BMW Performance

[James Deuce]

(snip) a Honda VFR sumit-forget which model they all look the same(snip)

Bah! All Japanese across the frame in-line fours from 1969 to 1983 look exactly the same too.

[Winston001]

Im with the others Winston001 (Bonds boss??) Pop a 1000 barrel, head, pistons and a couple of other bits and bobs in and you'll do well.
Welcome to KB, enjoy our humour (Biff), Wit (White_trash), sensability (Hitcher, Jim2 and a couple others), stirring (Winja, mikey and anyone with a red dot) and the people who make no sense (Yours truely).

Oh yea, small tip. Dont talk about how fast you can go as it ruffles the smart ones up (Those with few demerits left or lots of fines) and also tends to make the restless ones (Those that havent been caught yet and the "wannabe" bad-boys) want to race you.

Cheers guys and thanks for the warm welcome. And the tip Sniper. Speed isn't really the issue, acceleration and passing ability are really what I'm thinking about.

In my tractor I have come close to losing my licence on demerit points so it is a touchy issue for me too. In fact I was suprised at how fast bikes were travelling going to the BM Rally.

[Winston001]

Tell me how it goes.
A friend has just hauled his up and has it on blocks after 6 years. He's having a go to get it back in working order.

He might want to do a bit too

OK. My bike sat in a garage, and later a farm shed for 12 years. Full fuel tank, no battery. Wasn't turned over at any point.

Pulled it out 8 weeks ago and found the fuel cap had rusted shut. Here is the story if you want to read about it: http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthr...&highlight=BMW

New fuel, new battery, a push down the street - and it fired!! Unbelievable. Rode off down the street 2 minutes later.

Haven't changed the spark plugs yet but did get the carbs balanced. Inside the tank has some rust so I'll need to clean that up. All electrics worked after judicious spraying of CRC. Tank has surface rust warts and the paint has flaked off some of the frame. New front tyre.

Gotta hand it to the Germans - they make bullet-proof machines.

[Winston001]

1000cc barrels & pistons . Friend has done this convertion to afew R80's now tranforms the bike power wise by heaps . Could give you his number to have a chat if you like .

I must say this seems the most likely move. Only thing is, what does that do to the con-rod? I'm planning on keeping the bike for my son in the looong term (10 yrs old).

[F5 Dave]

OK. My bike sat in a garage, and later a farm shed for 12 years. Full fuel tank, no battery. Wasn't turned over at any point.
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Really. Check those Carb diaphragms.

[Wolf]

Gotta hand it to the Germans - they make bullet-proof machines.

My old Zundapp - had been dropped and dented by a previous owner, hadn't run for about 5 years before I got it. Charged up a battery, plugged it in and let rip, engine turned over a couple of times and fired - bike hadn't been properly "laid-up" or even carefully stored.

Bullet-proof.

So was my (Austrian) Puch - hadn't run for 5 or more years, we gave it some gas, tickled the carb, jumped on the kick start - and the roar nearly caused a mate of mine to shit himself (exhaust not connected to muffler).

[Ixion]

OK. My bike sat in a garage, and later a farm shed for 12 years. Full fuel tank, no battery. Wasn't turned over at any point.

Pulled it out 8 weeks ago and found the fuel cap had rusted shut. Here is the story if you want to read about it: http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthr...&highlight=BMW

New fuel, new battery, a push down the street - and it fired!! Unbelievable. Rode off down the street 2 minutes later.

Haven't changed the spark plugs yet but did get the carbs balanced. Inside the tank has some rust so I'll need to clean that up. All electrics worked after judicious spraying of CRC. Tank has surface rust warts and the paint has flaked off some of the frame. New front tyre.

Gotta hand it to the Germans - they make bullet-proof machines.

And welcome to the wonderful world of Whales.

Have you tried changing gear yet ? The Germans have to make their machines bullet proof because they know that there will be a lot of people turn a 12 guage on what the manual laughably calls the "gearbox"

[Bonez]

Bah! All Japanese across the frame in-line fours from 1969 to 1983 look exactly the same too.

Shit you bit well

[Kickaha]

I must say this seems the most likely move. Only thing is, what does that do to the con-rod? I'm planning on keeping the bike for my son in the looong term (10 yrs old).

Same bottom end in those R80's as the R100 so the con rods wont be a problem

[James Deuce]

Shit you bit well

Shit I forgot to include a smiley so the "friendly needle" would be conveyed.

[Eurodave]

If you want to junk the police solo seat & large R80RT fairing I make fibreglass replica R100RS full fairings , R90S bikini fairings & screens , complete dual seats & tailpeices/toolboxes, rear mudguards, sidecovers & front guards for both the earlier twin shockers & [your] single shocker R series. If you're interested just flick me a PM, cheers Dave

[Winston001]

If you want to junk the police solo seat & large R80RT fairing I make fibreglass replica R100RS full fairings , R90S bikini fairings & screens , complete dual seats & tailpeices/toolboxes, rear mudguards, sidecovers & front guards for both the earlier twin shockers & [your] single shocker R series. If you're interested just flick me a PM, cheers Dave

Crikey, that's excellent. I'm inclined to keep the bike original but the idea of an RS fairing is tempting.

I rode a Bol D'Or back from the rally and was suprised at just how much wind pressure the RT fairing protects the rider from. The Honda has a small fairing and a ton of grunt, but was fairly exposed to the frigid air.

Put hippo hands on the R80 for the rally - best thing since sliced bread.

[Ixion]

Crikey, that's excellent. I'm inclined to keep the bike original but the idea of an RS fairing is tempting.

I rode a Bol D'Or back from the rally and was suprised at just how much wind pressure the RT fairing protects the rider from. The Honda has a small fairing and a ton of grunt, but was fairly exposed to the frigid air.

Put hippo hands on the R80 for the rally - best thing since sliced bread.

Even better is the protection from rain. Get the screen position right and you remain almost completely dry at speed (still get a bit wet when you slow down or stop)

[Bonez]

Same bottom end in those R80's as the R100 so the con rods wont be a problem

From the all the articles I've read over the years the R80 seems to be the smoother and better balanced of the two though.

[Milky]

New fuel, new battery, a push down the street - and it fired!! Unbelievable. Rode off down the street 2 minutes later.

Don't make a habit of bump starting the bike as the locknut on the end of the gearbox can come loose and do some serious damage to the surface of the taper on the end of the output shaft...