC. I stuck a wire through it and seemed like it might have been fouled, very hard to say for sure. Any way they work now and I won't lose any sleep over not knowing why. I did order a new 15mm master cylinder from Moto Bins that I'm not going to need. Any one need one? I ship faster than MB for our state side folks. Free shipping
Today I will warm it up and see what I can do about the idle adjustment.
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so won't get back after it for a day or two.
Will be taking a fishing trip tonight that leaves the harbor at 10PM and returns the next day at 7pm. Fish count said there are Tunas biting... wish me luck
Today I will warm it up and see what I can do about the idle adjustment.
Squirted out the idle passages in the carbs again. I might have used brake cleaner before, the cans are very similar.
This time after squirting out the idle passages I was able to effect some change in the idle. I adjusted the cables and warmed the bike up and was able to tune the carbs. It idles at 1000 with the throttle on the stops.
Took it out and blazed the local neighborhood. Front breaks stopped fine and no leaks(yet) still idling fine after complete warm up.
Bike shifted great, no off idle lag and did everything it was supposed to do. It's a very tight ride, no shakes or rattles. I'll take it on a better shake down run this afternoon. I'll make a movie and see if I can garner more interest in the immediate family. Sure would like to sell a few shares to offset my expense, but to date I have little to no feedback from the folks that were saying, "I wish I had a bike so I could go".
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but to date I have little to no feedback from the folks that were saying, "I wish I had a bike so I could go".
Still no takers so off to another home it goes.
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You may also want to give the coil a good look over - that is right in the season of the "crack-o-matic" coils period. Overall though, it looks like you got an excellent project to work on that will (hopefully) not take alot of $$ to make nice and reliable. Airheads seem to be happiest when they have a friend in the garage, too!