P r o j e c t "s"

[TINK]

ATTENTION: I’ve stopped updating my blog page http://www.photosbytink.com/bmw/ and am now documenting PROJECT-S exclusively on this thread. TINK 2012-07-05

I'm starting a blog on my project bike will be sharing it's evolution here.

P R O J E C T "S" > http://www.photosbytink.com/bmw/

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[anonny]

Cool, and while you are at it why not copy and paste the continuation to this thread here.

[kraut.burner]

Does that exhaust wrench say "tink"?


And yeah, +1 on posting your story here for us to watch

[TINK]

Originally Posted by kraut.burner

Does that exhaust wrench say "tink"?...

Very observant of you, why yes, I do stamp all my tools with my nick name.

It's a Cycle Works, http://www.cycleworks.net/ I need to pull the exhaust to get the fairing off... ya I know I don't need to pull the exhaust, BUT, this bike had the lower fairing repaired at one time and they glassed in the lower fairing split.
[Correction; the lower fairing appears to be original and never had the split that would allow exhaust removal. Perhaps the faring split was a later design feature, of perhaps something owners did as a modification. Who knows? Doesn't matter to me now that the entire RT fairing has been removed]

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[kraut.burner]

Originally Posted by TINK

Very observant of you, why yes, I do stamp all my tools with my nick name.

It's a Cycle Works, http://www.cycleworks.net/

TINK

Cool stuff amigo.... I look forward to seeing more!

[dragoon]

Originally Posted by anonny

Cool, and while you are at it why not copy and paste the continuation to this thread here.

Yeah, we don't like to be the step child.

[simonboxeproject]

Things have been slow on project, using my old frame to speed things up.
still have loads to do, but this is how its at.

[Rob Farmer]

Originally Posted by simonboxeproject

Things have been slow on project, using my old frame to speed things up.
still have loads to do, but this is how its at.

Looks like you're going for the longest shock award. Why not use an 1150 swinging arm and shock? Richie Moore will give you some serious go for the motor http://www.moorespeed.co.uk/bmw-engine

[TINK]

Originally Posted by simonboxeproject

Things have been slow on project, using my old frame to speed things up.
still have loads to do, but this is how its at.

Holy Cow! Now that's an ambitious project. Good luck, simonboxeproject.

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[TINK]

Another Ebay find! A pair of turn signals for $32 shipped to my door. New, turn signals are still just $25 each, after shipping, a new pair cost about $60. So, in the end I get a good-as-new set of used units for half price. I’m happy.


Blog link > http://www.photosbytink.com/bmw/


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[Lornce]

Cool bike.


What's that yellow car in the garage?

[simonboxeproject]

Thanks Lornce,

The car is my Lotus Elise S1, Had it for some years now, but limited to how much tinkering you can do to it hence the bike project, the nice thing about the bike is all the work is there to see and not hidden under a load of fiberglass.
Oh and the other good bike point is you dont have to sit in the traffic jams as much, (but you can get a bit cold and wet)

[fishkens]

Originally Posted by TINK

Yes, I see the later air box now.

TINK

The forks, calipers, alternator case and front cover are different on the post '79 (80?) too.

Originally Posted by dragoon

Yeah, we don't like to be the step child.

And I don't have the attention span to follow links.

p.s. But I will for this.

[Rob Farmer]

Originally Posted by TINK

I'm starting a blog on my project bike will be sharing it's evolution here.

P R O J E C T "S" > http://www.photosbytink.com/bmw/

TINK

My Bike that you used in the Photograph is actually an 81. You have it shown as a 79

Looking forward to seeing how the project goes.

[batoutoflahonda]

I'm just finishing a book by Brock Yates on the Cannonball races, and in '79 Loyal Trusdale and Keith Patchet ran it two up on a R90S. I won't do a spoiler in case any one wants to read up on it.