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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: JJ on June 06, 2016, 08:46:49 AM
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Seen on the Commons yesterday in Prescott, AZ - Cool bike! :cool: :thumb:
(http://thumb.ibb.co/bFeAQa/IMG_5792.jpg) (http://ibb.co/bFeAQa)
(http://thumb.ibb.co/bFV6yv/IMG_5793.jpg) (http://ibb.co/bFV6yv)
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JJ , ya gotta give us more warning on stuff like this :shocked:
Dusty
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There's a bobber anyone would be proud to be seen on!
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Sorry, that's not allowed on old beemers....black, white pinstripes only
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I wonder where that leading link fork came from?
Otherwise, well executed! They guy had a unified idea and ran with it.
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I wonder where that leading link fork came from?
Otherwise, well executed! They guy had a unified idea and ran with it.
I think that is a beemer front end with a different coil over shock and all of the shrouds removed .
Dusty
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Sorry, that's not allowed on old beemers....black, white pinstripes only
Nah! Dover white with black pinstripes.
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I think that is a beemer front end with a different coil over shock and all of the shrouds removed .
Dusty
Agreed.
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Agreed.
Now that my eyes have adjusted , I do believe those are the stock coil overs minus the shrouds .
Dusty
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Wow, pretty cool!
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With all the chrome and the shrouds removed that fork is not recognizable. I'm assuming that's a /2? Anyone know the fork tube diameter?
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With all the chrome and the shrouds removed that fork is not recognizable. I'm assuming that's a /2? Anyone know the fork tube diameter?
David , are you referring to the top section of the trailing link ? Yes /2 .
Dusty
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It has too much of my least favorite color-chrome. Then again so does my EV...and its still a slash 2.
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Yes, the diameter of the top section tubes.
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Kinda cool, but it looks more like a show bike than a rider. The tank looks very small for one thing--I'd think the range is less than 100 mi. Also, even on a vintage bike I'd want some turn signals.
Rich A
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Yes, the diameter of the top section tubes.
Don't want to guess . A quick check with Bench Mark Works might tell something . The problem is that the BMW forks stick way out to the rear , not sure they will clear on a Tonti . BMW angled the front frame downtubes to get clearance . The Earle's design won't fit on later model beemers for this reason .
Dusty
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I was looking at that back angle on the frame and how closely it matched the angle of the fork. You are right -- probably too extreme for the tonti downtube.
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500cc?
(http://liberallifestyles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BM-8-500-cc-BMW-R51.3.jpg)
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500cc?
(http://liberallifestyles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BM-8-500-cc-BMW-R51.3.jpg)
Or a 600 , that is around a 1950 model .
Dusty
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Or a 600 , that is around a 1950 model .
Dusty
Met a guy riding one of those back in the mid 70's in Cali, he had 260,000 miles on it! :bow:
At the time I was on a CB450 all the way from Minnesota. :boozing:
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Yes, the diameter of the top section tubes.
The tubes are oval-sectioned, so how do you measure diameter? ;-)
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The tubes are oval-sectioned, so how do you measure diameter? ;-)
Width (long) + width (narrow) / 2 ?
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Well, you find the center of the elipse, multiply by pi, carry the aught, and . . . . nevermind. I have no clue. :shocked:
I didn't know they were ovoid. Good thing there's another reason they don't fit or I'd be looking ignorant right now. :angel:
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Or a 600 , that is around a 1950 model .
Dusty
Aren't those the wrong forks for a '50?
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Aren't those the wrong forks for a '50?
If you mean because they were tubes and not Earles , no the aren't the wrong forks . BMW only used the Earles design from 1955 until 1969 , and even then not on all models .
Dusty
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you learn something new every day. Sometimes 2 things, eh?
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you learn something new every day. Sometimes 2 things, eh?
Yeah , those 2 thing days are great in my book :laugh:
Dusty
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Someone took about $15,000 worth of R69 and turned it into $4000 worth of shiny & ugly bits. Looks like most of the bike is authentic. Proper headlight, tins and tank and a clean up and the builder could have bought about 10 running Hondas to carve into "art" from the proceeds.
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(http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w409/tromstaedt/WP_20160227_12_22_19_Pro_zpsxashftry.jpg) (http://s1074.photobucket.com/user/tromstaedt/media/WP_20160227_12_22_19_Pro_zpsxashftry.jpg.html)
Seen in Hamburg.
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Someone took about $15,000 worth of R69 and turned it into $4000 worth of shiny & ugly bits. Looks like most of the bike is authentic. Proper headlight, tins and tank and a clean up and the builder could have bought about 10 running Hondas to carve into "art" from the proceeds.
What makes you believe it was an R69 . If you are correct , the builder should be put in stocks :evil:
Dusty
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The valve covers and exhaust header nuts appear to be off an R69S. Hopefully, the bike was wrecked and rebuilt in this fashion...whatever that is.
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The valve covers and exhaust header nuts appear to be off an R69S. Hopefully, the bike was wrecked and rebuilt in this fashion...whatever that is.
Thanks , couldn't get past the other stuff to notice that . His or her bike , it's a free country , the owner can do as they please and all that , blah blah blah woof woof .
Dusty
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Thanks , couldn't get past the other stuff to notice that . His or her bike , it's a free country , the owner can do as they please and all that , blah blah blah woof woof .
Ha, it's funny that I've thought about the fact that one reason I won't sell my somewhat bastardized 1972 Kawasaki H2 is because I know the buyer would immediately put it back to stock to make it "more valuable" or "correct" or "collectable" (etc.) and every change I've made has been to make it handle better, go faster, or look the way I wanted it to look.
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Ha, it's funny that I've thought about the fact that one reason I won't sell my somewhat bastardized 1972 Kawasaki H2 because I know the buyer would immediately put it back to stock to make it "more valuable" or "correct" or "collectable" (etc.) and every change I've made has been to make it handle better, go faster, or look the way I wanted it to look.
"Handle better or go faster" , well sure , and I am not a stickler for "correct" , most of my old Triumphs back in the day had all of the superfluous bits removed . But ya gotta admit , some things are , well , not attractive .
Dusty
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500cc?
(http://liberallifestyles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BM-8-500-cc-BMW-R51.3.jpg)
Actually, given the choice between the two, I would choose this original beauty, hands down!! :cool: :thumb: