I have a 1992 R100R which I bought brand new in '92. It's essentially the roadster-version of that bike. Same engine, frame, swing arm etc, but with 41mm Showa road forks and a retro-style (black with pinstripes) paint job. I will never sell it, love it to bits, do all my own work on it, and still ride it every day. Moto-bins and Motorworks BMW (both in the UK) - have a huge supply of new old stock parts - virtually anything you can think of, and their shipping overseas is cheap and fast...
I think breaking it up in smaller videos would be best for your channel analytics, but also it makes it easier for viewers who are working on an r100 to use them as reference for “how to” style info.
January this year I scored a 1993 Honda Nighthawk 750, sweet ride with 15050.1 miles when I got it! Signifigant because I had a 1971 Honda 500 4 cyl in '74, this one is so much more responsive being a 750, it makes it really fun to ride. Living in Oregon makes for some scenic cruises, and perfect for social distancing as you well know. Btw, I turned 68 a couple months ago, first bike in 40 years no time like the present!
Its an easy job to pull the barrels off, and replace the seal. My R80 was leaking there to, new o-rings and some gasket seal will do the job. And yes more content on the bike please
I just finished a semi classic Honda Hawk GT ( NT650 / RC31 ) that they only made 2200 of them for the states made between 1988 and 1991 so fairly rare. Finding parts for it was an adventure to say the least.
PS I have had dealerships call to try and buy my bike for a obsessed customer ! More valuable every day. Other than my wife, I love my 2UGLY the most !
Like the bite-size videos. I'm really looking forward to seeing this bike come back to life. I'd love to have an adventure bike to do highway to secondary to dirt road duty before I get totally too old to enjoy. Just can't decide what I'd like. Thanks for the good work.
Looking forward to seeing more, as usual. As for your request, I personally would like to watch one, longer video. Although, chapters would be a nice touch. I'm interested to see how you change the tyres. Keep up the great work, bud.
I’m always amazed at your skills Taylor. You can turn your hand to anything. I’m 60, been riding for over 40 years and I know nothing in comparison to you. Love the channel man
Please make multiple 15 to 20 minute videos on say an area at a time with one final video showing it cleaned & going for a ride!!! I don’t have a BMW but this is a great looking older bike. I am looking forward to your future videos & once again thanks for all your time & editing. Please keep them raw as most your videos seem to be. It’s like your the cool mechanic next door who’s willing to teach the curious neighbor. Love your style of keeping it pretty raw & informative!!!!!
Excellent video! This is why I subscribed years ago and I'm glad to see you doing this type of content again. Excellent choice on the Beemer, that thing will last you a lifetime.
Great looking bike. I like shorter, focused videos on major components. That oil leak might be it's own video (depending on the difficulty involved), and the carbs/brakes/lines could be another. Your Honda carb rebuilds were very good, so I have high expectations :)
it's been a couple of years since i've even seen a bmw where i live, the last one was loaded with traveling gear, so i'm sure it wasn't local. to have two of these bikes in your area says you live in a highly populated place. nice score on a ultra rare bike. it has a good home now. even if you pass it along, i'm sure it will go to someone who will ride it, not just look at it or let it be forgotten.
All in one video! Those engines last forever if taken care of properly. It'll handle different than a transverse engine bike, as the rotating mass of the engine causes the bike to rotate over to one side (I think to the left) when you open the throttle! It's that law of physics which loosely states; a force in one direction will cause an equal and opposite force in the other direction. (LOL) These engines don't put out a crazy amount of revs/horsepower but have good low end torque which can mean long engine life. Good Luck!
Believe those push rod tubes are just like the old VW air-cooled bug/ bus engines, which the head bolts are loosened, valve-train and push rods removed, the jugs pulled away from the case, and the tubes will pull free. They require a straight stretch, and then only sealing rings replaced on both ends. Glad you found a rather unique Adventure bike to round things out.
Hey Taylor, I''ve been working on guzzi's for a while, and being a lot of differences, they share a lot of things. They're not hard top pull apart, you' ll deal the gasket part in a full work day. Good luck with the bing carbs, they're terribile to set up
Beautiful bike I love it 👍 only thing I'd say is invest in a tie down fork saver otherwise you can blow out fork seals and make more work for yourself.
What a great find in that conduction, one of the best bikes ever made. Enjoy it, keep it in original condition, pass it on to the next generation. Well done.
Congratulations on your purchase. I think a basic punch list of items needing attention and how/why you'd prioritize them would probably be the most valuable approach. William's deep-dive vlogs at Boxer2Valve are the go-to reference clips for airhead maintenance so there's really no point in taking it further. I'd also be interested in your post-ride opinions of the PD, both on and off road.
The front brake should be changed with the later four piston brembo caliper. It works unlike the original which feels like a block of wood. There is some info on this conversion on the internet.
Great bike I have a 88 model r100gs, it uses standar car oil and the bearbox uses 80-90 api. Its not like a common bike. Also do not bull the pistons out when you do the cylinder orings!. Its importanto to pull everything out. Also che the back cranck seal its known to overheat in the r100’s good purchase!! Cheers!
Its going to take a bit of work that's for sure, including pulling both cylinders to replace cylinder base gaskets, head gaskets, pushrod tube seals. One of the major pain points on these BMW airheads is the threaded ring that holds the headers onto each cylinder. The pain point is if the exhaust header threads on the exhaust stubs cast into the cylinders are seized you will destroy the head when removing it. Try using heat and a thread release, if worst comes to worst you get a Dremel and cut off the exhaust header ring, carefully leaving the underlying threads on the stub unharmed.Then just get a new exhaust header ring and ensure you use copper thread slip when installing the new one. Regular removal of the exhaust ring and reapplication of copper slip is a maintenance item on these machines. Good luck, it looks fantastic!
Tyler great video and and a even greater find of a bike! Those are cool bikes and it sounds and looks like it will be a fairly straight forward job to get it back on the road, I would say shorter videos for most people out there. You will find that you tend to keep your video audience focused more, Longer videos people tend move off subject or get distracted by things around them when watching at home etc. Now for me it could be one long video and I would be ok with it, looking forward to the new content keep it up!
Yeah pretty sure that is the neutral sensor and those of that vintage are prone to leaking through the centre around terminals. Common problem I've also encountered on early 90s Hinckley triumph tridents
Hi , that's a piece of art !! there a lot around in UK , i love them, np electronics , very simple. But expencive here . How much did you pay ?? thanks , Gus
Sweet bike, an acquired taste being an off road styled bemmer , a long distance tourer rather than a proper full on off roader(compare it to a proper 800cc paris-dakar competition version)pretty unique and rare ,stainless exhaust as stock,tubeless alloy spoked rims as stock, draw back for a heavy bike,single disc at the front -needs another- ,as for the vids do in depth ones for idiots (me know bit bout bikes nout bout flat twin bemmer's) as for the tyres try them before replacing as they do not appear to be perished , do need air though . Looking forward to seeing more on the beauty.
I hope I’m not to late. I hope very much you go into detail on the rebuild start to finish either all in one vid or series please and thank you. And I’m I little hard of hearing maybe you can boost your mic But hank you sooo much always love the vids "..... I have a 2015 R 1200 GSA. So love boxer engines even a little older than mine. You’ll love it
long or short would watch either please take us for a ride maybe little trail ride be great its what the bikes made for,, thanks recently subscribed and enjoying watching all best,,
T, if no one mentioned it, tank and windshield are from 1991, first year model of PD. The gauges are from 1992 on. Check photos for the first year dash/windshield on the 91 PD and you'll note it has a small clock and tach. 92 on PDs had a slightly different windshield, which is all clear, different decals on the tank (Dakar was removed for legal reasons) and the dash was changed to the two large gauges, like you have. With that, it appears the dash/odo may have been changed out at some point? No deal either way just note there appears to be some non original parts. Be sure the check for noise in the drive shaft by spinning the wheel in N. Unless its been replaced, they do have a life expectancy. When doing the oil change, note the shim/oring stack under the filter cover. Don't change/add/subtract from what'd been on there. Good to see the rear shock has been changed. There are some other things to note on BMWs of this era and this particular model to review and check. Either way congrats on the new ride and most of all, enjoy.
@@ClassicOctane Good, glad you checked. I'm used to seeing the tiny clock/tach dash with the Dakar moniker on the tank and that windshield. Looks like you got a great example.
I have a 1992 R100R which I bought brand new in '92. It's essentially the roadster-version of that bike. Same engine, frame, swing arm etc, but with 41mm Showa road forks and a retro-style (black with pinstripes) paint job. I will never sell it, love it to bits, do all my own work on it, and still ride it every day. Moto-bins and Motorworks BMW (both in the UK) - have a huge supply of new old stock parts - virtually anything you can think of, and their shipping overseas is cheap and fast...
I think breaking it up in smaller videos would be best for your channel analytics, but also it makes it easier for viewers who are working on an r100 to use them as reference for “how to” style info.
Couldn’t agree more!
Agree also , 30 min chunks are nice
January this year I scored a 1993 Honda Nighthawk 750, sweet ride with 15050.1 miles when I got it! Signifigant because I had a 1971 Honda 500 4 cyl in '74, this one is so much more responsive being a 750, it makes it really fun to ride. Living in Oregon makes for some scenic cruises, and perfect for social distancing as you well know. Btw, I turned 68 a couple months ago, first bike in 40 years no time like the present!
Its an easy job to pull the barrels off, and replace the seal. My R80 was leaking there to, new o-rings and some gasket seal will do the job. And yes more content on the bike please
I just finished a semi classic Honda Hawk GT ( NT650 / RC31 ) that they only made 2200 of them for the states made between 1988 and 1991 so fairly rare. Finding parts for it was an adventure to say the least.
PS I have had dealerships call to try and buy my bike for a obsessed customer ! More valuable every day. Other than my wife, I love my 2UGLY the most !
hey mate just discovered your channel and am enjoying it very muchly, cheers from australia,
I’d prefer one long video given how unique it is.
Like the bite-size videos. I'm really looking forward to seeing this bike come back to life. I'd love to have an adventure bike to do highway to secondary to dirt road duty before I get totally too old to enjoy. Just can't decide what I'd like. Thanks for the good work.
I don’t care if the videos are long or short. I’m just glad to see you getting into the airheads. I’ve got a couple of them.
I owned a 100RT of the same year… fantastic motorcycle! Have fun.
I too like several shorts and a final walk around / ride to wrap it up. Keep up the good work, love your channel!
Nice video, I hate working on carburetors chuckled when you said it was fun 😆
That’s a cool change of pace bike for the channel. Can’t wait to see you work on this. I don’t think I ever saw one in person.
So many of bikes of the 80s-90s ahead of their time.
Cool✌
Fun! Grandpa would have loved this video!
Looking forward to seeing more, as usual. As for your request, I personally would like to watch one, longer video. Although, chapters would be a nice touch. I'm interested to see how you change the tyres. Keep up the great work, bud.
I’m always amazed at your skills Taylor. You can turn your hand to anything. I’m 60, been riding for over 40 years and I know nothing in comparison to you. Love the channel man
Like the bike, a really collectible model. I prefer short videos, keep up the good work.
Please make multiple 15 to 20 minute videos on say an area at a time with one final video showing it cleaned & going for a ride!!! I don’t have a BMW but this is a great looking older bike. I am looking forward to your future videos & once again thanks for all your time & editing. Please keep them raw as most your videos seem to be. It’s like your the cool mechanic next door who’s willing to teach the curious neighbor. Love your style of keeping it pretty raw & informative!!!!!
I have a 2009 R 1200 GS. Love it. Not easy to work on but wow what a riding experience. Welcome to the wonderful world of BMW Motorad. Keep it up.
Excellent video! This is why I subscribed years ago and I'm glad to see you doing this type of content again. Excellent choice on the Beemer, that thing will last you a lifetime.
Great looking bike. I like shorter, focused videos on major components. That oil leak might be it's own video (depending on the difficulty involved), and the carbs/brakes/lines could be another. Your Honda carb rebuilds were very good, so I have high expectations :)
it's been a couple of years since i've even seen a bmw where i live, the last one was loaded with traveling gear, so i'm sure it wasn't local. to have two of these bikes in your area says you live in a highly populated place. nice score on a ultra rare bike. it has a good home now. even if you pass it along, i'm sure it will go to someone who will ride it, not just look at it or let it be forgotten.
Hope you ride it for a while, and understand the magic of the boxer engine :)
All in one video! Those engines last forever if taken care of properly. It'll handle different than a transverse engine bike, as the rotating mass of the engine causes the bike to rotate over to one side (I think to the left) when you open the throttle! It's that law of physics which loosely states; a force in one direction will cause an equal and opposite force in the other direction. (LOL) These engines don't put out a crazy amount of revs/horsepower but have good low end torque which can mean long engine life. Good Luck!
A true PD R100 has been my dream bike... for like... 30 years. I have a beautiful 2014 F800gs to hold me down until I find one. Congrats!!
Nice bike! You will really come to enjoy this fine old motorcycle once you get some time on it. Good find, and wise purchase.
Believe those push rod tubes are just like the old VW air-cooled bug/ bus engines, which the head bolts are loosened, valve-train and push rods removed, the jugs pulled away from the case, and the tubes will pull free. They require a straight stretch, and then only sealing rings replaced on both ends. Glad you found a rather unique Adventure bike to round things out.
Hey Taylor, I''ve been working on guzzi's for a while, and being a lot of differences, they share a lot of things. They're not hard top pull apart, you' ll deal the gasket part in a full work day. Good luck with the bing carbs, they're terribile to set up
That's a great acquisition Taylor. We look forward to seeing you working on it.
Thanks!
Beautiful bike I love it 👍 only thing I'd say is invest in a tie down fork saver otherwise you can blow out fork seals and make more work for yourself.
What a great find in that conduction, one of the best bikes ever made. Enjoy it, keep it in original condition, pass it on to the next generation. Well done.
Thanks, will do!
Congratulations on your purchase. I think a basic punch list of items needing attention and how/why you'd prioritize them would probably be the most valuable approach. William's deep-dive vlogs at Boxer2Valve are the go-to reference clips for airhead maintenance so there's really no point in taking it further. I'd also be interested in your post-ride opinions of the PD, both on and off road.
Love this bike, great find! Short or long videos....whatever works for you....just give us videos! Thanks! Love your channel.
what a great looking bike first time i have seen one sounds awesome love the video thanks for sharing
a brilliant choice. i had an R80/7 from 1979. sweet jaisus, how i wish i hadn't sold it.
I have an '84 R80ST so will be watching with interest as I need to refurb my bing carbs
Nice score! Love that bike man. A series of shorter vids is prob. the way to go. Looking forward to seeing it on the road.
The front brake should be changed with the later four piston brembo caliper. It works unlike the original which feels like a block of wood. There is some info on this conversion on the internet.
I like around a 30 min video , nice break to watch , fantastic content
Looking forward to seeing the progress
Best regards
seeing it still that beautiful just wow
Nice PD! Good video, keep the details coming!
Great bike mate! It Will be great to see a long video with the full maintenance!
Good job as usual!
Great find! 2-3 videos would be preferable.
According the the title this is part 1 of 286 videos
2 or 3 vids please. PS BMW uses odd sized spanners. Thimgs like 16 mm sockets and 7 mm hex keys.
This bike brought me back to this channel
Excited to watch this build
A long video to completion please. Great channel.
Loved it!
If I may ask, where do you usually order pieces?
Cheers!
So happy that you ended up getting it!! 🙏
Me too!
Great bike I have a 88 model r100gs, it uses standar car oil and the bearbox uses 80-90 api. Its not like a common bike. Also do not bull the pistons out when you do the cylinder orings!. Its importanto to pull everything out. Also che the back cranck seal its known to overheat in the r100’s good purchase!! Cheers!
That is an awesome bike man! Congrats! In such great shape
Brilliant find Taylor and original which I like, look forward to the next video on it ......👍🇬🇧
Totally would follow along with a bunch of videos for this!!
Maybe break the videos up into systems, fuel, brakes, engine, etc.
Such a cool bike! Loved the video
Thanks Brett
Great looking bike, never seen one in flesh, good luck with the rebuild 👍
Love that sound... I have a 1997 R850R oilhead.
Its going to take a bit of work that's for sure, including pulling both cylinders to replace cylinder base gaskets, head gaskets, pushrod tube seals. One of the major pain points on these BMW airheads is the threaded ring that holds the headers onto each cylinder. The pain point is if the exhaust header threads on the exhaust stubs cast into the cylinders are seized you will destroy the head when removing it. Try using heat and a thread release, if worst comes to worst you get a Dremel and cut off the exhaust header ring, carefully leaving the underlying threads on the stub unharmed.Then just get a new exhaust header ring and ensure you use copper thread slip when installing the new one. Regular removal of the exhaust ring and reapplication of copper slip is a maintenance item on these machines. Good luck, it looks fantastic!
The advantage of a boxer engine, you can remove the cylinders easily with the engine still in the bike.
who asked
@@beev2123 He talked about removing the cylinders To replace the gaskets. Or you didn't listen?
Tyler great video and and a even greater find of a bike! Those are cool bikes and it sounds and looks like it will be a fairly straight forward job to get it back on the road, I would say shorter videos for most people out there. You will find that you tend to keep your video audience focused more, Longer videos people tend move off subject or get distracted by things around them when watching at home etc. Now for me it could be one long video and I would be ok with it, looking forward to the new content keep it up!
Liking the beemer very much. Something out of the ordinary so am looking forward to this series. I owned an R100S once.
Thanks William
AWESOME! And YYYESSS! Fewer LONG videos instead of more numerous short videos! Do it all in one long video! 😊😊😊
What a beautiful bike!
Great bikes. One thing that is not obvious is that the forks are not identical. One handles rebound, the other handles dampening.
Very nice find, definitely worth buying it.
Video series for sure. Also plans for the bike?
Yeah pretty sure that is the neutral sensor and those of that vintage are prone to leaking through the centre around terminals. Common problem I've also encountered on early 90s Hinckley triumph tridents
Your right bag hanger has a crack in it, my 85 R80RT did the same.
Love the new bike! Great find! Not many of these here in Australia!
Thanks!
Great video as always. I am glad you were able to get a bike you really wanted. I still prefer Hondas though. lol Good luck with your new toy. :)
Can’t wait for the next video of this bike!!!
Cool bike, would like to see detailed video of bringing it back to life....
Interesting purchase
That’s a keeper. I just put another 6k miles on my BMW . A trip across the states.
It’s got 87k miles on it now.
Awesome!
Hi Taylor,your the boss do what is best for you...
Lovely bike. One long video would be my preference, but happy either way.
Weight of floater is supposed to be 11-13g. Best regards from Munich
Thanks for posting so repressing disease something from the past
Btw Beamer Boneyard. Great source for older bmw parts.
Really cool company
Very cool bike, unique and rare.
Cool old Beemer.
You found the grail. So jealous
Wow!!!! What a find!!! 😃😃😃
Hi , that's a piece of art !! there a lot around in UK , i love them, np electronics , very simple. But expencive here . How much did you pay ?? thanks , Gus
Daaaaaaang so cool!!
I Just love watchin your video.
Please keep posting.🖤
Thank you, I will
Cool bike 🏍 pls many long Videos 👍🏻 hi from Germany 🏍
Sweet bike, an acquired taste being an off road styled bemmer , a long distance tourer rather than a proper full on off roader(compare it to a proper 800cc paris-dakar competition version)pretty unique and rare ,stainless exhaust as stock,tubeless alloy spoked rims as stock, draw back for a heavy bike,single disc at the front -needs another- ,as for the vids do in depth ones for idiots (me know bit bout bikes nout bout flat twin bemmer's) as for the tyres try them before replacing as they do not appear to be perished , do need air though . Looking forward to seeing more on the beauty.
PO picked the wrong wife. Very clean bimmer. I have an 02 1150GS. They are fun rides.
Multiple videos please
I hope I’m not to late. I hope very much you go into detail on the rebuild start to finish either all in one vid or series please and thank you. And I’m I little hard of hearing maybe you can boost your mic But hank you sooo much always love the vids "..... I have a 2015 R 1200 GSA. So love boxer engines even a little older than mine. You’ll love it
long or short would watch either please take us for a ride maybe little trail ride be great its what the bikes made for,, thanks recently subscribed and enjoying watching all best,,
big long video sounds great
Good find
Great bike! I'd much rather appreciate one long video :)
Great Buy!
Lube center stand at level 1
Maintenance (every 8000 mi).
T, if no one mentioned it, tank and windshield are from 1991, first year model of PD. The gauges are from 1992 on. Check photos for the first year dash/windshield on the 91 PD and you'll note it has a small clock and tach. 92 on PDs had a slightly different windshield, which is all clear, different decals on the tank (Dakar was removed for legal reasons) and the dash was changed to the two large gauges, like you have. With that, it appears the dash/odo may have been changed out at some point? No deal either way just note there appears to be some non original parts. Be sure the check for noise in the drive shaft by spinning the wheel in N. Unless its been replaced, they do have a life expectancy. When doing the oil change, note the shim/oring stack under the filter cover. Don't change/add/subtract from what'd been on there. Good to see the rear shock has been changed. There are some other things to note on BMWs of this era and this particular model to review and check. Either way congrats on the new ride and most of all, enjoy.
Hey Len, I just did some more research and every 1991 I see has the two larger gauges like mine. The 1990 has one large gauge and two smaller ones.
@@ClassicOctane Good, glad you checked. I'm used to seeing the tiny clock/tach dash with the Dakar moniker on the tank and that windshield. Looks like you got a great example.
One long video please.
It is due for clutch and throttle cable replacement at that mileage.