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From: "Scott Blaylock via groups.io"
Sent: Jul 25, 2020 9:25 AM
To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [R90SWORLDNET] 74 R90S Instruments without White Outer Rings #'squestion
Hi Mac,
Well the "look see" turned into, what I told my wife, "look what followed me home" (see attached). I confirmed there were no holes in the fairing, which coincides with it being replaced. I pulled the rubber from the instruments and sill no white outer rings, but the "W" ratio was correct W=1.112 so I'm thinking the 21,000 miles is correct. The bike looks very clean, which would also have me believe it's correct.?
Some background on the bike...
Owners: It came with a large binder of documentation showing regular service all the way back to 2005. From the documentation it looks there were two owners in the Seattle area since 2005. There's a greeting card from when it changed hands that reads "Chuck, May you enjoy it as much as I have, Don". Nice gesture.
In 2010 the bike came up for sale at South Sound BMW and was bought by a gentleman in Victoria, BC. He sent it to Calgary and had around $3000 worth of work done to the bike - new clutch, carb rebuilds... brought it home and only put 104 miles on it.
In 2016 it was sold to another gentleman in Victoria who replaced the battery and didn't drive it once.
Equipment: In 2007 the bike had an Omega 400 w Alternator and a Dyna III installed. It has a San Jose fork brace, progressive springs, IKON shocks with Bob's BMW aluminum shrouds, NOS Krauser hard bags with the red leather Krauser key fob and a "NOS period correct BMW tank bag". The seat was replace with new foam and a gel pad and the leather was perfectly matched to the original 74 stitch pattern. The original vinyl cover and foam came with the bike as well as the original shocks.
So... now that it's in my garage here's what I'm planning to get it back to riding status: - new battery - replace all the fluids including the fork oil and brake fluid flush and new oil filter - carb rebuilds - spline lube - check the valve clearances?
Unfortunately it's been sitting full of gas so I'll need to drain the 4 year old fuel.
Questions: - as it hasn't been run in 4+ years, should I put a bit of oil onto the cylinders before moving the pistons? - the oil filter is an HF 161 and looked to be crushed when I pulled it last night. Is the BMW split filter OK as a replacement? - any other suggestions before I spark it up??
Thanks in advance and looking forward to putting some miles on the bike, Scott
