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Robert (Bob) Fleischer's BMW Motorcycle Repair and Technical Information website.

85% of this website is for BMW Airhead
motorcycles.  15% is for K bikes, Oilheads, Sidecars and Personal things.

Near the bottom of this page are links to some articles.  A hyperlink to the
Technical Article Index is also found in that area.

All the technical information on this site is:        



 

 

Snowbum and Penny, May 2006.
After decades of being a bachelor
 I married Penny at the end of September, 2006
Amor Vincit Omnia
My life has changed vastly for the better!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our K1100LT-EML GT2 rig, 
our wedding day at Historic Genoa Park, Nevada.   
Note my Tuxedo T-shirt!  We arrived and left on the sidecar rig.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool...shun him. He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is willing...teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep...awaken him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise...follow him." --Chinese proverb

There is a theory which states that if anyone ever discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.   Douglas Adams, "The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy"



Bob, South Lake Tahoe's resident curmudgeon, skiing at Heavenly Valley
I always wear these clothes when out for skiing...not hard to find me!  

 


 
With Rocky, my pet raccoon, who is generally peaceful.




01/19/2008, 15°F or so.  This is my 1993
K1100LT at same place as below photos





                                                                          01/31/2008, 34°F, overcast, K1100LT-EML,
                                                     with the 'new' weatherproof top!
                                                                         Yep, wearing my ski clothes...guess where I was headed?

 

1983 BMW R100RT Motorcycle with Ural sidecar.
 Sold April 2006, but not before I'd put on MANY happy miles.  
   In front of my home at South Lake Tahoe, California, USA.  
We sometimes DO get that much snow in the Winter. 




Self explanatory!


Below is a Summertime view of the same spot.
My two-wheel ride, a 1984 R100RT, set up for long distance touring.
NO, I do not know who the manufacturer was for that fiberglass top box.
It may have come originally from a Harley Davidson Dealership.



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The information (caveat lector!) on most of this website, is copyrighted, usually, but not always, indicated by a copyright symbol, ©.  You are granted reasonable use.  Details on such 'reasonable use' are spelled out in detail at the top of the Technical Articles Index list page.    Please respect this.  If you use an article or parts of an article, please quote me as the source, and do not edit to change my information, as  I wish to be responsible for MY input, not yours.    Commercial use without permission is NOT looked upon kindly.    This website is provided free to you for personal, NOT BUSINESS USE.   You can NOT use ANY of my material in anything you sell.  That includes putting any of it on a CD and selling the CD at cost, NOR giving the CD's away.  BUT...I am usually pretty easy-going about reasonable use, SO ASK!!


There are two roads in life, the twisty one is vastly more fun

Reputation is what you are perceived to be, character is what you are, and REAL character means doing what is right when nobody is looking

Common sense isn't

Most folks look intelligent.....then they say something

Be Careful when arguing with an idiot...folks watching may get confused as to who that is

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS.  YOU CAN'T LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM ALL YOURSELF!

The Purpose Of An Open Mind---Is To Close It On Something 



Your query may well help others... PLEASE post technical inquiries to the appropriate LIST, below.  If the message is very personal, click this link:   snowbum

You MAY be told to "take it to the LIST!"  if you contact me directly.  Sometimes I do answer direct inquiries.  You CAN get advice from Snowbum, and others, on the various LISTS.

Snowbum monitors about 6 LISTS, and participates on all, but mostly on 3 : Airheads, Sidecars, K-BMW.     

Airheads LIST:  see the top of the Technical Index Page on how to subscribe; and, how to access various functions!

SCT sidecar LIST  http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SCT
K-BMW LIST  http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/kbmw


An ESSAY on loud pipes

Who is/was Fleischer's Service?

Whitebeard.....an old essay of mine

Who the HELL is Snowbum?
revised 01/07/200
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The Goal Of Every Engineer Is To Retire Without Being Blamed For A Major Catastrophe. 

Logic is an organized procedure, for going wrong, with confidence and certainty

 


Penny and I took the K1100LT-EML sidecar rig from Lake Tahoe across the USA via Nevada, lower Utah and Colorado, into Kansas and then north, and ended up in Duluth, Minnesota.  We returned via mostly Hy 2 across the top of the USA...over 5500 miles total.  A text and photo blog on it is on this website, and you can CLICK for the page.   

Photo gallery 
(not photos of current trip, below)



If we are on a trip, or just returned from one, click here for
photos and commentary

 

 

  You     live   WHERE?
03/06/2008

Join the Airheads Beemer Club!  (and, 'the controversy')

On getting started on doing your own motorcycle maintenance

 

Deer whistles

 

 

 

 

 

THREE Santa's at Santa C and two more Santa's.

Politics, inane and serious ramblings, philosophy, stories, etc.
updated,
01-02-2008

One Scary Moment in an Airplane, the R60 is Stolen, more BIO

   Is Hell      HOT?

Technical Index of  Articles; rev. 10-10-2008
Caveat lector!
Besides 170+ tech articles, there is a Search Engine page

Prostate Cancer: 
 REAL Facts
!  Major revision on  09/13/2008

 

 

Items for SALE; & WANTED 10/08/2008

 

 

Motorcycles, cars/trucks that I've 
Motorcycles (and cars/trucks) I've owned and ridden
11-24-2007

 


 
What do your riding clothes; style; waving; and how you spend your spare time, say about you?

 

NOTE!.....maintenance schedules for 
all the BMW motorcycles (even the C1 scooter)
is available on the Internet:  
http://www.ascycles.com/service_schedules.aspx


         Our Sidecar rig: K1100LT-EML-GT2T2

The 2009 United Sidecar Association National Rally will be held in Snowbum's area.  Click HERE for the page of information.

 
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