1981 BMW R-Series

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Up for sale is a 1981 BMW R100 RT in full Café Racer glory! This bike has been my baby; it’s been a labor of love which I have now decided to make my full time job due to requests from other BMW owners who want one too!!! Absolutely no expense (also blood sweat and tears) have been spared in the building of this café. My goal was to build a café racer with the legendary BMW reliability and ride ability that really turned heads. BMW’s have always been the best bikes on the road, but I think most would agree not the prettiest. My aim was to fix this. I started by addressing all of the known weak points on these older airheads by swapping out and up grading parts to the very best available (see parts list below), Then after a few hundred miles of tweaking, a total frame up restoration began. I have a full build file with a nauseating amount of detail photos of the entire process that will of course come with the bike. The frame had all the now un-necessary tabs removed, the sub frame slightly shortened so the seat and rear end had a smoother line and was painted with BMW Jet Black epoxy paint for durability. The steering head and swing arm bearings were replaced and the build was truly on! The engine was stripped and totally gone through, (see parts list) and purrs like a kitten (or tiger depending on the revs!!). Buffing the engine to a mirror finish took almost a week, and then it was returned to its home in the newly painted frame. Then I totally rebuilt the forks using all new seals and progressive springs and period correct 13 rib fork boots, while they were apart I also polished them to carry the smooth look throughout the whole bike. At this time I also added a San Jose fork brace and double top plate for stiffness and handling. The dual Brembo calipers were stripped, seals replaced and painted with high temp black caliper paint. I fully rebuilt the final driven and (you guessed it) polished that too, and installed the swing arm with a new boot, new D-shaft bolts and new YSS Shocks. I replaced all the cables and hoses and upgraded the oil pan to a larger capacity unit. Then I installed the exhaust with shorty megaphone cans and wrapped the headers in titanium hod-rod wrapping that reduced the pipe temp by almost half! The perfect handle bar turned out to be an English unit from the ace café which futher improved comfort and the lines. The tank took me almost a month to decide on there were just so many choices!! I finally settled on historic BMW racing stripes with a base color of BMW metallic Alpine White from the early 90’s which is actually almost a pearl, then 7 coats of clear. I have all the paint codes and they will of course be supplied with the bike in the build file. I wanted the seat to really stand out and provide a foil for the tank so I went with a medium brown distressed leather that was wrapped by my upholstery guy 3 times before we got the line and the padding correct (I’m no longer his favorite customer J ) but it really sets the bike apart as something special. I really could rattle on about the bike for pages and pages but take a look at the pictures, read the parts list below and ask any questions you may have. There isn’t a more beautiful, well-made or better running R100 out there. This bike needs nothing and is perfect for riding and or showing. It wasn’t built to be a trailer queen but it could be! C’mon people, make me an offer! I will provide a “Bumber to Bumper” 3 month warranty on every piece of the bike, and if you hit the “buy it now” I’ll provide free shipping to anywhere in the continental US. This is the first of many. Ole’ No 1. She was built to be mine but if you love something set it free. I currently have 2 “scrambler” projects that will be up here in the next month so keep an eye out!! AIRHEADS FOR LIFE!!! Parts List: · Upgraded Voltage Regulator · San Jose fork brace · Brown side stand · Custom Café rear brake light · YSS rear Shocks ($600) · San Jose fork Bottoming springs · New Timing Chain · Eastern Beaver headlight relay · Heads overhauled/new valves-spring-guides 5 k ago · New piston rings 5k ago · New clutch 10k ago · New transmission input seal · Rebuilt starter · Custom handmade seat with distressed leather From “All that Jazz Upholstery” · Rebuilt forks/new seals. Firmed up for sport riding · Triple tree bearings replaced and a double top plate installed · Solid mounts for diode board · All new cables and hoses · Spiegler Braided stainless steel Brake lines front and back · New alternator 10k ago · New rear main seal · New transmission seal at shifter · Custom shifter linkage · New Brake pads front and rear 1k ago · Carbs rebuilt and synced · Carb needle jets changed to 2.68 from 2.66 · Replaced oil pressure switch 5k ago · Large capacity oil pan and new gasket · Kisan head light Modulator · Napoleon Bar end mirrors with NO vibration! · New speedo/ tach housing · All new pushrod seals · All Amsoil fluids · Rebuilt final drive with all new seals · Brand new Shinko street tires 120 rear 110 front · Ace café handlebar · Megaphone emgo exhausts · Hod Rod Titanium exhaust wrap · Tank Painted in BMW racing colors by Bouchillions Paint · Engine polished to a mirror shine · Carbs polished to a mirror shine · Superbike grips · Han made and polished rearsets made from original bmw parts. · New transmission boot · New Driveshaft bolts. · All bolt heads and nuts polished · Frame painted with BMW Jet Black Epoxy paint for durability