Let The Shakedown Begin
This build is finally drawing to a close. There are certainly parts to tackle...
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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...
Rene9ade BBQ
Ren’s farewell BBQ on Sunday was the perfect way to wrap up a weekend....
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...
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...
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,...
Still Alive!
Wow… Where to begin? It has been a tumultuous 6 months… So much has...
