Boys and girls, I'm new...

[Darwin_R65]

Hey Whiskey,
welcome to the world of R65's

I'm in Darwin, so I'm used to ordering parts via mail.
In Australia I have found Munich Motorcycles in Perth are great for new/aftermarket parts and advice. Discount motorcycle wreckers in Melbourne good for secondhand parts.
Ebay is my other source.
Motorworks in UK often offer parts cheaper than the stores in Oz. And they are fairly quick.

John

[Darwin_R65]

Lou, I see your bike originally came with whitewall tyres

[dav]

- The exhaust equalizer pipe (I suppose that's what it is... pipe linking the two exhausts) turned out to be a rolled up bit of roofing iron fastened with hose clamps.

Right there is the perfect example of Aussie ingenuity [smiley=thumbsup.gif].

Mate, CANT wait to see the pics of your new steed

[tomtit]

Hi Whiskey and welcome, I've bought some parts from Munich motorcycles and have to say they have excellent service and very fast postage and of course Ebay with the dollar being so good it can work out cheaper.
Good luck with the resto.

[Whiskey]

Well, it's taken a while, but here it is. I can't seem to figure out how to post pictures, so in the meantime I've posted direct links to the pics on my facebook page. Let us know if you can't view them and I'll up them a different way. :-)

As you can see, it's all a little worse for wear. The engine covers aren't shown in the photos because I'd already removed them and couldn't be bothered to put them back on for the photos. What do y'all think?


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[Barry]

I can't seem to figure out how to post pictures

Click on the picture icon (Top row 3rd in from the left). It will say "Insert image" when you hover over it. This will put some img/img code in your message as shown below

Then click the 1st browse button and navigate to the location of the picture on your PC and click open.

This will put the path to your picture in the Attach 1 box as shown.

If you have a camera with a 10 trillion mega pixel resolution as most are these days you will need to resize the image first so that it will display at a sensible size and also to bring the file size down so that it doesn't fill up the server that hosts this forum.. 640 x 480 pixels is a good size to try and 800 x 600 is probably the max. Most image editing software will do this for you or plenty of free software available like paint.net or picasa.

Give it a try in the Test Zoneand don't worry if it doesn't work first time you can always go back and edit the message. You can even change the picture or resize it if you wish.

[dav]

Mate, looks real good for the price [smiley=thumbsup.gif].

So whats your plan for it, full rebuild or tidy up & a runner for rego etc..

You are gonna have alot of fun tinkering with your R65 (in a good way).

Keep us informed about your progress mate

[Whiskey]

Bingo, thanks Barry.

Still linked from Facebook, if that's blocked wherever you are I'll upload them to imageshack.

[Whiskey]

Mate, looks real good for the price [smiley=thumbsup.gif].

So whats your plan for it, full rebuild or tidy up & a runner for rego etc..

Tidy up and runner for starters, but I'd like to return it to mint condition eventually. I don't have money to pour straight into aesthetics, so I'm going to do that gradually. Not concerned with keeping it at all stock, either, my vision is to turn it into a modern and reliable touring motorcycle with a sort of retro-chic styling. Although, I suppose that's exactly what the R65 was/is in the first place, haha.

I saw an absolutely MINT R100 around the corner from my house a few days ago, it was so god damn beautiful I nearly cried. Really inspired me. Can't wait to get started... although finding the gumption is proving problematic. Have been searching for 'free' copies of Clymer and Haynes manuals for it to no avail (should I admit that? haha), but next paycheque I'll go ahead and just buy them I think. I suppose the first step will be pulling out that starter motor and seeing if it can be salvaged, and recoating the interior of the tank. I've got a long road ahead of me and I've already put it off way too long.

Speaking of starter motor refurbishment, that link in the FAQ section seems to be dead, do you folks know where I might find that info again?