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BMW 800cc motorcycle

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Wheels and brakes
All about 800cc BMW motorcycle wheel bearings. 
How to balance a 800cc BMW motorcycle wheel.
How to install the 800cc BMW axle correctly.
What are those 5 dents for in the 800cc BMW motorcycle rim?
BMdjustment of 800cc BMW controls and cables.
Measure and check your 800cc BMW motorcycle clutch parts.
How to inspect the 800cc BMW final drive for proper gear spacing.
Testing and curing high and low speed wobbles.
My BMW has a strange noise.
Checking for a bent BMW 800cc frame.
What is the proper torque?
800cc BMW final drive oil transfer.
The quick check for tightness of the 800cc BMW driveshaft bolts.
Some random BMW 800cc transmission information.
Why a deep oil pan?
BMW 800cc shock disassembly
Is the perch wedge missing on your BMW hand controls?
800cc BMW engine specs.
Removing the 800cc BMW fork lock.  
The care and feeding of your 800cc BMW keys.
Care and feeding of the headlight switch.  
BMW 800cc chassis greasing tools.
What should be in the BMW 800cc tool kit.
Electrical and tuning
Why it may be hard to tune your 800cc BMW.
Should I use one or two petcocks on my 800cc BMW?
All about points.
Battery basics.
Why grease the battery terminals?
Horn and hi/low or starter switch repair by Bob Fleischer.
Basic electrical trouble shooting on a /5 BMW, by Jim Franzen.
Troubleshoot your /5 BMW 800cc starter system.
Safety info
Why you want your 800cc BMW to be neutral steering. 
My opinion about low bars vs. high (US) bars.
Observations and my opinion of crashbars on a 800cc BMW twin.
Testing and curing high and low speed wobbles.
/2 bMW technical info, 1956-69
1964 /2 BMW owners manual. Takes time to load
Slash 2 heads. The "butterheads" of the /2.
Slash 2 cylinders, new and old style.
Factory defective R60/2 pistons and other failures. 
Adjusting the /2 mixture.
The Weinmann high and low lip alloy rim. New 16 Feb, 2003
Installing, adjusting and greasing both /2 swingarms. 
Correcting the /2 timing difference between cylinders.
Correcting the /2 carb intake leaks.  
Steering bearing replacement with tapered roller bearings.
Mostly useless /2 restoration trivia.
Error in the BMW Repair Manual on timing.
/5 BMW and later, including US forks
Test for front fork stiction.
Fork alignment testing tools.  
Installing 800cc BMW fork spacers.
How to adjust your 800cc BMW steering bearings.
How to know what wheelbase that you have.
1970 and 71 BMW 800cc spokes. 
A little about BMW 800cc motorcycle valve adjustment. 
This is why you have a grabby clutch.
Fix that high idle. The mechanical advance unit.
The slash 6 seat mod. Dump those hinges that break.
Pictures of BMW 800cc tanks with the cutout for the master cylinder.
BMW telescopic fork bushing change for the US and 1970-71 /5 forks.
How to change 800cc BMW fork oil, gators or fork seals.
How to change the automatic flip up sidestand on the 72 and later, to a stay down type and back again.
About my BMW life
BMW ads and posters for sale. Updated often.
Used final drives.
Used top end parts. New on 7 May, 2002 
Used transmissions. 
NOS, late /2 clutch lever.
BMW with a VW engine.
Old BMWs that I have owned.
Build yourself a BMW parts washer.