I don’t have a R65, and I don’t have a ‘82, and I don’t have a schematic… but I’m still gonna take a guess at the starter relay, which is maybe under ...

Carb needles are loose fitting and jiggle about.

For the best help, please tell us your year and model. with the wires off the switch and key OFF, a jumper wire from the battery+ to the green/black w...

78 R100(RS) - I very recently repaired my 40mm ATE front brake calipers. Like yours, there was a fair bit of corrosion. I was able to clean up the cal...

The bolt used to extract the eccentric pin does not need to bottom out. It needs only to thread in a few turns to grab hold of the pin, then pull the ...

First, my disclaimer - my bike is a 78, so yours might be different. Firstly, on mine, the clutch rod must be installed from the front of the input sh...

We are always thankful for simple solutions, even if they are embarrassing.

I’d also check the carb diaphragms. If it was fine, then suddenly not, could be a troubled diaphragm, perhaps.

If my memory is functioning correctly, I used the loctite, then I somewhat “squashed” the protruding end of each screw by pinching with small Vice-gri...

Welcome. You have (and have had) some really nice machines! My 78 was originally a gold RS. Sometimes I wish it still was, but it got wrecked and now...

This evening, I posted on the “BMW Airheads” Facebook group, asking about Virginia Motorrad. Thus far I have one comment “Just talked to Anton Monday....

On my ‘78 R100/7, the wire lead to the oil pressure switch is a single conductor. When there is no oil pressure, the switch grounds out and lights the...

@wobbly I need a new schematic.

I guess leaving the beeper plugged in is ok, as long as everything is working fine. Sure glad it has been healed! I have to admit though, that I do...

I wish I could test that on my bike, but I also jumped out the kill switch in the headlight shell years ago, so it is not operative.