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General Announcements / Re: Forum hosting renewal time
« Last post by Tony Smith on July 05, 2026, 06:26:03 PM »
You knowthat ifyou have exerised the option foor compact headers you don't see the donate button don't you?

Anyway, I have kicked the tin and hope ou meet the required amount.


Tony
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BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 / Re: Built a GPS speedo for my '85 R65
« Last post by georgesgiralt on July 05, 2026, 04:11:38 PM »
Hi !
My '82 R65 suffer too. the needle goes from 80 to 140 when riding at 100 km/h ! (and the speedo has been remade some time ago...)
So I bought a small bike GPS speedo : A Cyclpus unit  (https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005005481358115.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.4.4bb02a7fk4CqUx&aem_p4p_detail=2026070514090310034988815487240003706418&algo_pvid=b395f44f-f186-4356-9853-60ef36925200&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22order%22%3A%223940%22%2C%22spu_best_type%22%3A%22price%22%2C%22eval%22%3A%221%22%2C%22fromPage%22%3A%22search%22%7D&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A%7Cx_object_id%3A1005005481358115%7C_p_origin_prod%3A&search_p4p_id=2026070514090310034988815487240003706418_1&gatewayAdapt=glo2fra)
For now it does the job perfectly and gives me the time also ;-)
Have fun and a nice day !
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General Announcements / Re: Forum hosting renewal time
« Last post by Justin B. on July 05, 2026, 11:07:53 AM »
Tony - The yellowish "Donate" button at the top right of the page should do it.
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General Announcements / Re: Extra final drive
« Last post by Tony Smith on July 05, 2026, 01:29:33 AM »
Quote from: Justin B. on October 02, 2025, 07:58:54 PM
Good luck with it.  That's about the only thing I have not attempted

For what it is worth they are not difficult.

I avoided doing final drives for a long time until the R75  FD fittedto my 860 needed rehab. I was surprised at how straightforward they are.
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General Announcements / Re: Forum hosting renewal time
« Last post by Tony Smith on July 05, 2026, 01:24:49 AM »

Hi Justin

Have you got a PayPal address for contributions, if not where do I send a donation.

Very sorry to hear your riding days are drawing to a close.I need two new knees in order to continure riding adventure bikes, I am still OK on my R860 for the present, but both my RS and JPS are currently for sale, as is my GSA.

In the interim I have bought a little Chinese 250cc cafe racer to get around on. At least it has pushrods.



Tony
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BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 / Re: 1982 R65LS Rear Rack
« Last post by dostoy320 on July 04, 2026, 10:49:44 PM »
Quote from: donbmw on July 04, 2026, 02:59:12 PM
That is  a Reynolds rack. It is supposed to lift back to be able to open the seat.

Reynolds! Thank you.

It does fold back to clear the seat. I hate to hack up vintage components but I think it has to go...
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BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 / Re: how do i check final drive oil level? there are 3 openings.
« Last post by Kelvin on July 04, 2026, 07:14:32 PM »
I can see pictures and, yes, the bolt you've circled in the picture is the one that sets oil level.

Incidently, I find this method messy. I measure the oil quantity in a jug and pour the correct amount in.
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BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 / Re: LS exhaust pipe paint?
« Last post by Tiedie on July 04, 2026, 05:04:06 PM »
Do you have the OEM exhaust? It's supposed to be black chrome. Which in my understanding is a tint. re you seeing shiny chrome?
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BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 / Re: 1982 R65LS Rear Rack
« Last post by donbmw on July 04, 2026, 02:59:12 PM »
That is  a Reynolds rack. It is supposed to lift back to be able to open the seat.
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BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 / 1982 R65LS Rear Rack
« Last post by dostoy320 on July 04, 2026, 01:37:02 PM »
Hello,

I just purchased this R65LS and am really disliking the rear rack. To me it looks like something a farmer fab-ed up from scrap steel, and the seat tail is all marked up from previous owners forgetting to flip it up before attempting to open the seat.

I'm tempted to just cut it off and retain the portion that holds the racks for the Krauser bags. Does anyone know if it's of any value? I could of course remove it and fab up a new mount for the bags...
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