Comments on: BMW R69S custom

By: Slim Chance

Slim Chance — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:05:00 +0000

Not much of note here other than the bolt ons. Cut the case to remove the filter assembly. Been done a 1000 times. Fairing and seat pretty common too. Magni style mufflers are sort of cool. Front brake is anemeic looking (and working). I’d have sourced a Fontana, Yamaha TZ drum or Grimeca. Smith-Harin (in Japan) make a nice 4LS brake too.
That is still a bone stock heavy as hell BMW /2 frame. I would have at least done a Zabrocky conversion.

Slim Chance

By: Tim Hanna

Tim Hanna — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:35:40 +0000

Must be another Tim Hanna. I didn’t make the comment above and have never owned a Beemer. Strictly Norton Commandos for me.
For what its worth though I love this thing. I have just written a book about a Kiwi rider called Kim Newcombe. He came second in the 73 500 GP championship – beating Ago. Anyway Kim was instrumental in promoting Koenig engines to the sidecar fraternity and Rolf Steinhausen used one to finally push BMW out of sidecar racing. That said in 73 the short stroke BMW 500 engine was still a race and world championship winner in sidecars. (and in 74)You can’t say BMW didn’t push the envelope. Well you could but you’d be pretty dumb.

By: Jon-Lars

Jon-Lars — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:17:05 +0000

Sorry, tim, that isn’t a toaster tank. It’s a plain old /6 big tank.

By: tim hanna

tim hanna — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:48:06 +0000

Love that toaster tank. I had the same tank with the hand-painted pinstriping on a 76 R90/6. Miss the old girl.

By: Duck

Duck — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:46:20 +0000

http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/vintage/vintagefairingshalf.htm

By: j

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:18:27 +0000

does anyone know a source for that front headlight fairing?

By: megola

megola — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:15:04 +0000

Yes, I have new bike production cost is 10% of selling price and the remaining 90% is for the glue to stick the emblems on.