Oh wow ! I had never looked at the Links section. Thanks for the great tip on EUBMW !! 🙂

1) My cable set did not seem to be lined, and lubrication helped. But there is no way for me to know if these are factory cables, since they came with...

The numbers are stamped on the RH side of the carb body, on the web that is on the top side, next to the rubber intake manifold. Therefore, they are b...

Yes, my findings exactly. Those "rivets" are more akin to the common nylon cable tie than any fastener. There is a "spike" that is inserted through th...

After my last valve adjustment, the center bolt on my RH cylinder felt a little soft under the torque wrench. I may be taking my own advice before too...

The twist grip became progressively harder to turn then finally seized because the bevel gear teeth broke. I replaced the throttle tube, cam disc and...

To my great surprise, BMW does not offer a "top end gasket set". Every piece is ordered individually. What a pain in the patooty !! However, the j...

The Bing Agency catalog contains a table of carb jetting for not only USA but Euro models as well. Scott - Is the "catalog" you refer to the "Bing...

Scot is right. Most of these m/c I've experienced needed rebuilding because of a ring of built-up crud that keeps the piston from returning all the wa...

It runs fine but right cyl spark plug is sooty black. Different color plugs could be caused by several adjustments... • The enrichener (choke) may ...

I say "No" because it simply cuts the voltage across the points and improves the coil output. However, if your 40yo advance mechanism is worn or has s...

1. We assume here that you've popped off the float bowls and made sure all the jets are clean and everything is free of any kind of storage mung. The ...

My recent carb tuning efforts have led me to believe that your problem may simply be caused by the carbs not operating the same on both cylinders. It ...

► If your fuel lines exit the petcock straight down rather than to the side, then you may have broken the gray plastic nipple under the 17mm nut on th...

It's not just BMW, all these type switches are so small that they can be a real PIA to work on. The only real hope is to remove the entire switch and ...