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To avoid this damage, always store a bike with the pistons at TDC. They usually come to rest part way down and the damage is above the piston top ring. They breath moisture due to heating and cooling while in storage and it combines with the carbon on the piston crown. Then it falls off and that wat...

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I am down to very little BMW stuff left over. I also have a wheel balancer listed.

Just learn to mount and balance your own tires. It really isn't an easy job, but I bet that they don't even know how to do it correctly, few dealerships do.

Buy the Marc Parnes balancer. There is one on eBay now.

Darryl Richman will post it on two websites for the public to see and use. Thanks all.

I used to own an owner's manual for the M2B15 BMW engine that, of course, was in German. It was just like new with vibrant colors and perfect pages. This is the engine that was sold to several motorcycle manufacturers like Victoria and others. Instead of sideways like our boxer, it was fore and aft....

This should be a lesson to all airhead owners. If you rely on your bike, have a good, tested, spare transmission sitting on the shelf. You WILL need it.

Hi Kurt, Thanks for answering. I did make it start today. And adjusted the timing with my Strobe light - with high revs and the F mark in center. So far so good. But only when both idle-screws are turned all the way in - I can make it idle. And in addition. The exhaust smoke is black. I've rechecke...

The clutch splines on the /2 were never lubed and didn't need it. The teeth were very large and if the transmission was centered, they didn't wear. Many people didn't center the transmission, so they would wear as a result. The advent of the /5 with the very thin teeth required some lube to greatly ...

dougie, +1. Don't even think of lubing the splines without cleaning them very well first. Adding lube to dirty splines is just adding to the grinding paste. As the splines wear down, where do you think those very tiny metal particles go? If you don't have a history on spline lube, do it now, don't w...

I also suggest that you learn to ride without a clutch. It is fairly easy and with a bit of practice, it works just fine. I once broke a clutch cable on a Honda and didn't have time to stop at the dealer to get one. I rode it back and forth to school for a day with no clutch cable. Riding a BMW with...