1966 BMW R69S Restoration: Miscellaneous photos

ISO 0 f/2.7 1/60s 8.2 mm

ISO 0 f/2.7 1/60s 8.2 mm

ISO 0 f/3.7 1/60s 17.0 mm

ISO 0 f/3.7 1/60s 17.0 mm

ISO 0 f/3.7 1/60s 17.0 mm

ISO 0 f/2.6 1/60s 7.2 mm

ISO 0 f/2.9 1/60s 9.4 mm

ISO 0 f/2.7 1/60s 8.4 mm

ISO 0 f/2.9 1/60s 9.5 mm

ISO 0 f/3.4 1/60s 14.6 mm

ISO 0 f/3.6 1/60s 16.1 mm

ISO 0 f/3.9 1/60s 19.0 mm

ISO 0 f/3.9 1/30s 19.0 mm

ISO 0 f/3.9 1/57s 19.0 mm

ISO 50 f/3.5 1/60s 7.8 mm

ISO 50 f/5.0 1/80s 7.8 mm

ISO 50 f/3.2 1/60s 7.8 mm

ISO 100 f/4.0 1/60s 17.0 mm

ISO 100 f/4.0 1/60s 17.0 mm

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Restoration

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• October, 1998
  • Remove Bench seat, Battery, Mufflers, License Plate, Mirrors, and Tail light
  • Remove Tail light bucket, Rear wheel, Rear brake linkage, and Rear mudguard
  • Remove Final drive, Swing-arm, and Rear shocks
  • Remove Air cleaner, Air tubes, Clutch lever, and Transmission
  • Remove Fuel tank, Footpegs, and Exhaust system
  • Remove Horn, Front engine cover, Breather cover, Generator wiring, Vibration damper, Generator, Carburetor slides, end Engine
  • Remove Carb slides, Carburetors, Throttle and clutch cables, Front brake cable, and Grips
  • Final drive disassembly, Final drive gears, and bead blasted case
• November, 1998
  • Horn repair
  • Circuit board diagram, Remove headlight, speedometer cable, Indicator lights, Wiring Harness, and Headlight bucket ears
  • Transmission cleaning and Bead Blasting
• December, 1998
  • Remove front wheel, front wheel seal, front shocks, front mud guard, and swing-arm hole plugs
  • Remove handlebars, steering damper, friction plate, front forks, steering bearings, name plate, and center stand
  • Dismantle Horn/light switch, front shocks, front swing-arm, and swing-arm grease fitting
  • Dismantle rear shocks, problem front shock, polish shock parts, dismantle front brake, and carb rebuild kit arrives
  • Bead blast front brake housing, true carburetors flanges, disassemble, clean, and assemble carburetors, remove frame modification
• January, 1999
  • Steering stem repair, front swing arm bearings, Frame repairs, speedometer repair, and wheel bearing removal
  • Remove cylinder heads, Rocker arm assembly, Right cylinder, Right piston, Left cylinder, and Left piston
  • Remove magneto, Magneto rotor, Tachometer drive cover, and timing gear cover
  • Remove clutch, Camshaft, and cam followers
  • Remove (attempt) drive shaft bell, Flywheel, Front bearing w/carrier, Front oil slinger, Crankshaft, Rear bearing, and Rear oil slinger
  • Cleaning slingers, Remove drive shaft bell, Oil pan, and Oil strainer
• February, 1999
  • Speedometer repaired, Cleaning piston and engine case
  • Case masking and blasting, Checking clutch lever pin and headlight ears, Cleaning hardware
• March, 1999
  • Bead blasted slingers, Brazed headlight mounts, Paint stripping, Frame components for powder coating, New side stand, and front brake assembly
  • Bottom end parts, Work area prep, remove rear camshaft bearing, clean/check camshaft front bearing and gear, install front main bearing
  • Install rear slinger, crank, front slinger and bearing (practice run)
  • Remove crank, Install crank again, Remove bearing aligner, Install timing gear, camshaft, oil pump drive gear, and rear main seal
• April, 1999
  • Powder coated parts, frame detail, Removing old steering bearing races (top and bottom)
  • Plating preparation, Plated parts, Install center stand bumper and center stand
• May, 1999
  • Installing front forks, Serial number plate, Fork lock, Riser hole plugs, Risers, and Handlebars
  • Wiring prep, Plated axles, Rear brake linkage components, Foot-peg rubber, and Installed foot brake lever
  • Install Steering damper, Wiring, and Upper engine mount
  • Clean and paint hand controls, Install Solo saddle
• June, 1999
  • Painted and installed hand controls, Installed Rear shocks
  • Install drive-shaft, Rear swing-arm bearings, Rear swing arm, Rear brake linkage, and Front shock assembly
• July, 1999
  • Painted fenders and fuel tank, Front swing-arm grease fitting and bearings, Wheel rim differences
  • Remove valve springs and valves, bead blast heads, spark-plug thread repair, Install Pentacomm points plate on magneto
  • Install Front swing-arm, Fender, and headlight bucket mounting ears
• August, 1999
  • Install Neutral/Generator lens, Key cover, Speedometer, and Headlight bucket, Disassemble wheels, clean wheel hubs
  • Install horn switch, Headlight bucket wiring, Headlight wiring, and Headlight reflector and lens
• September, 1999
  • Cylinder fin repair and wheel lacing
• October, 1999
  • More wheel lacing
• November, 1999
  • Final drive rebuild
• December, 1999
  • Wheels trued, tires mounted, Front wheel installed on bike
  • Install Timing gear bearing, Crankcase breather, Timing case cover, Oil pick-up filter, Oil pan, and Air filter insert; Prepare flywheel
  • Install flywheel and test flywheel runout
• January, 2000
  • Checking crank and flywheel, Rebuilding crank
  • New rear bearing holder, cleaned oil passages, rear bearing and slinger installed, case dressed, Installed front slinger, crank, and flywheel, runout checked, camshaft checked, installed timing gear, camshaft, and oil pump gear
• February, 2000
  • Install timing case cover, Engine, clutch, transmission, and Drive shaft
  • Install final drive, Rear fender, Luggage rack, Rear wheel, Air cleaner, throttle cables, Speedometer and clutch cables, Magneto, Generator, and Fuel tank
  • Rear fender wiring, Install tail light bucket and battery, Check lights, Install license plate bracket
  • Lubrication, Paint cylinders, wire clutch lever spring, Install piston, cam followers, rings, push-rod tubs, base gasket, and cylinders
  • Valve lapping and installation, Install left cylinder head
  • Install right cylinder head, carburetors, throttle cables, spark plug caps, exhaust system, air intake and fuel petcock
  • Install license, take pictures, take off of stand, Ride Bike!
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