Buying advice for guy returning to BMWs - R75/6

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Pix, or it's all bs!

Porge, if you do eventually do the brake upgrade, the 13mm setup from the monolever models is the go. Best to get corroboration on that with the single disc setup. ebay.de is the place to look.

Grant's 78 RS has the same Ate brake setup as yours (twin disc though), with the same leakage issues. He said his brakes were surprisingly good, so you never know yer luck...

Keep an eye out for a NSW reg black R100/7 just before or over easter. That'll be Mal!
Cheers, Steve
Victoria, S.E.Oz.


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I'll post from home ;)
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And if you decide to take apart a switch unit, DO IT INSIDE A PLASTIC BAG!!!

We have been down this road more than once. :)
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Cheers Rob. Here's a pic. I hope.

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The paint isn't terrible. I reckon it'd polish up a treat. Must admit to having thoughts of black & pinstripes. The changeover is happening tomorrow morning, so with report more. I'll put the electrics back to basics, and will do some switch/contact cleaner work ASAP.
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It looks like you have some original R90S chrome fairing brackets under the top caps. Only black ones are currently available: Image
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These will be available ;)
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1978 Yamaha SR500
1982 Honda Z50R
2002 Honda CT110 Postie
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These will be available ;)
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Gold stripes can look very good on that green.
MS - out
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Porge wrote:These will be available ;)
Or, if you are into geeky frackles, you could mount the very expensive and hard to find clock and/or voltmeter (the clock sucks your battery dry and the voltmeter is not accurate [I think...] unless wired directly to the battery) to them, thus:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=62&fg=11

I think the instruments are easy to buy, but the pods are long gone.

You could even mount Ram mounts on one, for your GPSr, and your action camera on the other! :ugeek:
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