Please help! 1984 R65 VIN number question

[Tony Smith]

I'm not making this up.  Keep your registration current.  Didn't intend to hi-jack the thread.

Mike I didn't think for an instant that you were. i have a very simple policy when dealing with Gummnit Idjits (incorrectly known as "public servants" in some misguided jurisdictions), that policy is :- I'm right, you are wrong and sooner or later you are going to do what I tell you to do, would you prefer to do that with or without a metaphorical beating"?

Closely followed (if necessary) by my favourite tactic of insulting them until they apologize.

Unsurprisingly, as I get older and the number of Gummnit Idjits I have been forced to deal with grows, I have less and less trouble with them.

[donbmw]

http://bmwmotorcycletech.info

Here is the link to Snoebums web site. Go all the way down and click on tech articles, then one of the first ones I about stuck fuel caps.

Don

[wilcom]

Also interesting is the absence of an LED in the Tacho which indicates a later replacement.  

I don't think my speedo is calibrated to 180 either.......hmmmmmmmm

[DeeSupertramp]

Thanks for the advice, I absolutely did not know that about the fuel tap. I'm afraid it has been like this....for quite a while now.

It looks like it could be a Frankenstein R65, taking a bit of different year model! Wish I did my homework before buying, but was too excited!  

[Tony Smith]

Thanks for the advice, I absolutely did not know that about the fuel tap. I'm afraid it has been like this....for quite a while now.

It looks like it could be a Frankenstein R65, taking a bit of different year model! Wish I did my homework before buying, but was too excited!  

Don't worry about it is my advice. There are very, very few pristine, all original r65s on the planet, the beauty of long model runs such as the old airheads is that parts remain available.

Let's get your ride registered and then let's worry about the fine details. You buy an old airhead as a hobby and they can be a very rewarding one.

So lets deal with the Gummnit Idjits that are your current problem and move on from there.

[montmil]

Wise council from 'ol Tony.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[Tony Smith]

I don't think my speedo is calibrated to 180 either.......hmmmmmmmm

KP/H - I wish I had a kph speedo, when I went looking for one all I could fund was a Reagan era 80mph speedo with the over-sized 55mph marking. I am gettign a bit sick of doing constant mental mathematics to calculate time and distance, it interferes with listening to 70s rock on Pandora.

[Tony Smith]

Dee have you got an outcome yet?