Duane Ausherman BMW motorcycles
What I can remember after decades of working with BMW motorcycles
BMW motorcycle dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, idioms, terms, and slang by Duane Ausherman This dictionary of motorcycle terms is mostly specific to BMW and/or related to motorcycling in general. The list will never be finished or completely accurate. Each word or term can have volumes written about it. Many of the definitions have links to something …
The story and photos of a BMW motorcycle with a VW engine by Duane Ausherman If you had told me that this would change my life forever, I would have thought you to be crazy. However, it did, and thankfully. In 1966 I was living in Cleveland and read an article in Cycle World bike …
BMW motorcycle fork alignment tools by Duane Ausherman This page is about the BMW motorcycle models R50/US, R60/US, R69US, R50/5, R60/5, R75/5, R50/6, R60/6, R75/6, R90/6, R90S, R60/7, R75/7, R80/7, R100/7, R100S, R100RS and the R100RT. This info may apply to some later models too. Forks are a structure These two images were built by …
/5 ignition for BMW motorcycles by Duane Ausherman I suggest converting to an electronic ignition system for excellent reliability and less maintenance. A few were available in the day, but Dyna III proved to be good. One can find a Dyna III for $300. A feature is that the old points system can be installed again …
/5 BMW motorcycle muffler (Silencer, for the Brits) by Duane Ausherman This is old information, so please feel free to send me your suggestions about new products or your opinion of the ones listed here. Here are some of the sources for slash 5 mufflers. Some are /6 mufflers that will fit the /5. These …
11 – Adjusting the X-Plane Before we begin with the X-Plane adjustment you need to understand the relationship of forces applied to the tubes and how they affect the alignment of the forks. In this diagram, the cross piece represents the fork yoke and the two vertical tubes represent the fork tubes. …
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1 – DISCLAIMER and SAFETY WARNING Doing any work or making any adjustments to the steering, suspension, or brakes of a motorcycle is dangerous. Something as simple as leaving a single wire cable unsecured can cause it to become caught, resulting in loss of steering. Even if you do all the things described in this …
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Ji-Young Lim, our visitor from South Korea by Duane Ausherman During a trip in 2006, around the Western states, I had occasion to visit my good friend in Las Vegas, Michael Stuben, who owns the server that hosts this website. His girlfriend had just returned from teaching music at Fresno state college in CA. She …
Homemade BMW motorcycle parts washer (car parts too) by Duane Ausherman This page is in response to several requests for information about my homemade parts washer. Build your own parts washer cheaply and easily. Since I had recently retired (1975) from a BMW dealership, I found that I was spoiled with having a Safety Kleen …
BMW Airhead motorcycle model, year, and VIN errors by Duane Ausherman VIN means what? The legal description of a vehicle is often defined as the Vehicle Identification Number or VIN. When you hear someone say VIN number, that is redundant, repetitive, tautologous, and pleonastic 🙂 In other words, if you say “VIN number,” you sound …