Yallow(!)

[toque]

So I'm well on my way to a 1983 r65 that I found for sale from a man that was kind enough to let me put money down(!)

I've ridden it once and man what a feel.. Can't wait to get it on the road in the summer after taking care of a rather soft rear brake and whatever else she will need!

Anyway, still in the research and acquisition stages..
 I'll be reading!

Cheers,
 Noah

[tvrla]

Welcome to the forum and R65 ownership!

How long till the new girl sleeps in your garage?

[montmil]

Hi, Noah. Glad to have you with us. Get that bike home and post up some photos. You know we love to see snaps of our forum member's bikes.

[toque]

here are the pitures I snapped when I first saw it on the side of the road, you can see my honda in the back! Should be with me by next month-

a few scratches, small dent, homemade seat, no racks, and the worst part: no tool kit!

still a bike though!

[montmil]

Pretty sweet looking ride, Noah.

Noticed the updated NGK plug caps and possibly plug wires. That's good. Even better, the side panels are there! These pricey bits have a bad habit of disappearing as you ride down the road. Sure, you can usually find them, but they'll likely be squashed flatter n' a fritter. Run a zip tie through the louvers and around a frame member. Not too tight. Cheap insurance.

With that bat-wing fairing, you'll be golden keeping your hands warm in frosty NH.

BTW, there's a download for the 81-84 R65 Owners Manual in the FAQs Section, page dos.

[nhmaf]

+1 for all that Monte said.

When springtime comes perhaps I can meet ya just down the road at Max's.

[toque]

Noticed the updated NGK plug caps and possibly plug wires. That's good. Even better, the side panels are there! These pricey bits have a bad habit of disappearing as you ride down the road. Sure, you can usually find them, but they'll likely be squashed flatter n' a fritter. Run a zip tie through the louvers and around a frame member. Not too tight. Cheap insurance.

that sounds like a great idea - cheap insurance indeed. I noticed that they were certainly losing their life-grip at the connection points.
 The plug cables and wires are indeed new, the carbs were cleaned and overall (aside from the rear brake) the bike sounded and ran beautifully.

With that bat-wing fairing, you'll be golden keeping your hands warm in frosty NH.

I do indeed look forward to the comfort from that beige fairing. A fairly risque color choice if you ask me(!)
 After a trip to montreal and a rainy trip back on the cm400t I became intrigued by the idea of  fairing, but for the summer months I'll most likely keep that wind in my face.

BTW, there's a download for the 81-84 R65 Owners Manual in the FAQs Section, page dos.

thanks for the heads up! I found an electrical diagram in another language somewhere... it's in the dedicated R65 folder on my desktop; the manual will be a welcomed addition!

[montmil]

Noah,

If it's too cold, wet, snowy, icy or when you have a touch of insomnia, start your Airhead edu-ma-cation on the Snowbum's site. Robert is one of several Airhead gurus and really knows his stuff. He's a bit wordy but the info is well worth the time invested.

http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/

Of course. there's plenty of help here, too. And if we don't know the answer, we'll certainly make up something that'll keep you chasing your tail.

Remain Calm - Carry On

[toque]

Well, it's been quite a while
  but she's here in the barn now(!)

 I paid off the majority quickly and then ended up flat broke for quite a while. Of course that gave me plenty of time to read up, watch up, and become completely enamored with airheads- especially the monolever g/s series headin into the 90's.

I found that the way snowbum writes and keeps his website is like kryptonite to my ability to focus.. So I found my fill in places like the adv airheads forum and airhead pages alike.  I'm sure his knowledge and info will prove just the thing when problems get specific-

I've also been catching up on films like On Any Sunday, Cycles South, crossing the line, girl on a motorcycle..
 the series Long way round - that was pretty delightful.

anyway for the next week the temperature doesn't look like its going to rise much past 35 degrees and she doesn't feel like starting. I feel perhaps the 'cold start' procedure in my case may involve a few space heaters surrounding the bike..

I've included a sound file of how she sounded trying to turn over-
 with a definite full charge on the battery, it was sounding a bit slow to me, but then again I have never actually started her up..

 The man I bought it from had it running when I picked it up but I didn't get to hear the bike start-
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2976699/bmw%20cold%20start.aif

getting closer!
cheers(!)

[suecanada]

Any luck at all you can meet Nhmaf at Max's. He's one nice gent!!
As to your comment about the softish rear brake... be forewarned that this may or may not improve. Ya gotta feel one that is as good as it gets...like try Nhmaf's. They are not overly strong like some other bikes...nothing to write home about. Won't get ya into trouble anyway...getting you outta trouble?? Hmmm....front brake is your friend there anyway. Both together are quite good just not up to modern day standards in my opinion.
The rear brake is very good at modulating on and off when doing those very slow tight U-turns though. It is predictable and not snatchy.

Have fun!!

[toque]

When springtime comes perhaps I can meet ya just down the road at Max's.

perhaps so nhmaf!
 shouldn't be too long now until she's all registered, inspected, and ready to go.. fingers crossed for the unforseen!

be forewarned that this may or may not improve.

and thank you suecanada-
 thats great to know and another thing I can put on the list of 'get used to', and off the 'worry' list!

heheh