I picked up a new motorcycle project today.  I really didn't need another project - but I got this from a neighbor and it is a bike that I believe I will like!  It was last licensed and ridden in 2015.

1972 BMW R75/5 with 60,000 miles.  I got saddlebags, the stock seat and a king/queen style seat - along with the Corbin single seat.  I also got a pair of original leather staddlebags that are in poor shape, along with a set of fiberglass saddlebags.

It needs a bath, the fuel tank and carbs cleaned, and the tires have plenty of tread but are 20 years old.  The original paint is pretty nice with only a few minor cosmetic flaws...the paint at the rear of the tank has been worn away by the seat rubbing on the tank.  The exhaust system has no rust - it does have a few small dents.

MMRanch wrote on 03/24/24 at 19:25:55:


The bike being 52 years old has an advantage for me.  I can get vintage license plates and they don't expire or have to be renewed each year....and the yearly vehicle tax is very low.  Hopefully the insurance cost is low as well.

It appears the weather here is finally warming up and we are likely done with the overnight freezing temperatures.  I will be able to wash it this week - but any other work will have to wait until after the Texas trip.

Nice!  That should polish up like an old penny!  You NEED another project!

I'm bidding on this 2022 Royal Enfield Himalayan tomorrow.  Auction bike with salvage title.  I checked it out in person last week and the damage is the front end, but not the forks or triple tree, justs headlight, turn signals, instrumentation cluster, windscreen, mounts, etc.

We'll see if I can get it for the right price.  I've been wanting to play with and experience one of these bikes.

See what spring does !

Ruttly wrote on 03/25/24 at 08:06:31:


TRUE!!  It does something!!  

Ruttly wrote on 03/25/24 at 09:27:29:


LOL  

Hay Paul , did you get the winning bid ?

I've got one of those +20% cams in my 350 Meteor.   It really show's up in the upper end of the RPM range .    So I'm running the DNA air filter set-up , then through the +20% cam , then out the free flowing de-cat muffler.   The only thing left to do is put a bigger piston in it ... and there is a 410cc kit available but ... it's fine just like it is !    
This bike may be the very essences of Zen ?   Its just so easy , so much like a modern Savage with a 4 gal fuel tank    !   

As millions have discovered, the motorcycle is far more than technological fluff.  Tooling down the highway on a bike is nearly pure emotion, an elemental, bare-knuckled adrenaline rush. Like few other machines, the motorcycle can make you feel totally alive. The feelings evoked by the motorcycle are so vivid and so powerful, in fact, that it’s become a colossal icon of pop culture, symbolizing values associated with rebellion, power, seduction, high fashion, and escape. Pirsig was right on when he chose it as the embodiment of romantic fantasy.

From : Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance:
http://pages.erau.edu/~pratta/zenweb.htm

ohiomoto wrote on 03/25/24 at 17:27:26:

Yup , but it’s a good kind of contagious.