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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	BMW R12 03/28/13 at 04:40:10 Man I've always loved the looks of these bikes and have never seen one for sale before.......do you think the wife would kill me? http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/bmw/r12/1508202.html
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Blinky-FSO Serious Thumper Offline Three Eyes Are Better Than Two Posts: 528 Kentucky Gender:	Re: BMW R12 Reply #1 - 03/28/13 at 05:13:46 .......do you think the wife would kill me? Kill? I doubt it but you might have a pronounced limp for awhile. Good hunting
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RidgeRunner13 Serious Thumper Offline haulin' the groceries! Posts: 649 Mustang Island, Texas Gender:	Re: BMW R12 Reply #2 - 03/28/13 at 06:35:17 It's gonna need a little work to look like this 500 miles since total restoration 1951. The guy I boughht my Solo automatic dog door from had this in his garage, along with a 2006. Sweeeeet!!
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28668 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: BMW R12 Reply #3 - 03/28/13 at 09:53:24 I always loved the look of that exposed frame with the fueltank inset... ... and BMW really knew how to use pin-striping... ...
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: BMW R12 Reply #4 - 03/28/13 at 10:25:16 Toesnose, if you like it and it's more or less within budget, buy it enjoy it, and don't worry about what others think. You are only on the planet once.
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v-pilot Senior Member Offline Loud bikes rule! Posts: 257 Rexford NY Gender:	Re: BMW R12 Reply #5 - 03/28/13 at 17:05:26 Serowbot wrote on 03/28/13 at 09:53:24: I always loved the look of that exposed frame with the fueltank inset... ... and BMW really knew how to use pin-striping... ... Yeah...and that was all done by hand! My '73 R75/5 was hand striped. I miss it :'(
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Re: BMW R12
Reply #6 - 03/28/13 at 17:17:16

Boy oh boy, does that restored plunger frame bring back memories... of sliding down the road on the front half of the chassis after the driveshaft and transmission grenaded. Grin

I should have done some more work to it before I rode it. It had sat from 1961 until 1992, rotting away under a tarp in some old coots chicken shed.

The pic of the 1941 R12 did inspire me to go pull the ancient boxer twin engine out of the creek today. No idea what it is, has a combination generator/plunger operated electric starter, Tillotson 1bbl down draft carburetor, car type flywheel, transmission bolts on like an old top loader (have not found the trans yet)... and it has strange manifolds, BMW are 1 into 1, this one has 2 into 1 intake and exhaust. Only identifier is an L inside a shield on the cast iron fuel pump drive housing...

Toes, come get it and make yourself a 1/2 scale R series... Wink

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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: BMW R12 Reply #7 - 03/28/13 at 20:18:08 WD, are there any numbers on the Tillotson?
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Face Full Member Offline Tubes Rule !!! Posts: 150 SL,UT Gender:	Re: BMW R12 Reply #8 - 03/28/13 at 20:33:04 ToesNose wrote on 03/28/13 at 04:40:10: .......do you think the wife would kill me? If she did......at least you'd be riding out on an R12! That thing is gorgeous, man. I say go for it!
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Re: BMW R12
Reply #9 - 03/28/13 at 21:44:06

The one for sale ain't that pretty. It needs resto. And it ain't cheap!!

The real pretty one in front of the garage door? Well after telling us all that went into the restoration & finding & getting shipped those parts from all over the world.......I don't have the $$$$ or patience to do a correct resto...

When I asked how much it cost him his only answer was "a lot". Looking at his house & vehicles & the fact that I was buying a $500 pet door from him for $250, that could easily have meant $50k.
That simple black paint job w/stripes was almost $2k. That one is show qaulity & runs perfect! And the owner rides it! It was real sweeeeeet! Cool

IT'S ALSO NSF!!!! Sad

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Reply #10 - 03/29/13 at 06:51:44

jcstokes wrote on 03/28/13 at 20:18:08:

WD, are there any numbers on the Tillotson?

Don't know. The engine hasn't been cleaned off enough yet to look for any numbers, the only clean ares are the fuel pump and the face of the carb. It's on a section of hollow log for a good pressure cleaning.

Early BMW style manifolds, has a distributor with rotor still in it, Harley XA style head bolt pattern and finning. Can't find anything similar in mc, tractor, aviation or even micro-car uses so far.

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Re: BMW R12
Reply #11 - 03/31/13 at 08:35:43

Hey WD thanks for the offer!! If I was closer I'd take you up on that Wink

Well I sat down with my buddy John who does serious auto & bike restorations after he contacted the seller in Maine, after going over everything that the bike needs (which is everything pretty much LOL) It just doesn't seem like a viable restoration project. It's such a great piece of bike history that I wouldn't want to just make it "ridable" it's the type of bike that deserves to be brought back to it's former glory or displayed "as is" where people can see it and appreciate it.

Maybe I'll just find a nice Royal Enfield to restore Roll Eyes

Oh and here's one of John's current projects Cheesy

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: BMW R12 Reply #12 - 03/31/13 at 14:02:38 That's supposed to have knee lever friction shocks. Not F1 style mounts and tube shocks... 48-53 Merc or Ford block? 27ish T body since I don't the the extra lines for a 28-31 A... ?
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