Hello Peter, I used my wife's hair dryer. Not as good as a heat gun, but it is what I have. I was surprised how easily the bearings went off and on using the...
Dave, the pressed sheet metal lamp holders of late military production (not covered by the known partlists) genuinely had on top no supporting rim for the...
... The chance for wise restorers !!! It is easier to get this paint removed than to find decent repop filters! Genuinely they had been made of several grid...
Do you mean a "sechskant"? That is a "socket" or "socket wrench" in English. Bruce, seems, this is what I meant. Actually one only needs a mighty cylinder of...
They say that the best time to buy a vehicle is when you are not in the market for one. Bruce, you mean here a special game. And within this framework, the...
Well it is on its way to me any ideas to clean it? Thanks Mike ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a...
Bruce, I welcome any new entry, this acceptable museum item is also listed now. Contrary to adventure riders like Eric Dumas, who has to care functionality of...
... Bruce, this won't stand a longer ride with load. When your bearings are such easy upon removal, they could start to come looser inside the wheel hub tube,...
... Most aggressive chemicals against any sort of paint, even the most stable and solid ones are: a) one paint solvent, commonly called "nitro", what is...
Dietmar, Don't confuse "easy" with "loose". Easy, in this context, means "without problems". Remember, these are the same bearings that would not budge using...
Peter, Bruce, the Russian engineering with pricking is far different from professional knurling. I really meant, they pricked the surface by some sharp tool...
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160195560896 In auction here is an alleged "BMW sidcar outfit from 1938". According to seller it is...
Guys I am in search of metric steel tubing to fashion new pushrod tubes on my R75 motor. (The old ones are pitted and rusty). It is 16 mm OD with 1 mm wall...
We have a new cardfile for Antony Evans R12: http://histor.ws/bmwr12/kart-55.htm Here upon the month of purchase, the bike is still in restoration but in last...
Hey Scott, Try SmallParts.com They carry lots of hard to find items and there is no minimum order. Let me know if you find what you need. Neil Jezierski ...
Hi Just a thought but if I remember someone used that thin wall brass tube you can buy in the hobby shops that telescopes together apparently one of them is...
Hi Dietmar The TP series of numbers that were used in the GDR are often the original serial number pre-fixed by 'TP', at least on the bikes I have seen, though...
Hello every one. I dare say that many of you have looked at something on the outside and thought... Yeh that should be OK?? Only to find that upon further...
Dave, I was proud to give your cases' case to my horror cabinet. While the revelation of the mess usually is no topic for fotos, I like the real dramatical...
For clarification, by motorcycle is a racebike built in 1950. It has an R75M type motor (similar to those used in the Wehrmachtgespann). That is where the...
Here the solution: "TP" means "Technische Pruefung" (technical inspection) and a serial registration of this kind was given in GDR, when there was no...
Dietmar, Ok, the pictures are not the best but tear it up, i want to hear your input. I can point out a few things wrong, but i want to hear your opinion. ...
Mike, I'd like to take the first bite out of this one before Dietmar files his teeth a bit sharper. I would primarily refer to the seller's description and ...
Mike, that is a funny riddle-auction, saving me from difficult programming. Especially during night my English faints, but I am sure, the seller with the brown...
