BMW R75/7 motorcycle

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Wheels and brakes
Atorcycle wheel.
How to install the R75/7 BMW axle correctly.
What are those 5 dents for in the BMW R75/7 motorcycle rim?
BMW R75/7 front brake adjustment and repair. 
R75/7 BMW rear brake adjustment and repair. 
How to inspect the BMW R75/7 final drive for proper gear spacing.
Testing and curing high and low speed wobbles.
My BMW R75/7 has a strange noise.
Checking for a bent BMW R75/7 frame.
What is the proper torque?
BMW R75/7 final drive oil transfer.
The quick check for tightness of the R75/7 BMW driveshaft bolts.
Some random R75/7 BMW transmission information.
Why a deep oil pan?
R75/7 BMW shock disassembly
Engine rear seal leaks.
Is the perch wedge missing on your R75/7 BMW hand controls?
R75/7 BMW engine specs.
Removing the BMW R75/7 fork lock.  
The care and feeding of your R75/7 BMW keys.
Care and feeding of the headlight switch.  
BMW R75/7 chassis greasing tools.
What should be in the R75/7 BMW tool kit.
What does this /2, /3 or /5 really mean?
BMW model VIN information.  
BMW R75/7 emblems. New, 13 Feb, 2003
Electrical and tuning
Why it may be hard to tune your BMW.
Should I use one or two petcocks on my 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 starter system.
Safety info
Why you want your R75/7 BMW to be neutral steering. 
My opinion about low bars vs. high (US) bars.
Observations and my opinion of crashbars on a 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.
How to know what wheelbase that you have.
1970 and 71 BMW spokes. 
A little about R75/7 BMW 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 R75/7 tanks with the cutout for the master cylinder.
BMW R75/7 telescopic fork bushing change for the US and 1970-71 /5 forks.
How to change R75/7 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 R75/7 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 R75/7 BMW parts washer.