Apparently, from my brief stint in BMW land, BMW does not offer "kits". Instead the parts are sold individually. The float bowl gaskets are rather del...

Asked Bing CS about UK or German model BMW jetting for the RT. Got a message back today... Hi, I don’t have specific “European jetting”. Our M...

That mixture screw, if I remember correctly, controls air, not fuel. Scott - I believe this is a "pilot screw" rather than a "mixture screw". If ...

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 ...