Scottie's Workshop

Repairs, maintenance, and restorations of vintage BMW Motorcycles and Isetta/700 - Airhead and Gen 1 K-bike - Full Service Motorrader Machine Shop: Cylinder Head, Boring/Honing, Precision Grinding, Welding, Crankshaft Rebuilding, Engine and Gearbox repairs, Glasurit 22 and 55 Paint and Hand-Painted Stripes

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Showing posts with label Chassis. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Chassis. Show all posts

Sunday, January 08, 2017

Repairing worn tongue and groove slot in front brake backing plate

The tongue and groove slot which holds the front brake backing plate on many vintage models of BMWs often becomes worn. This results in anno...

Friday, August 02, 2013

Installing factory style wire ties

BMW used metal wire straps on several locations on the BMW /2 models. There are large ones and smaller ones. Oftentimes these straps are m...

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Reaming out newly painted frame

I reamed all of the tapped holes on Ned's frame. I didn't have a tap for the rear swing arm pivot bearing pin adjusters so I mad...

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Replacing brake shoe linings on a BMW /2 Motorcycle

It's not often you replace your brake linings. They really last a long time. However you should inspect them every time you have the wh...

Monday, March 18, 2013

BMW /2 Swing arm leaks, final drive leaks

During a routine oil change, it was noted that the drive shaft housing was empty. Could it have been stolen by vagrants? A guy works h...

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Installing new tapered steering head bearings and headlamp nacelle mounting

These new tapered steering head bearings should be a standard upgrade on any Slash Two that still has ball bearings in the head stock. ...

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