Let The Shakedown Begin
This build is finally drawing to a close. There are certainly parts to tackle...
Category Archives: 1986 BMW R80 RT
The “Bundesadler” Tank
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words… So I’ll let these photos do...
Light At The End Of The Tunnel
The last couple of weeks have been incredibly hard to document due to the...
Seat Complete
I’m currently playing “catch up” after tackling so many smaller jobs on this build...
Seat Construction
Despite constantly chopping and changing ideas for the seat upholstery and tank paint, we’re getting...
Another Care Package
Yet another round of parts ordered from MotorWorks UK have arrived. Contained within are...
Seat & Subframe
Yet another crazy weekend pushing the BMW R80 build towards the finish line. This...
Fresh Rubber
It was certainly a busy week, last week. Tonnes of parts have been put...
No More Jack
No… The title is not some proclamation of mine declaring that I am off...
Paint It Black
Now that the motor is running, it’s time to focus on getting the motorcycle...
She Lives!
What an incredibly tumultuous weekend. I feel that the weekend just passed had such...
Arm The Torpedoes
Ludicrously close to firing her up for the first time since the top-end and...
Unicycle, No More!
The time had come to return “the other half” of the R80 back to its rightful...
One Up
After much deliberation, I decided to remove the pillion/exhaust brackets from the frame. While...
On… With Your Head?
With the clutch and gearbox sorted, the next port of call was the R80’s...
Airhead Clutch Rebuild
In an effort to stop myself from rewriting the BMW R80 user manual, I’ll...
Blackened Heart
I’ve now reached an incredibly gratifying part of the BMW R80 build; the re-installation...
Care Package Has Arrived!
My patience has finally been rewarded; the parts necessary for the BMW R80 motor...
Motor Paint Preparation
With the drone of the sandblaster still ringing in my ears, occasionally subsiding to...
Off With Your Head!
Biiiiiig weekend of motor disassembly. Most of the weekend was spent carefully draining oil,...
The Parts Checklist
With the motor and transmission rebuild taking place any day now, I figured best...
Tidied Triple Clamps
Insanely tight… No, sadly I’m not referring to a type of niche pornography… I’m...
Treasures Within
You probably won’t believe me…. In fact, I barely believe it myself… But I...
While We Wait
A lot currently hinges on the delivery of my MotorWorks order from the UK....
Plastics, Be Gone
Yet another “catch up” post in an effort to bring things up to speed…...
Zi Germans Are Coming!
So the time finally came for me to pick up an airhead of my...
Still Alive!
Wow… Where to begin? It has been a tumultuous 6 months… So much has...