nother BMW. In even worse nick than the 1st!

McBoxer · Post by **McBoxer** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:39 pm

So, I accidentally bought another bike. This one is 33 years old and hasn't been used for at least the last 10.......

nab 301 · Post by **nab 301** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:58 pm

Which one's the project

GRAgusta · Post by **GRAgusta** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:23 pm

neither of these bikes have brake calipers ... the rider(s) must have big balls

conkerman · Post by **conkerman** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:58 pm

Great. I'd love that for a cafe racer..

The old one does have calipers, just about a foot away from the discs.

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:20 pm

WOOHOO I used to have one of those! 1983 black one and absolutely loved it

McBoxer · Post by **McBoxer** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:01 pm

conkerman wrote:Great. I'd love that for a cafe racer..

The old one does have calipers, just about a foot away from the discs.

Yep, they're there - I think that's called 'inboard' calipers...

Considering a cafe racer - undecided at the moment. There are some really nice looking boxer cafe racers (BCR's?) out there.

McBoxer · Post by **McBoxer** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:05 pm

GRAgusta wrote:neither of these bikes have brake calipers ... the rider(s) must have big balls

Both have been stood, so calipers were removed for ease of transportation (pushing of course). My balls really aren't that big - they just look it after the hernia.......

McBoxer · Post by **McBoxer** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:09 pm

nab 301 wrote:Which one's the project

Yep, they both are, so I now need to decide which to tackle first. Probably the S as I think that needs (slightly) less work, and I've bought a load of bits for it already - so shouldn't take as much work to get it on the road. Would be nice to get some use of it this summer, but that may be a little optimistic....