Does anyone recognize this bushing?

[DaveBBR]

I was putting my front end back together after replacing the steering bearings. Fitting the throttle assembly back onto the handlebars and this thing seemed to fly out of the area. I don't recognize it and I didn't take any of the cables out off the handlebars.

Any help appreciated. I am not even sure it came off of the bike, but I think so.

Thanks

Dave

[ME 109]

Is it the same diametre as the handle bars?

[DaveBBR]

1/2"

[lrz]

Cluster bracket mount?

[DaveBBR]

Is there a bushing in there? The bike is a 75/6 and the cluster is off and sitting on a shelf.

[Kurt in S.A.]

What is it made of? Is it heavy, like lead? If it's lead, do you suppose it has to do with masking bar vibrations, something like a "bar snake"? I've never heard of round bushings like this, though.

Kurt in S.A.

[George Ryals]

http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/ ... d=03192010

Go to diagram 31_0302 Front Suspension.

The bushing is #6 on this diagram. It goes inside the rubber isolation bushing in the instrument mounting bracket. There are 2, one on the right and one on the left.

[Kurt in S.A.]

Wouldn't the bushing in question need to have a circumferential groove to fit into the mounting bracket? Mine does on my /7. It's about the right size, but doesn't seem to have the right shape.

BTW...I never did see what model/year bike this was.

Kurt in S.A.

[lrz]

Is there a bushing in there? The bike is a 75/6 and the cluster is off and sitting on a shelf.

If you've removed the cluster, it probably did fall out of the mount,near the top plate, during your reinstallation of the perch.

[ME 109]

The bush in the picture looks to have a much thicker wall than the ones in the instrument mounts........unless it's not original.
Aren't those bushes only about 5/16" anywayz?