Classic Velocity

There was one last piece of progress needed before being ready to start the bike on a lovely weather weekend. The day dawned sunny with […]

When you have a winter which leads you to measure snow in yards rather than feet, the call of the catalog is hard to resist. […]

It is always a good sign when work on the bike has progressed to the point of tackling some cosmetic items. In this case the […]

The GS has had the stock seat on it, and it has been ok for several hours in the saddle. However, it has not been […]

I was finally at the point where the fairing swap needed to happen. The old one had a major crack in it, and had a […]

One of the few benefits of a major eastcoast snowstorm is that you are often confined to quarters. This one was just right, allowing us […]

There were two objectives for this garage session. The first was to clean things up since the area of the garage where the R90S sat […]

A friend of mine bought a 1976 2002 and joined the cult. Let’s get something straight right away, this is not his first BMW 2002. […]

Progress continues on the remantling of the R90S. The holiday period allowed for some time in the garage and with the aid of a heater […]

After a season of very few actual miles compared to plan, it was time to put the tii to bed for the winter. I usually […]

A few parts necessary for sprucing things up arrive and get applied. The speedometer and tachometer both had trim rings that were split or damaged. […]

The gradual re-assembly proceeds in small spurts. Here, the components along the spine get returned to their rightful place after repair and repaint. In particular, […]

Once you dismantle something and then do the fixup/cleanup routine, you must mantle it. At this point in the project, you have conceptually turned the […]

Both the back end and the front come apart and get cleaned, examined, replaced in some cases and generally made spiffy. There is an interesting […]

Cleaning, refurbishing, replacing, can only be done well once things are taken apart IMHO. It also continues the discovery process. Best to know exactly what […]

The car is in running order once I set the timing is set to the correct advance. It now runs and stops. The engine bay […]

Once the bike arrived home, a chance for more pics and the beginning of the discovery process. At some point, the bike seems to have […]

Here are some pics of the bike as it was advertised… As usual, it was a bit rougher in person than in the pics.