Bullet – 2 months in

Changes so Far I fitted a pair of new Heidenhau K34 tyres with new Michelin Tubes I have changed the handlebars to the standard for the bike. I have re-routed the speedo cable to behind the bottom yoke instead of in front of it thus taking out an unnecessary S bend. I can now tell … Read more

Biting the Bullet

It was an impulse buy. I had started to restore my very rusted 1984 BMW R65LS and it was dawning on me that, with the time I could spend on it, this would be a 1-2 year project. During that time I had no bike. So I thought how about getting a little runaround? I … Read more

R65 – The old girls history

She came off the production line in December 1983 according to BMbikes, but she was first registered in February 1986. So she was built before 1 Jan 1984 and I can stop paying vehicle tax after 1 April 2024. I don’t know what she was doing between February 1986 and 12 December 1991, but she … Read more