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This list is to be considered additional reference material, such as website URL addresses; e-mail addresses, some descriptions of these, etc. This is the place to find contacts NOT in 78A. ....although a few are duplicated, on purpose.
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Adventure Touring: www.horizonsunlimited.com
This is the PRIMARY source for
world-wide Adventure Touring. This is the group and site
originally started by Grant and
Susan Johnson, primarily for folks planning motorcycling
trips from country to country.
www.rawhyde-offroad.com
For off-road enthusiasts in the Western U.S.;
interesting rallies.
Accel m/c products; 10601 Memphis Ave #12; Cleveland, OH 44144;
(216) 688-8303
part of Mr. Gasket group. www.mrgasket.com
Antique motorcycle club of America Box 300A; Sweetser,
IN 46987
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Vintage brakes: www.vintagebrakes.silversmiths.com
209-533-4346; 15069 Lupine Ln;
Sonoma, CA try www.vintagebrakes.com
too
fork boots: see gators
Bungees: Hesitant about showing bungee cords here, but there is one
type that I have found to
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be much better and more useful, than others. this is the Triple
Strength Stretch Cord,
made by Highland
www.highland-interactive.com/
try also without the hyphen.
1-800-234-6992. These are
ADJUSTABLE for length and have very strong hooks.
C Plated
cylinder repairs: Millennium Technologies
1404 Pilgrim Rd;
Plymouth, WI 53073 (920) 893-5595
Custom motorcycle control/drive cables: Terry Cable,
Hesperia, CA
(800) 854-4691
Clock
repairs: see speedometers
Resurfaces CLUTCH parts, thicker clutch discs, ETC.
Southland Clutch
101 E. 18th St.; National City, CA 91950 (619)
477-2105 Dan Levine,
dan@southlandclutch.com
Rebuilds ignition canisters: Dwight Small Rbike@excite.com
970-223-1541 Fort Collins, CO.
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Due to excessive driveshaft angle U-joints tend to fail around
35000 miles on GS
models. HOWEVER...Vastly higher mileages are
seen often...particularly with
lowered suspension settings or lots of passenger
carrying. AFAIK, the project
to utilize constant velocity joints, that OAK advised on
originally, finally ran out of funds
& was never completed. Driveshaft and/or U-joint
rebuilding places I know of are:
1. Erich Demant, in Germany, erdemant@aol.com,
removes a somewhat troublesome
rubber part that tends to twist and go out of phase.
He may have a project for a modified
joint...ask him. Erich is in Germany. This particular
fix is superb.
2. Oak recommends Machine Service Industry at
1-800-677-8711. Ask for
Mitch, the
shop foreman.
3. Driveshaft (K bikes too!!!), U-joints,
Modifications to them, splines repairs, etc.: www.brunos.us
Brunos is in Ontario, CA.
Disabled Riders website, see various functions including forums
on that site:
http://www.dra.thewyz.com/
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Dyna; Dyna Performance Electronics; www.dynaonline.com
164 S. Valencia St; Glendora, CA 91741
(626) 963-1669 Website has a lot of technical
information.
www.euromotoelectrics.com/index.html
Source for all sorts of airhead
electrics, including Bosch and Valeo starters
rebuilds Japanese m/c electricals, such as alternators and
starters; Rick's mc/ Ent.
33 Newton Rd, Plaistow, NH 03865 (603) 382-5299
www.vellemanusa.com
possible source for various electrical 'kits' such as for
eliminating points.
Exhaust pipes...in particular, makes 40 mm necked to 38 mm for
/5, and lots more stuff.
www.bubent.com/
This is Bub Enterprises.
Exhaust port threads rebuilding. Ted Porter dba The
Beemershop www.beemershop.com
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FORKS: Forking by Frank. Fork
tubes. Evanston,
IL (847) 475-1003. Also known
as Frank's Maintenance &
Engineering, Inc.
NOTE!.....I suggest getting fork tubes from Ed Korn!....see under
T, for TOOLS, well below..
www.motorcycleframeman.com
straightening of frames, forks, and wheels. Located
in Sacramento, CA. Uses FACTORY BMW
jigs. (916) 920-1010
The Frame Man, 916-927-9712; 1645 Silica Way, Sacramento, CA
Fork boots: see GATORS
Fast track m/c frame straightening; Mesa, AZ
602-649-1093
www.kynststofftechnik.org/pages/preisver.htm
Pichler fairings
FUEL TANK REPAIR:
www.gas-tank.com/bike.htm
every sort of fuel tank repair for motorcycles.
1-800-328-9550, he is in Pennsylvania
Special sizes of fuel tank valves: Pingel (888)
474-6435
www.pingelonline.com
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GATORS: http://www.gorancho.com/html/index.html
Fork gators....try Rancho Shocks, black #RS1952. Quite a
few other colors are available, pink, green, etc.
Blue is RS1950; Yellow is RS1951; Red is RS1927; Black is
RS1952. Available from a wide variety of
places, including NAPA.
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Hones: www.brushresearch.com
Hannigan FAIRINGS. Being made in Paris,
Arkansas. (800) 324-7660
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Krauser bags, etc....for OLD parts: Michael Krauser
GmbH; 86415
Mering-kornblumernring-12, Germany. Krauser.motorrad@t-online.de
(michael krauser
GmbH I think as for KEYS,
only 056 is still available from them.
Krauser is now owned by Hepco & Becker, who still make the
classic Krauser
panniers....but now have Hepco quick release locks. One CAN
remove the Hepco
badge and R/BMW badge.
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www.wurthusa.com
Würth lubricants, especially SIG-3000 for splines (high impact
strength, high anti-rust, corrosion, etc.,
inhibitors 1-800-346-4198
Lacing wheels: This is for bicycles, but VERY
useful! www.sheldonbrown/com/wheelbuild.html
Hepco & Becker and Bagster, is imported by: Rosel
Import, ltd, Huntington, NY 888-482-5538
LUGGAGE:
For OLD Krauser parts: Michael Krauser
GmbH; 86415 Mering-kornblumenring 12
Tel 08233-1461 Fax
08233-1445
krauser.motorrad@t-online.de
(michael Krauser GmbH)
Krauser is now owned by Hepco and Becker and they still make the
classic Krauser panniers. They now
have Hepco Quick Release Locks. One CAN remove the Hepco
badge and use a BMW badge. I have
been told that only key 056 was available....that is unconfirmed.
For CRAVEN parts (Ken Craven died some time ago, but parts are
available...): First; things went to:
sales@cfgsiteservices.co.uk
You may find them unresponsive, and you may find a website for
Craven stuff, and find it also UNresponsive
Someone in the know said that if you telephoned, you would have
good luck: Nash Morgan; Lightmoor
Works, Speech House Road, Cinderford, Glos., GL14 3HU
England Tel. +44-1594-827649
LATEST information on Craven is that the stuff was all sold to
Phil Primmer who does business at:
http://www.westcountrysidecars.co.uk
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www.micapeak.com/mailinglistroundup
All the mailing lists for
micapeak.com
Manuals: see under S for Service Manuals
Master cylinders;
rebuilding. A few do this successfully. Sometimes it
is not cost effective.
Here is one place that can hone them, etc...plenty more: www.autosportseattle.com.
You can
also rebuild them yourself, and you might want to check with
EuroTech for parts.
Contact Ted Porter at his Beemershop in CA; also you can
try: www.applehydraulics.com
Museums:
A.M.A. Heritage museum; Westerville, Ohio
Rocky Mountain M/C museum; Colorado Springs, CO.
Machine shop work.....including overhauling rear drives, shaft splines,
U-joints, cylinder heads, etc.
In Canada: Bruno's www.brunos.us.
Iron Bridge, Ontario (705) 843-0822
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http://www.motobins.co.uk/
Source for parts. Sales@motobins.co.uk
In England. BMW parts. Catalog worth sending a few
dollars for, see its hints sections.
Many airheads around the world use this company for parts.
Paint work: Holt's, in Ohio. 740-593-6690 (also
does tanks repairing)
Paint: Excellent paints; can match any color.
Color-Rite. Their chief Tech is Doug Hodgins
whose been in the business for >40 years. Small to large
containers available; as well as
aerosol cans; and a 'trick' touch-up pen. www.color-rite.com
In the USA: in Whittier, CA (562) 947-9796
In Canada (418) 876-3867, if you are not French speaking, ask for
Reggie.
Powder coating: Fusion Coatings, Livermore, CA
Powder coating: This company does it REALLY right, even
cooking the parts first; then
coating, then fusing at temperature. HIGHLY
recommended. Greber Machine Tool
and
Custom Powder Coating; 313 Clark St. Elyria, OH
44035 440-323-8588
www.chicagobmwmotorcycle.com
Source for parts, discounted
m/c parts, esp. non-BMW, at much less than factory list prices:
Parts Unlimited,
rear of the catalog has electrical components from such as Rick's
Motorsport
Electrics in NH 800-521-0277 or Electrex in Oceanside, CA
888-369-8359. This Parts
Unlimited is a good source for OLD British and Japanese bike
parts!
OLD BMW parts: www.ulismotorradladen.de
www.bmwbike.com this is Mark
Huggett's site. Pricey though
www.benchmarkworks.com
Highly recommended, Vetch is a good guy too.
Pre-purchase inspections: Contact any knowledgeable Airhead owner.
However, certain folks
actually advertise that they will do this, ONE such is Jeff Trapp in Wisconsin (jefftrapp@charter.net).
Plenty of other knowledgeable airhead wrenches can do this for you.
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www.re-psycle.com
This is the website of Re-Psycle BMW parts. New,
reconditioned,
some bikes too. Located in Ohio.
Rear splines repairs:
Hansens in Medford Oregon.
katbod@aol.com,
Bruce, in Arlington, TX
Judson Cycle, Lake Crystal, MN (507) 947-3852
Brunos: repairs driveshafts, cylinder heads, U-joints, splines,
transmissions, etc:
www.brunos.us/ Brunos is in Iron
Bridge, Ontario, Canada, (705) 843-0822.
This place repairs driveshaft U-joints: Machine Service Industry,
in Green Bay, WI.
(800) 677-8711 The shop foreman is Mitch Lamal
WWII
R75: club links, parts, etc: http://www.wehrmachtsgespann.de/
Repairs in
general: as noted on my URL.htm page, I have only a few
folks I really recommend for mechanical and electrical, ETC.,
repairs for your airhead. Oak, at askoak@aol.com
is in the Chicago area. Oak was really, in some ways, a
mentor to ME. Ted Porter is on the west coast, see
website www.beemershop.com;
or e-mail to ted@beemershop.com.
Bob Clement is in Montana, bmwmontana@aol.com.
Tom Cutter is on the East Coast, contact him at tpcutter@aol.com.
There are maybe a dozen more scattered in USA and one or two in
Canada, that I would trust....Machine shop
work.....including overhauling rear drives, shaft splines, U-joints, cylinder
heads, etc.
In Canada: Bruno's www.brunos.us.
Iron Bridge, Ontario (705) 843-0822
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SADDLES: www.day-long.com Russell
Cycle Products: Russell Day-Long touring saddles
1-800-432-9566, (530) 336-5323, 4917 Shasta Dam Blved, Shasta
Lake, California, 96019; Previously in
Fall River Mills, CA., Now owned by Terry Bradford.
The "Russell Day-Long" is what Snowbum has
ridden on for many decades; http://www.day-long.com
SADDLES:
Rick and Val Mayer. (866) 357-2888; In the Anderson,
CA area, west of Redding. The other
Mayer brother (and the two do not get along!)...is Bill Mayer,
see www.billmayersaddles.com. I refuse to get
into the controversy, nor the quality, nor anything else, between
these two; I will simply state that those who
know these guys, have definite opinions on their work and
personalities; Neither uses their father's original
type of design, which uses an S shaped spring across,
left-to-right, the saddle 'wings'. That is still being made,
by Day-Long.
Salvage yards:
NON-BMW, Willies, in Camp Hill, Alabama, recommended by Flicka,
of Wagners Ural. 1-800-334-4045.
Mike Hamende's www.airheadsalvage.com (highly recommended)
(airheads and K bikes too).
Larry's part time West Coast Beemer Recycle 559-456-3245.
Rancho m/c dismantling, 3559 Recycle Rd; Rancho Cordova, CA
631-7900
K & Oilheads: www.beemerboneyard.com
973-775-3495
SERVICE MANUALS: Many
manuals are available FREE on the Internet, from a variety of
sources.
BMW dealerships can obtain official BMW manuals of all kinds.
For quite a few for MANY makes and models, hardly just BMW:
www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=41567
SERVICE:
Dave Gardener, previously at BMW of Colorado Springs, now doing
business as
Recommended Services....I think he is in South San Francisco
area. Recommended
by many including Matt Parkhouse.
SERVICE:
Matthias BMW Service; 1412 Santa Fe Ave., Long Beach, CA
90813
(562) 688-3821
SERVICE:
Ted Porter www.beemershop.com
tedporter@beemershop.com
831-438-1100
Ted has a very
good reputation for everything Airhead.
Oak: O. Okleshen. askoak@aol.com
Chicago area Same comments as for Ted.
Bob Clement, as BMW Montana
SERVICE: Machine shop
work.....including overhauling rear drives, shaft splines, U-joints, cylinder
heads,
shock overhaul....etc. In Canada: Bruno's www.brunos.us.
Iron Bridge, Ontario (705) 843-0822
SERVICE: Some types of service, pre-purchase inspections,
instructions on repairs, etc., is available
from Jeff Trapp (jefftrapp@charter.net)
http://www.northwoodsairheads.com:80/
Take a look at that website. Jeff is the Wisconsin AIRMARSHALL
(Airheads Club)
www.autosportseattle.com
may do cylinder sleeving
SHIPPING:
www.haulbikes.com
A shipping company recommended by
Felicia Landes of
the well-respected Ural dealership, Wagners, and others.
I've had a good experience with
them myself.
www.eagleoneexpress.com
another source for motorcycle shipping.
Shock absorbers, Koni (now called IKON)....rebuildable with some
effort; check
with Ikon, and maybe Eurotech, for kits.
White Power and other shock absorbers...sales, modifications,
customization, etc.
Lindemann Engineering, Campbell, CA http://www.le-suspension.com
SIDESTANDS: Farley's
616-896-8469. Robert VanFarowe; 2792 24th Ave.;
Hudsonville,
Michigan 49426 They come with longer rear
engine bolt. Probably better than Brown's.
Reportedly fit better at the shift area, due to milled
area. I have a page with photos comparing
the Farley and the Brown: FarleyBrown
SPLINES: rebuilding (besides my main URL listing page
of Hansen's in Oregon):
Katbod@aol.com
Bruce; Arlington, Texas
Speedometer work: North Hollywood
Speedometer www.nhspeedometer.com
((sorry, but can no longer recommend Palo
Alto Speedometer))
Speedometer work: West L.A. Automotive www.speedometerplus.com
877-900-9009 310-838-7350 In
Los Angeles
Switches: Rocker switches to fit BMW rectangular
holes: Cole Hersee 57000-04, etc.
T Throttle
Rocker www.throttlerocker.com
800-757-2453; Scotts Valley, CA
831-458-1264
Tachometer repairs: see speedometer
TOOLS: See my tools article, with references and
recomendations of vendors near bottom of it.
Rebuilds exhaust port threads: Paul Sturges; 1906 Birch
Lane; Newburg, OR
97132; (503) 538-5160. I don't know what method he is
using.
FUEL TANK REPAIRS: John Borella 860-774-5535
ABC#7221 borella_ent@hotmail.com
Also, Hold BMW in Ohio does tank work....740-593-6690
TOOLS: clever BMW tools, videos, and
help: Ed
Korn previously did business as Cycle Works, in Oregon
(yes,
that is the town name in the State of Wisconsin). He did some
machine work, had LOTS of
tools (and some parts) for
everything from the Isetta cars, through the /2 era, until the
Airheads stopped production in the late 90's. He had a
rather
extensive line of tools, some VERY cleverly designed, and he had
instructions, videos, all sorts of stuff. Doing
a run-through
of his website is informative to many folks. Ed sold the
business to Cycle Works LLC, located at 5805 Haskins Street,
Shawnee, KS, 66216 (913) 871-6740. Contact the
new owner at: Dan@cycleworks.net
((NOT .com!!)). The url is:
www.cycleworks.net
Some of his tools are rather clever in design.
Tachometer
work: North Hollywood
Speedometer www.nhspeedometer.com
((sorry, but can no longer recommend Palo Alto Speedometer))
Transmission repairs: OAK askoak@aol.com
Chicago area.
Also Ted Porter, West Coast area (see above, under SERVICE)
Also Bob Clement, BMW Montana
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Expert on Ural's; for contact when a good Dealership like
Wagner's doesn't have the information;
Gary Kelsey, c/o Irbit Motorworks of America (425)
702-8484 X101
www.imz-ural.com
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www.buchananspokes.com
Buchanan Spoke & Rim, Inc. (626) 969-4655
Respected in the Industry for a very long time for all sorts of
wheel work.
Windscreens:
Fairing screens, and almost any plastic windshield, is available
from stock; or, custom types
also available, from Gustafson Plastics, St. Augustine, FL.
888-824-3443
can also try: www.bikescreen.com
MISCL:
www.motorcycle-superstore.com
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