R90/6 #23 Fuel Valves, Tank, Points Adjustment, Carb Sync & Test Ride
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In this last episode of the R90/6 videos series, William walks you through how to replace and install the front & rear indicators, check the fuel tank for rust and replace a worn fuel cap gasket, install the fuel valves on the tank, points adjustment and timing, check the charging system, install the front cover, install the horn, sync the carbs by ear and a final test run. Always filled with great tricks to help you with your own Airhead project.
Its been a long road and we would like to thank all of our friends and fans for their kind words and great feedback on this video series. Our next video series has already been planned and we have a 1985 R80 RT monolever that we will be transforming into a sleek sport tourer, based on the concept of an R100 S. If you haven't already don't forget to subscribe and hit the bell icon on CZcams, so you can be sure to be alerted when we upload a new video.
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See you on the road!
-Team Boxer 2 valve
boxer2valve.com specializes in BMW motorcycles from 1969 to 1995. This is our first video of our R90/6 revival. Showing you what can be done in your own garage with a little help from us. If you have any questions about your bike or one of ours, please don't hesitate to contact us!
it is a relief to find such a friendly and polite mecanic on the internet! thanks
Seems like someone it would be nice to drink a beer 🍺 with....
This guy is awesome!
Here I am frazzling over shorting vs vacuum methods, and it only takes two minutes for a pro to tune everything up by ear. Impressive!
You are something special. I have a R90/6 that has been sitting for decades. You have got me interested and confident that i can do it! Thank you William.
Hi Foster! Yes, you can do it and you will find it both fun and rewarding. Thanks very much for your kind comments.
You can see he loves what he’s doing.
So useful and such a pleasant accent that many French can undestand .
I own and maintain 4 airhead twins in the french South.
Merci beaucoup Mr William!
These videos are great for their informational content, but almost as importantly, at least for myself, is that William and co. are able to transmit to the viewer a relaxed, clean and caring approach to mechanical work. There's love there. It's pretty awesome.
Thanks very much Chris! We have fun producing these videos and it's great to know that you are enjoying them.
This is truly the best series i have ever watched. And having the exact same bike as an ongoing project, just makes it perfect. Thanks for a great tutorial guide about these cool airheads! Looking forward to the next.
Can't thank you enough for mentioning (twice) that worn springs on the advance mechanism will prevent a a good idle from being achieved. Replaced them and problem solved. You are the best!
James - did you remove the ATU or were you able to change them in situ?
@@barryhope2953 I had to remove it. The springs are incredibly small, so I found it necessary to use jeweler's pliers and a lighted magnifier on a cantilevered arm to aid in the installation of the springs. Cheers!
@@jamesgault7383 Thought so. I have an idle problem and so was delighted to find that weak springs weren't doing very much with the arms quite loose and not returning properly. Was unable to fit a new spring in situ - so will take the ATU off tomorrow and do it on the bench. Looking forward to a normal return to idle.
@@barryhope2953 The 4 posts are wider at the top and I had a bit of trouble getting the end of the spring to go down past that point without harming the spring. It took me several tries to get it.
@@jamesgault7383 Just finished cleaning and rebuilding the ATU with two new fibre washers (one was missing!) and yes, putting those springs on was a bit of a challenge!
First ever BMW....thanks for the channel . Love the slow precise explanations
What an amazing series! I'm a new BMW owner and these videos taught me so much!
Have just replaced the fuel cap gasket on my /5. Your video was most instructive, thank you William
I'm working on restoring anR90S, I was directed to this series by someone at Airheads.org. I've been wrenching on bikes for 50 years and Ihave to say this is probably the best CZcams series I have seen. Both the ignition and carb balancing are the way I've done it for years. There is nothing as good as, a good set of ears frankly. Well done, this series will serve new airheads for years to come.
Thanks
Absolutely! Us old geezers don't know it any other way! Thanks so much for commenting!
Dear Sir please note I live in Australia and am now 65 years old in the late 1970's I had a BMW R80/7 model.
I have watched all of the R90/6 series from start to finish and they have been an absolute joy to watch, thank you
Excellent videos! With a 1976 R90S headed my way - when shipping can be done - I decided to brush up on airhead maintenance. These video's are so clear to understand, camera work is excellent, and you are like a laid back professor to learn from. What a great way to pass time while in Corona lock down. DOWNSIDE: I am now wanting to buy an old airhead that does need some work to play/learn on. great work, thanks.
Thanks for your kind words! Happy to help in any way. Best of luck and have fun with your R90S!
William, thank you for explaining the Points set up and Timing of the Ignition system.
You Sir are a wonderful and patient teacher. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into the video. Of great value to me with my '76 R90s that I re-commissioned after a six-year layoff a few weeks ago. Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words and we appreciate you checking out our series.
🇩🇪brilliant keep up the amazing work and a big thank you for teaching me so much 👍🏻👍🏻
Glad we can help!
Such a nice ending to the series to see the bike running! Thank you for the quality content!
William and crew, I have been working on motorcycles and cars for 49 years including 5 BMW motorcycles which I've torn down and rebuilt including transmission rebuilding. In every video of yours, I learned something! Also, the way you taught and your enthusiasm made each video so very enjoyable. I am a repeat boxer2valve customer and sincerely appreciate all of you at boxer2valve!
Hi David, Thank very much for your enthusiasm and your business. There are many more videos planned.
This series helped me tremendously with working on my airhead. Thank you for this series, and thank you for bringing us along on the journey
Thanks William and the team for these videos. As I am restoring a R80/7 and am new to BMW, this has helped incredibly. The workshop manuals are good but its as if I have someone in my workshop showing me what to do calmly. Excellent work guys
Well done! Your series of videos on the R90/6 will be a great resource for future repair and service on my two /6's.
Have thoroughly enjoyed this series William, you and the team have done an incredible job. Really looking forward to Project R80.
Thank you so much, William! I‘ve learned a lot. 👍🏼
Great simplified approach to all things "R" ish ! - Well done
Epic series! Thank you very much!
Looking forward to the next one!
Great series I really learned a lot thanks for putting this together. Looking forward to the next series.
Fantastic! SO appreciate the time ,effort and expertise. What a gift.
William it so calm an collected as I go about the tasks on the bike.really looking forward to the R80 project.
Thanks a lot, very needed tips or ways to do things. very helpful
Excellent video series, keep up the good work!!!
Very cool man!! Have been following your videos for some time. Glad to see her running. Safe travels
Good series and well presented both in front and behind the camera
Excellent videos you post !!
Brilliant series, you are a true gent, looking forward to starting my /6 overhaul.
It worthed every minute, as all your other videos. Thanks a lot! Really kind from you to take the time to explain and show everything. I keep tuned to see what it comes :-) all the best!
Thanks, great tutorial. Looks like a beautiful town.
Great Videos that you ( and your Team) had made. I learned many things. Thanks and greetings from Germany
Brilliant, thank you very much from Dorset,England a great refurbishment.
Love these videos very informative and a great help for anyone with an old airhead keep it up👍👍
Thank you William. I watched every one of your episodes and they were all great! I have a 1980 RS which I converted to an S, so looking forward to your next project.
Absolutely fabulous, informational and entertaining series. Thanks a lot for putting it together. 🙏
Awesome Video peeps... soooo professional and informative... we need more !!!!!!
William thanks this is a great great help to me right now I am doing the same steps on a R80 TIC love your video they are really pro
Superb! Have loved this series. Interesting, informative and extremely useful. Have a 76 90/6 myself. Many thanks for taking the time from me in the UK.. looking forward to the next one 😀
Love your work! You have helped me so much in setting up my 75/6, very informative- Cheers from Australia
Thank you for making the videos, it is amazing what can be learned from a professional who has so much knowledge, I am restoring a R80 g/s 1980, and will adjust the carburetors the way you did....so excited in getting a old bike back on the road again.
Love this awesome series, and you guys are amazing. William, you're a real guru when it comes to this stuff. The ending with the carb tune was so pleasing haha!
This is so clear, informative and really gets to the point. No pun intended.
Thank You William for these videos. Since I've discovered you shop's website it my first stop for parts for my 1981 R100RT. Your shared videos even got me to re-seal the final drive this month. Thanks again and keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for a top notch tutorial set, I have learned so much from you and am going to apply your teaching toward my restoration! please keep up the great videos and source the best parts available for our airheads....cheers.
Thank you for creating this series. I have the EXACT same bike in my barn in pretty much the same condition. I have had it since 1991 and hasn't been on the road since 2004. I will be following your series step by step as I go along. I love the fact that you have all the parts and tools available on your website for each episode. I was going to make some modifications right out of the gate, but I will follow your guidance to make it a runner for a while first, then decide on tasteful modifications. Great job.
That was a fantastic series, thank you so much! You have inspired me to try a DIY bike project (one of these days)!
Thank you William I am going to finish my 77 R100S because of the inspiration you have given me.
Thank you so much for these videos. They are a tremendous help to this nooby R90/6 rider.
Thank you so much. This is what I really needed. I have seen many videos but you could explain very easy everything.
Greetings from Colombia
Thank you very much, William. This series helped me get through my /5 project bike.
Great to hear!
Thank you very much for creating this series! Its been a pleasure following you. Next series could maybe be to create a custom airhead?
Love it , just like my R 90/6 , nice Videos , lot of information
Un trabajo formidable, ilustrativo. Many thanks William!. Amazing!. The best “video series” on motorbike I watch ever. I have learned a lot meanwhile enjoying your nice job and explanations.
You guys are awesome! Thanks for sharing you knowledge with the world, I know its been a huge help to me during my /5 project.
Great to hear!
Thanks William a great video helps my confidence working on my 1978 R100/7. Keep it up!
Thanks very much! We will do our best!
You are amazing!!! Just went out and adjusted my point gap and static timing on my 1978 R100RS using the test light and volt-Ohm meter method. It's running GREAT now. The manual leave a lot out that you explain and demonstrate. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
After a motorcycle accident has limited my riding for awhile, I bought a 1975 r90/6 out of a backyard storage container (we don’t have barns in the desert southwest). This series seems to be exactly what I need to get this awesome bike running. I can’t wait to get started. Thank you for putting this series together.
This series has really helped me with my R90S. I fixed a lot of problems with William's great advice- and have bought plenty of quality parts as well! Can't wait for the next series after the '85 Monolever.
This series has been so informative. I appreciate all of the knowledge you have shared, with your patience and kind/friendly tone. Feeling much more empowered to take on some of this work with my R50/5. Will also be supporting your business by ordering parts from you all here on out! Thanks so much for taking the time to do these.
You're very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to comment. It motivates us !!
Loved every video, awesome series!
Thank you for your great detailed info that you give us. It really is a great tutorial
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic videos. Thank you . Cheers
Thank you William. A very enjoyable "masterclass" series from an artisan. Cheers from Australia. Alan.
Hi Alan, I'm so happy that you are enjoying the videos.
I just reassembled an entire motorcycle, time to take it for a ride and see if I forgot to tighten anything and hey, I'd better try to induce a wobble while I'm at it.
Outstanding!
Great videos, thank you.
Fantastico, sincronizada perfectamente sin vacuometro ni otros aparatos. Gande!
Just found you and the videos. I have a 93 PD, and the carbs are out - so you video is just what I needed. Great work without all the cursing some seem to think makes a video more watchable!
Found you just at the right time with time to spare(thanks to Covid).Relaxing ,informative & very pro.Getting my R80/7 ready for summer.Thankyou from the Alpes.
Welcome aboard!
William
Thank you for all your passionate and excellent videos. They inspire me to buy a R90S last week imported into the UK from the US.
Sounds great! Have fun with it!
Amazing videos! You gave me the inspiration to get my R100/7 1977 on the roads again! Been in the garage for over 25 years..
That is awesome!
William, these videos are so great! I found your series after I wheeled my "78 R80 out of the neighbor's shed after 20 some years. Basically cruising along with your series for a Seattle winter project. Your explanations, tips and tool-making ideas are really helpful -thanks!
Right on! Thanks for watching and good luck with the project.
Great Series! You are truly inspiring. I just found Boxer 2 Valve (CZcams and Web Site) after buying a 1976 R75/6 Sidecar rig. I've already made my first order of parts to rebuild the fuel system. Similar to your videos, I will be going through the bike little by little doing what needs to be done. The idea is to have a "survivor" and not a restoration. If I am down in the area (from Michigan), I'll have to stop by and say hello!
Bravo William, thank you so much for all the work you and your team put into these videos. They are an invaluable resource. Looking forward to the next project.
Best TV in a long time, thank you very much William! I could do with some tips on the Type 53 Bing carbs, hopefully on the next project.
Thanks. No plans for Type 53 anytime soon but you can give me a call if you need some help. I will do what I can.
@@boxer2valve The Bing 53's are now fixed and properly adjusted & synchronised. First I am going to rack some miles, than the leaky 4-speed gearbox will need some TLC. Understand you have some TLC-tricks up your sleeve for that, can you recommend anybody on the continent for that with simular standards of quality? Not the avarage BMW butcher, please.
Thanks to these videos, I just finished switching back to the original Bing carbs from the Mikunis the bike came with. The project was fun and rewarding and it would have been a very different outcome were it not for your help and the quality products in your online store. My bike runs great now. Thank you!
Great to hear! Thanks for checking our videos out.
William, simple Great. Thanks to you. Best whishes from Southern Germany. BR Franz
Many thanks!
Danke William Du bist der Meister
Nice to watch and appreciate a true mechanic as well person who properly shifts a BMW vs the big name BMW shop below. Note video below crashing the box;czcams.com/video/0RRha-iSMd0/video.html
My 75 R90/6, 76 R90s, 70 R75/5 and 66 R27 shift almost silently 90% the time.
Learn to properly shift a BMW, it's not a Harley. Bring A Trailer today 6-5-21 75 R90/6 auction sold $18,906, 12,880 original mile......~~=o&o>......
gracias por compartir el arte de puesta a punto a una joya clásica de la ingeniería.
my father died recently and left me with his r100 CS '84, your videos were a great inspiration and a lot of information about putting the bike on point, thank you, keep the excellent work!
Thank you!
The parts I bought from you are great and the videos have been a god send. After following your bing carb rebuild and then this video to adjust these rebuilt carbs on my 84 R100RT but could not find the adjusting screws located where you were adjusting them from the bottom.
So I finally realized my idle screw is on the top not the bottom 🤔
Love the videos keep them coming
Yeah, the 84 carbs are very different. We'll be doing works with the carbs on our current project, an 85 R80 and that will be relevant to your bike. Stay tuned!
Some of the most , if not the most, informative and enjoyable / professional video I've seen. Been a Harley guy for years but I'm a happy new R100/7 owner. Quite a different animal. I love doing my own work so Boxer 2 valve is my new church. I've already made some adjustments and improvements and your knowledge and skill has been very helpful. Thanks
I'm so happy you like the videos. Thanks for watching.
Bravo !
Can't wait to see the '85 R80RT project... but I want to keep my RT fairing .......
Well done, thank you
Hello William! Many greetings and great many THANKS for all your excellent, calm and indeed very instructive videos, here from Denmark and from My 46 Year old, still steady running BMW R90S, Silver Smoke. One of the last produced ever, from Year 1976. "Only" yet 280.000 kilometers on the clock, with only one (!) main Motor overhaul, and actually not that big thing:: Main crankshaft and camshaft bearings still the original, and due respect for the ever running Duplex(!) timing Chain, including the old slash /6 big and heavy(!) flyweel. The last is indedd a good "adjuster", specially at idle, even if your Dellorto Carbs are not that fully syncronized ;.-)
Pushrods still original too, apart from new rubber replacements.
Only one major Cylinder overhaul at 150.000, with first oversize bore and pistons, etc. Apart from a single clutch repacement, and all other necessecary renewable things "along the road", such as all necesseary new fluids shifts. brake calipers, etc, nothing ever broke down on this incredible "ever running" machine.
But please, everyone, treat these ever running 2 valves airheads boxers with due respect! Always remember words as GREASE (even every time you switch a tyre on both wheels (that is i.e. remembering grease the splines (backwheel) and the spindles, nuts, etc, Grease all whats need grease. And shift all our oils, in due time (or better before). The old Boxers will just pay you daily rinng respect, back ;-)
My R 90 S have not needed any further overhauls. The bearings in the Gearbox are running rather noisy, though. (Maybe an instructive video, regarding dismantling the Gearbox shafts and
replacement of the beasrings in the the gearbox would be great! Thanks in advance !!! :-)
Shifting gears no problem, even on the old slash 5 and 6 Beemers.
I Still wonder why so many -- even prof old BMW riders and even many experienced MC-magazines prof test-riders -- always reported abut noises, and missing shifts, etc. Rough Gearbox, etc.
The Trick is pretty simple, with reference to own experience running /5 /6 and even /7 Beemers until the lighter flywheel, and the improved shift mechanism were introduced in 1981:
During acceleration, pls take up the "free movement on the gearbox lever, just before you put the next gear in. Following this, you will shift without any noise , even during max accelerations! . It´s a bit more complicated when shifting down. Here you have to find the right RPM's , including a ½ second of some "in between gas/RPMs. But training also this, and you will find your own
noiseless way, before even a harsh gearing down before a sharp turn!
Every time I have changed my gearbox oil, I did not find any metal splines, even small ones, on the drain plug, which to my knowledge actually is slight Magnetizied, from BMW Motorrrad themselves, originally,
(But anyway maybe not that Magnetizied, after 46 years :-)
William, I will close my remarks as I started:
THANKS so much for these very best, instructive, detalied videos !
If anyone contribute to keep these solid old 2 valve Bemmers still runnning, your videos are among the best.
My respect & and keep on Running :-)
Best wishes !
/Thomas
Thanks for the great input and we appreciate you watching .
@@boxer2valve
My Pleasure! ;-) And we all appreciate your great videos
Great video
Muchas gracias por compartir la gran colección de videos. Que fácil comprender ciertos detalles de mi r60/6 para su restauración.
Gracias por dejarnos saber. Estamos felices de poder ofrecerle información útil.
Henersonville is a great area; had a good friend that lived there from 95 - 00. I rode the area extensively on my 95 Triumph Trident. I haven't been back since about 99 - so I'm overdue!
Very cool! Stop by when you make it back to the area.
Nice guy, nice video. I like the "One pair of ears" synch. Set the carbs on my RD250 and SD1 just like that. Will tweak my R65 accordingly :-)
Great job, thank you for the informative vidio...😎☕
great video, thank you! A customer reached out and I rebuilt his 40mm bings and when we got everything back together. No spark, at all, for no reason. I'll be checking the point(s) system as there really is no other explanation. We also replaced the $34 ignition module as well with obviously no luck. MUST be point(s).
Thank you very much
Maybe I should take over my uncles R45 after all!?! Great videos!
You are amazing