The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => Restoration Progress Logs => Topic started by: Julio A. on August 28, 2013, 06:24:19 AM
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The parts I ordered from motobins finally arrived. I wasted no time tearing the bike apart to finally give my bike a much needed overhaul.
Pictures are arranged chronologically.
Bike all torn down:
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Picture of the generator before removal:
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I initially planned to replace the cam chain and sprocket, But these ones are still good without any significant sign of wear.
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Closeup of the piston halfway done with decarbonizing. I installed a fresh new set of piston rings.
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Picture of the new SS pushrod tubes:
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Engine all closed up, cleaned, and given a fresh coat of paint.
I had the cylinders painted black with heat resistant paint ala R90S.
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Besides that, I also had the valves lapped and intake tract polished.
I also installed venhill clutch cables with the correct length. Wow! I never thought that a clutch properly set would be so smooth on this bike!
Funny thing though, I had all the jets, needles, pins, gaskets, etc... replaced with new ones on both carbs. While I was digging into the carbs, one side had a 135 main jet on it while the other had a 148 main jet.... Well, that explains the rough idling. :P
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I had the saddle bag holders chromed as well as the side stand, rear brake lever and rear brake rod.
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I searched for a better and modern color that I feel suits the R65 better, yet does not scream modified. I ended up with sapphire blue.
I had the generator cover painted for the heck of it.
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I had a nearby graphics shop replicate the original R65 decals for me.
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While I was looking at pictures of different airheads, I though why the larger airheads had a badge of their model at their rear seat cowl but the R65 does not. I took cues from a K100 and called the guy that was making my decals. It ended up like this.
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I'm just waiting for the roundels to come through the mail and its complete.
Still deciding whether to have it pinstriped.
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Lovely Job Julio.... White pinstripe will look good IMHO
Lou
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Lovely Job Julio.... White pinstripe will look good IMHO
Lou
Silver, Lou. Much more subtle. The ladies will love it.
I have silver stripes on my metallic blue '83 R65 that's on loan to Soldier Son. Zach says the wimmens like it... The stripes or him, he doesn't say.;D
Fantastic job, Julio!
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Nice looking bike! I like the color choice. I'm curious about the kickstarter. I didn't know R65's had kick start! Was it an option? Only certain years?
David
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Julio
Do you happen to know if the kickstarter was ordered as an option by the original owner, fitted later or the happy result of an R80GS gearbox being swapped in?
Either which way I am envious, the kickstart on my R100 has got me out of trouble more than once.
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That is a very beautiful job, Julio! Alot of dedication and attention to detail in this - you should be very proud!
I think I agree with the other guys - if you pinstripe it, I think that a silver stripe might look better. But even if you don't, it still looks great and virtually brand new!
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Thanks for the compliments guys, it made all that work well worth it!
I honestly don't know when or where that kickstarter was put on my R65. But I searched the engraved part number and it came out as an R65 specific part.
I looked at the file and history of the R65 at the Government Registry, and it stated that I am the third owner of this bike. The person(2nd owner) from who my dad bought it from has completely no idea about the bike other than it is an inherited BMW R65.
Most vehicles meant for the Philippine market are US spec, Entering the VIN on real OEM showed it was a euro market model. To add to the mystery, BMW only started selling motorcycles back in 1998 in the Philippines. This made Airheads very rare here except for the R69S which were once used by the Highway Patrol in numbers. Most existing Airheads were privately imported "grey market" units. I could just infer that someone way back in time really invested in it with all the goodies(cockpit cover, kickstarter, crash bars and koni shocks) included.
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With the rainy season now gone and the hectic college semester over, I finally had time to have the R65 striped. I went with silver. As per Monte's suggestion. Actually, I asked a lot of people, all the girls said silver. Haha
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The painted parts are now off to the paint center for finishing and polish before the final top coat is applied.
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Nobody like a smart ass!
No, seriously, well done!
Rev light
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Bellissimo!
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What a great job, your bike looks stunning. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Julio, what a great job on your bike. You will feel great riding it after all your work. I was interested in your history of your bike and BMW's in the Philippines. Maybe someday you will find out more about it's original owner. I'm also the third owner of my 1983 LS, although I don't know the original owners name, I know which dealer originally sold it here in Maine. That dealership is no longer in business, so I can't track that person down through them. Anyway great Job! Dave 2
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Nice Jon Julio,
She looks a real picture
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Nice looking bike! I like the color choice. I'm curious about the kickstarter. I didn't know R65's had kick start! Was it an option? Only certain years?
David
That's a good point they are rarer on R65,s but not unheard of they must have been an add on as the electric start was standard as far as I am aware but why add weight to the bike ? given the iffy stand I don't think a side operating kick is a good idea.
Lou
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It has been about 2 months since my accident with the R65, and I spent all that downtime working on my bike (even when the wounds were still fresh). All my injuries have healed, and the bike is rebuilt and better than ever. Feels great to be back on a bike.
The only regret I have is that I was not able to salvage the original fairing. I really liked that fairing.
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Happy to hear that you and the bike are back in service. Take care, Julio.
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Great news mate - lovely looking bike well done .... :)
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Keep it safe Julio and enjoy that wonderful bike!
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I found a local muffler shop willing to experiment with the pipes. A day trip around the Sierra Madre mountain range was "recommended" to test them out.
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Looking good.....
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Those muffs look like Norton Peashooters repops that I installed on both my R65s.. Did you have them custom built? I'm sure they "sing" well.
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Yup, they're supposed to like like peashooters. I printed out tons of pictures on the web and showed it to the fabricators. Since they were only used to making mufflers for mopeds, they were really motivated to do it just for the sake of challenge. It's made out of Stainless steel, so I should have no problems with corrosion in the long run. The Mufflers themselves are glasspacked, but the cones are easily removable and the packing replaced.
Funny thing though, the peashooters are more quieter than my old clones, but they have this really low, throaty sound which sounds pretty nice as the RPM's go up.
What's really nice is how much it costed me. The guys who made them asked for 4000 pesos. That's around $85 in the U.S. ;D
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I was really bored for the past two months. I saw a monza gas cap adapter in the internet and decided to make one. A couple of hours on solidworks and in my school's cnc machine yielded this:
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Its made from aluminium. and the Monza cap I used just came from ebay. Haha
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I wasn't really doing anything lately, so I took a 8x8 fiberglass board, a tub of body filler, a roll of sandpaper and paint leftover from the bike's respray.
I turned some extended nuts on a lathe to create a custom mount. It's not perfect, but it kinda looked ok to me for a DIY project.
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Oh, and I had it pinstriped again. White instead of silver this time. The white pinstripe paint was waaay brighter than the silver.
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I made a Fork brace. I had tried to incorporate the original front fender, hence the asymmetrical bolt pattern.
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Rockers Thrust Bearing Mods from Motoren Israel installed.
Very simple mod to do. End play was reduced to simple oil film movement by a combination of shimming and the "squeeze" method.
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I installed a P4 30/34 caliper with the 65mm mounts I found used on ebay. Modern performance, for less than $100
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Did you fab the caliper bracket? Looks trick!
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It's caliper bracket for old Ducati's and Moto Guzzi's.
Since the R65 has an F08 compatible caliper, I assumed they'd bolt right up. And, they did!
The Caliper is a Brembo P4. What's nice is that there's an available adapter for both the 40 and 65mm variant. And the P4's come in either a 4 pot 34mm or a 4 pot 30/34mm. I just bought the cheapest 2nd hand caliper available on ebay at that time.
Ed Milich from Guzzi Power sells the adapters.
http://www.guzzipower.com/store/Brakeadapt.html
http://www.guzzipower.com/store/Brakeadapt65.html
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Slick!
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Installed a Domino starter and engine kill switch, Tommaselli Super Practic B Throttle, and a Radial Master cylinder by Braking Italy.
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