BMW R60/5 Instrument Repair

Bishop8pi · 01-21-2013, 11:31 AM

I had the chance to buy a Franken-Beemer over the winter for a pretty good price. This is my first motorcycle rebuild.

The bike is a 1972 BMW R60/5 with a 1970 R75/5 engine. Frame is straight but every pc of chrome and steel is rusted. The bike had been sitting in a garage since 1994 with a full fuel tank. Amazingly having a full tank of old non-ethanol era fuel kept the tank and internals in good condition. With the exception of oxidation the engine is in pretty clean on the inside. As for everything else im going to need new rear shocks, wheel bearings, brakes, tires, seat, and anything plastic or rubber on the bike... it's going to be a fun project.

After rebuilding the carbs twice (i missed the fact the first time around that the bowls did not match the 1970 Bing CV carbs) the bike starts up and runs. The idle is fast but I believe I can slow that down once i adjust the cables.

Right now I'm looking for someone who can rebuild a speedo and tach. I also have shorts in both handlebar switches as well as the front brake lever.

jbcaddy · 01-21-2013, 11:37 AM

try wirespokes, he posts frequently here.

Big Bamboo · 01-21-2013, 11:41 AM

Get new tires first, before you are tempted to take it up to speed. The high idle could just be a sticking advance unit, remove, clean, lubricate with special grease and replace. It probably needs it anyway. There are currently reproduction speedometers available for about what you'll pay for someone to "maybe" fix yours right...

backdrifter · 01-21-2013, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbcaddy

try wirespokes, he posts frequently here.

This. Wirespokes restored mine to as-new condition quickly and for a very reasonable price. Highly recommended!

Bishop8pi · 01-21-2013, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Bamboo

Get new tires first, before you are tempted to take it up to speed. The high idle could just be a sticking advance unit, remove, clean, lubricate with special grease and replace. It probably needs it anyway. There are currently reproduction speedometers available for about what you'll pay for someone to "maybe" fix yours right...

Tires and shocks are on the list to be changed before it leaves the driveway.

I'll take a look at the advance. Thanks

Bishop8pi · 01-21-2013, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by backdrifter

This. Wirespokes restored mine to as-new condition quickly and for a very reasonable price. Highly recommended!

PM sent... thanks

Wirespokes · 01-22-2013, 12:00 AM

Got the PM!

As for the reproductions - I haven't seen one for the /5. The one for the R80G/S didn't impress me - more than just the absence of a trip meter.

Big Bamboo · 01-22-2013, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wirespokes

Got the PM!

As for the reproductions - I haven't seen one for the /5. The one for the R80G/S didn't impress me - more than just the absence of a trip meter.

Uli's has them for 283 Euros, but only in kph : http://www.ulismotorradladen.de/uli/...M-counter.aspx

disston · 01-22-2013, 10:50 AM

If this bike hasn't been driven yet how do you know the instruments don't work?

No fuses on a /5 I guess, I don't know. But you can check the wiring and the cables for the speedo and the tach. Actually I guess if the rear wheel is off the ground on the center stand and if not put some blocks of wood under the stand then the spedo can be checked.

Has the idle come down yet with cleaning the advance unit?

JonnyCash · 01-22-2013, 01:14 PM

^ late /5s do have a couple of fuses in the headlight bucket. I think the break was at the same time they went to the LWB, but I'm not sure. I doubt that a 72 has fuses, but it's easy to find out.Mine is a 71 and it does not have fuses. When I got mine, it was not running because the entire wiring harness was fried, because it didn't have fuses.

Big Bamboo · 01-22-2013, 02:44 PM

I have a '72, no fuses.

StephenB · 01-22-2013, 08:40 PM

02/72 SWB R75/5 = 2 fuses in headlight

backdrifter · 01-22-2013, 08:47 PM

Mine is a 1973 R60/5 and also has two fuses in the headlight. They are the two blocky/tubular things located at about 5 o'clock in this photo:

01-21-2013, 11:31 AM	#1
Bishop8pi ^OP n00b Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Georgia Oddometer: 3	BMW R60/5 Instrument Repair I had the chance to buy a Franken-Beemer over the winter for a pretty good price. This is my first motorcycle rebuild. The bike is a 1972 BMW R60/5 with a 1970 R75/5 engine. Frame is straight but every pc of chrome and steel is rusted. The bike had been sitting in a garage since 1994 with a full fuel tank. Amazingly having a full tank of old non-ethanol era fuel kept the tank and internals in good condition. With the exception of oxidation the engine is in pretty clean on the inside. As for everything else im going to need new rear shocks, wheel bearings, brakes, tires, seat, and anything plastic or rubber on the bike... it's going to be a fun project. After rebuilding the carbs twice (i missed the fact the first time around that the bowls did not match the 1970 Bing CV carbs) the bike starts up and runs. The idle is fast but I believe I can slow that down once i adjust the cables. Right now I'm looking for someone who can rebuild a speedo and tach. I also have shorts in both handlebar switches as well as the front brake lever.

01-21-2013, 11:41 AM	#3
Big Bamboo Studly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Big Island of Hawaii Oddometer: 825	Get new tires first, before you are tempted to take it up to speed. The high idle could just be a sticking advance unit, remove, clean, lubricate with special grease and replace. It probably needs it anyway. There are currently reproduction speedometers available for about what you'll pay for someone to "maybe" fix yours right... __________________ "No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." =Winston Churchill=

01-22-2013, 12:00 AM	#7
Wirespokes Beemerholics Anonymous Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Jackson's Bottom Oregon Oddometer: 7,365	Got the PM! As for the reproductions - I haven't seen one for the /5. The one for the R80G/S didn't impress me - more than just the absence of a trip meter. __________________ Wanted: Dead, smashed, crashed or trashed gauges BMW GAUGE REPAIRS - TACHSPEEDOCLOCKVOLT METER PODs & LIGHT BOARD*

01-22-2013, 10:50 AM	#9
disston ShadeTreeExpert Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Silver Spring, Md Oddometer: 5,030	If this bike hasn't been driven yet how do you know the instruments don't work? No fuses on a /5 I guess, I don't know. But you can check the wiring and the cables for the speedo and the tach. Actually I guess if the rear wheel is off the ground on the center stand and if not put some blocks of wood under the stand then the spedo can be checked. Has the idle come down yet with cleaning the advance unit? __________________ Never memorize something you can look up. ---Albert Einstein

01-22-2013, 01:14 PM	#10
JonnyCash turd polisher Joined: Jan 2011 Location: Midcoast, Maine Oddometer: 774	^ late /5s do have a couple of fuses in the headlight bucket. I think the break was at the same time they went to the LWB, but I'm not sure. I doubt that a 72 has fuses, but it's easy to find out.Mine is a 71 and it does not have fuses. When I got mine, it was not running because the entire wiring harness was fried, because it didn't have fuses. __________________ I wouldn't bring her home to Mama, but Mama ain't home tonight.

01-21-2013, 11:37 AM	#2
jbcaddy Studly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2010 Location: Oroville & Placerville, California U.S.ofA. Oddometer: 942	try wirespokes, he posts frequently here.

01-22-2013, 02:44 PM	#11
Big Bamboo Studly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Big Island of Hawaii Oddometer: 825	I have a '72, no fuses. __________________ "No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." =Winston Churchill=

01-22-2013, 08:40 PM	#12
StephenB G(/)S ... what else! Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Ontario Oddometer: 1,998	02/72 SWB R75/5 = 2 fuses in headlight __________________ Some of the above is fact, some is fiction, some is my personal imagination and some is just simple truth. [me] ... i'm not touring around the world, but neither are most of the guys i see running overloaded spam cans ... [bmwblake] Stephen Bottcher Ontario, Canada '72 R75/5 The Blues www.stephenbottcher.net

01-22-2013, 08:47 PM	#13
backdrifter Wannabe rider Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Belleville, IL Oddometer: 1,308	Mine is a 1973 R60/5 and also has two fuses in the headlight. They are the two blocky/tubular things located at about 5 o'clock in this photo: __________________ "We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living." -Thich Nhat Hanh 1973 BMW R60/5

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