For all you vintage Boxer Twin fans (NGC)

[JJ]

Seen on the Commons yesterday in Prescott, AZ - Cool bike!

[oldbike54]

 JJ , ya gotta give us more warning on stuff like this 

 Dusty

[Dharma Bum]

There's a bobber anyone would be proud to be seen on!

[chuck peterson]

Sorry, that's not allowed on old beemers....black, white pinstripes only

[rodekyll]

I wonder where that leading link fork came from?

Otherwise, well executed!  They guy had a unified idea and ran with it.

[oldbike54]

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

[Rotten Ralph]

Sorry, that's not allowed on old beemers....black, white pinstripes only

Nah! Dover white with black pinstripes.

[Rotten Ralph]

I think that is a beemer front end with a different coil over shock and all of the shrouds removed .

 Dusty

Agreed.

[oldbike54]

Agreed.

 Now that my eyes have adjusted , I do believe those are the stock coil overs minus the shrouds .

 Dusty

[Guzzistajohn]

Wow, pretty cool!

[rodekyll]

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?

[oldbike54]

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

[RayB]

It has too much of my least favorite color-chrome. Then again so does my EV...and its still a slash 2.

[rodekyll]

Yes, the diameter of the top section tubes.

[Rich A]

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

[oldbike54]

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

 

[rodekyll]

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.

[Cool Runnings]

500cc?

[oldbike54]

500cc?

 Or a 600 , that is around a 1950 model .

 Dusty

[Cool Runnings]

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! 

At the time I was on a CB450 all the way from Minnesota. 

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Yes, the diameter of the top section tubes.

The tubes are oval-sectioned, so how do you measure diameter? ;-)

[ITSec]

The tubes are oval-sectioned, so how do you measure diameter? ;-)

Width (long) + width (narrow) / 2 ?

[rodekyll]

Well, you find the center of the elipse, multiply by pi, carry the aught, and  . . . . nevermind.  I have no clue.   

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.   

[Fuzzy]

Or a 600 , that is around a 1950 model .

 Dusty

Aren't those the wrong forks for a '50?

[oldbike54]

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

[Fuzzy]

you learn something new every day. Sometimes 2 things, eh?

[oldbike54]

you learn something new every day. Sometimes 2 things, eh?

 Yeah , those 2 thing days are great in my book 

 Dusty

[n3303j]

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.

[fossil]

Seen in Hamburg.

[oldbike54]

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 

 Dusty