1971 BMW 1600 Project

[phreshkid]

Paint your front hub grease caps flat black.

Good idea. I'll do that tomorrow.

[JinormusJ]

I spy a danco in a 2002

[Dylanhat]

Badass roundie!

[MR 325]

Looks good with those horns on there. Glad to hear it's running good too. Carbs scare me.

[phreshkid]

Looks good with those horns on there. Glad to hear it's running good too. Carbs scare me.

I friggin' hate them.

I can solve complex math equations and trick your parents into believing I'm a saint, but put me in front of a carb and I go blank.

[blue plates]

You got it easy, wait till you have to sync 3-4 carbs.

[phreshkid]

You got it easy, wait till you have to sync 3-4 carbs.

No! You can't make me.




Small Updates:

I decided to spruce up the new cluster and get it installed.
I pulled it apart, cleaned it all up, put it all back together, then installed the cluster with the new tach. I found the elusive black wire that connects the the negative terminal of the coil and the tach gave life! The speedo worked great as well, which was a nice little surprise, considering my speedo was really slow, and did not display accurate speed. The only downside to the new speedo gauge was that the mileage and trip meter didn't work. The internal gears were broken.

This lead me to start taking both speedo gauges apart and start mix and matching parts, in an effort to get my original speedo to display correct speed. After about an hour or tinkering and switching parts, I reinstalled everything and went for a drive. No dice. Oh well, I have a tach now. That's a good start.

Here are some photos:

All apart





Old and New (I'm considering taking it apart once more and painting the rings silver, as they should be. Maybe later once I get a working gauge cluster with the correct mileage reading.






And here it is, installed. I revved up to a little over 3k. Sweet sweet victory.





I also sold these today. Bittersweet.







I've been driving the car nonstop over the last few weeks. Next up is replacing more seals, likely some more paint restoration, and getting the front end to sit lower.


Soon.

[SkiFree]

I friggin' hate them.

I can solve complex math equations and trick your parents into believing I'm a saint, but put me in front of a carb and I go blank.

I'm going to insist you come help me tune mine in the future.

[phreshkid]

Small things today.


First off, I finally installed the fire extinguisher. It looks good there. It makes me feel like more of a badass. And as an added bonus, if my car is on fire, I should be able to put it out, which is nice.






Next up is for Lorin. Lorin, this photo goes out to you:







And then a gay iphone shot. I would post in on Instagram, but for one reason or another, I just don't think it's worthy.










Off topic, but I spend a few days on Lake Mojave in Arizona/Nevada (border). We did all sorts of dangerous stunts and had wild adventures. Some of which involved cliffs. This is me 2 days ago. 65' monster:










I'm headed to Monterey for Pebble Beach Weekend in a day or two. I am to judge a few shows, see old friends, and make new ones. I'll make sure to snap a few photos and post them.


Blessings upon you, brethren.

[blue plates]

what wheels are those?

[Dylanhat]

what wheels are those?

I think Enkei's?

[LJ851]

Next up is for Lorin. Lorin, this photo goes out to you:

That's what i'm talkin' about !





Cliff jump looks mega fun, 65 foot is about as high as i have jumped although i had to climb up a tree on the edge of the cliff to get the last 15 feet.

[phreshkid]

That's what i'm talkin' about !





Cliff jump looks mega fun, 65 foot is about as high as i have jumped although i had to climb up a tree on the edge of the cliff to get the last 15 feet.

Biggest drop I've successfully done was roughly 85 feet. It was off a bridge into a river. When I dropped, I clenched by butthole closed as tight as I could and bent my toes downward to break the surface tension of the water before the rest of me crashed through.

My butt still hurt. It was unavoidable.

[blue plates]

Sign this car over to me before you jump off any more cliffs.. and get me specs on those wheels!

[LJ851]

Biggest drop I've successfully done was roughly 85 feet. It was off a bridge into a river. When I dropped, I clenched by butthole closed as tight as I could and bent my toes downward to break the surface tension of the water before the rest of me crashed through.

There were larger unsuccessful drops?