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New hard to find parts at Bench Mark Works
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:27 pm
by Deleted User 62
Just surfing Vech's site and noticed he now has reproduction /5 vent tubes and #cc number stickers for most bikes:
The website:
http://www.benchmarkworks.com/
Re: New hard to find parts at Bench Mark Works
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:03 pm
by Deleted User 287
It's nice to see he is promoting Amy Jean Nichols' greeting cards, too! They are high quality, as she is.
Re: New hard to find parts at Bench Mark Works
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:00 pm
by Indian
The vent tube must be the easiest thing ti find in you local scrapyard.
Re: New hard to find parts at Bench Mark Works
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:55 pm
by vanzen
Indian wrote:The vent tube must be the easiest thing ti find in you local scrapyard.
I do not know where you're located. Indian –
but any "local scrapyard" in my state will NOT have even one BMW motorcycle in the yard.
BMW specific salvage in the US , by and large, is moving on to newer models ...
but, perhaps, worth a try even as they are not "local"
but this will be a matter of an internet business transaction for most ...
to acquire an age hardened and weather cracked bit.
IMNSHO – the new piece may be a better option.
Re: New hard to find parts at Bench Mark Works
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:18 pm
by teo
Those tubes are virtually impossible to find and haven't been available at BMW or MotoBins for a long time. I bought two from MotoBins a few years back as a hedge. Nice to see Vech is stocking them now. They fit /5 and early /6.
Teo
Re: New hard to find parts at Bench Mark Works
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:08 am
by the quinner
teo wrote:Those tubes are virtually impossible to find and haven't been available at BMW or MotoBins for a long time. I bought two from MotoBins a few years back as a hedge. Nice to see Vech is stocking them now. They fit /5 and early /6.
Teo
Those vent hoses are not available from BMW because BMW redesigned the vent to work better...there is a retrofit that involves a new "cap" and hose for the breather valve. The new version exits straight up from the breather valve, as opposed to straight back. With the revised set up, less oil makes it to the right carb. About $80 for the new parts.
Re: New hard to find parts at Bench Mark Works
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:58 pm
by wirewrkr
teo wrote:Those tubes are virtually impossible to find and haven't been available at BMW or MotoBins for a long time. I bought two from MotoBins a few years back as a hedge. Nice to see Vech is stocking them now. They fit /5 and early /6.
Teo
Actually Teo, they were used in all /6 models.
Re: New hard to find parts at Bench Mark Works
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:38 pm
by Motorhead
Visted his site and maybe a parts book is a good idea if you shop there