Great work and nice article. glad you took your time and was methodical. I have a 78 R80/7 but mainly work on bicycles. My R80 was pretty well gone over by the previous owner so no major work needed, but i do need to redo the front forks. I cant wait to see your article on that. Ride Safe and keep up the blog.
So well written! Thanks Olaf. I feel a new sense of motivation!
Collin P.
oroepke says:
Thanks Collin! Get your bike on the road before your seals dry out and let’s go for a ride!
Mark Anderson says:
Great site! Thanks for the detailed information, I had many questions and wonderings and you covered them all. I’ve just purchased a barn fresh 1971 R75/5 and will be doing similar work soon.
oroepke says:
I am glad you find the site helpful! And congrats to your purchase! I will soon have to do more stuff, like fork springs, steering bearings and then I will have to take out the transmission to fix the main engine seal. I’ll try to cover everything here so check back soon!
Thanks for your documentation of the work on your bike.
I’ll be checking back soon.
BR
oroepke says:
Glad you find it helpful. More stuff will be coming pretty soon!
Christoph Groenick says:
Today we had a really unusual English lesson.
We heard a lot of technical things about repairing a motorbike.
We think it is helpful for People who want to help themselves.
Good luck for your next rides.
german english course
oroepke says:
Glad you are using the blog for your English classes. I continue to learn the language myself, so don’t assume that everything I write is 100% korrekt :-). By the way, you taught me how to tap a thread 35 years ago, so you deserve some credit as well, old friend!!! Greetings to good old Germany!
kim says:
Great work and nice article. glad you took your time and was methodical. I have a 78 R80/7 but mainly work on bicycles. My R80 was pretty well gone over by the previous owner so no major work needed, but i do need to redo the front forks. I cant wait to see your article on that. Ride Safe and keep up the blog.
oroepke says:
Thanks Kim. You may also want to check out Brook Reams’ website, he did an amazing documentation on his 75/5 rebuild, here the part about the forks:
http://brook.reams.me/bmw-motorcyle-rebuilds/1973-bmw-r755-rebuild-project/31-bmw-r755-fork-rebuild/
I will only do my fork springs so my documentation will not be as extensive!
collin phillips says:
So well written! Thanks Olaf. I feel a new sense of motivation!
Collin P.
oroepke says:
Thanks Collin! Get your bike on the road before your seals dry out and let’s go for a ride!
Mark Anderson says:
Great site! Thanks for the detailed information, I had many questions and wonderings and you covered them all. I’ve just purchased a barn fresh 1971 R75/5 and will be doing similar work soon.
oroepke says:
I am glad you find the site helpful! And congrats to your purchase! I will soon have to do more stuff, like fork springs, steering bearings and then I will have to take out the transmission to fix the main engine seal. I’ll try to cover everything here so check back soon!
Britt Runyon says:
Thanks for your documentation of the work on your bike.
I’ll be checking back soon.
BR
oroepke says:
Glad you find it helpful. More stuff will be coming pretty soon!
Christoph Groenick says:
Today we had a really unusual English lesson.
We heard a lot of technical things about repairing a motorbike.
We think it is helpful for People who want to help themselves.
Good luck for your next rides.
german english course
oroepke says:
Glad you are using the blog for your English classes. I continue to learn the language myself, so don’t assume that everything I write is 100% korrekt :-). By the way, you taught me how to tap a thread 35 years ago, so you deserve some credit as well, old friend!!! Greetings to good old Germany!