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| Thread ID: 56650 | 2005-04-11 10:38:00 | OT - BMW Motorcycle Fuel Tank | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
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| 343761 | 2005-04-12 09:32:00 | Struth! Before I return the ritual abuse, let me just say how much I appreciate the advice. I honestly thought there might be one or two posts at most. Scouse -Hi Win. You could build a little moat around the cap to hold various fluids - use normal household putty or blutack. Good idea. I thought I might try plasticine or playdough which appears to be pretty much the same thing. Or a loop of 40mm ducktape. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 343762 | 2005-04-12 09:46:00 | What model bmw is it if you don't mind me asking? | Metla (12) | ||
| 343763 | 2005-04-12 09:49:00 | My thinking was,the bike is old and not worth much,so lets get it off . Apart from preying,what else is there to do? . Words fail me - but I'll do my best . :mad: This is an ex-MOT/Police bike, circa 1985 . It is most definitely not old! And what do you suggest I prey on??? Retired Traffic Officers? (there's a thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) :lol: John - thanks for the book tip . Paul and Murray - I wish I could find a pic on the net so you'd see the problem . I could take a photo tomorrow if I remember . Anyway, your idea Murray is excellent but . . . . . . . . the lid is inset into the top of the tank . Flush mounted . I don't think I can get anything down into the gap where the cap screws in because it very close fitting . If this is possible then the oil filter wrench is a good thought . The cap is made of plastic . So drilling as a last resort is easy enough . I hardly need add that parts from Germany do not come cheap so I'm anxious to be careful . |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 343764 | 2005-04-12 09:51:00 | Nothing a flexi-cap wouldn't fix,might even look quite trick.... | Metla (12) | ||
| 343765 | 2005-04-12 10:02:00 | Metla - 1985 R80RT 800cc . Ex police . White with full fairing . Remember when they got rid of their bikes in about 1992? Started using them again lately . BTW, what on earth possessed you to buy let alone mount a Beema? A fair question . Actually my dream bike is a yellow and black Norton Commando which doesn't leak oil, never breaks down, doesn't vibrate, and does a quarter mile in 11 . 5 seconds . You can see why this remains a dream :) I've lusted after a Ducati 900, then a Laverda 1000, but as time went by the BMW seemed the epitome of motorcycling . Comfortable, fast enough, and extremely well built . The engineering design on these bikes is a lesson in itself . Plus my mate had one . I intend to pass this bike on to my son in 20 years or so . Incidentally I've just remembered a guy who has an identical machine . I can whip around to his place and examine his fuel cap . At least that will be a lead on how it fits in the tank . |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 343766 | 2005-04-12 10:18:00 | Hi Win. I would drill two matching opposed holes in the lid. Fit a device with two spikes or rods to give the necessary leverage to turn the lid. The two holes can be filled/capped/pop-rivetted etc to look good. Probably need to flush the tank afterwards to clear swarf or debris. Sounds like a good bike. What sort of km? :cool: | Scouse (83) | ||
| 343767 | 2005-04-12 10:27:00 | Hey Scouse - great minds think alike . When I mentioned drilling, that is exactly what I had in mind . Actually this thread is more helpful than I ever expected . Ain't PF1 great . :thumbs: :thumbs: |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 343768 | 2005-04-12 10:30:00 | Hi Win. Last thought - Google for BMW motorcycle spares site:NZ has some good results. :cool: | Scouse (83) | ||
| 343769 | 2005-04-12 10:35:00 | Just rambling a bit . . . . . The Russians used to make a BMW copy called the Ural . It was a source of cheap BMW pattern parts at one time . Then there was the Royal Enfield 350cc Bullet made in India for years and years after the Redditch factory closed, and they also made the Morris Oxford . I like Scouse's idea of a peg-spanner, provided the metal is thick enough not to crumple . I got another 5mph on the top speed of my Vincent by enlarging the breather hole in the petrol filler cap, straight up :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 343770 | 2005-04-12 10:47:00 | Just rambling a bit . . . . . The Russians used to make a BMW copy called the Ural . It was a source of cheap BMW pattern parts at one time . Then there was the Royal Enfield 350cc Bullet made in India for years and years after the Redditch factory closed, and they also made the Morris Oxford . I like Scouse's idea of a peg-spanner, provided the metal is thick enough not to crumple . I got another 5mph on the top speed of my Vincent by enlarging the breather hole in the petrol filler cap, straight up :) YOU HAVE/HAD A VINCENT???? OMG!!!! Salaam o Mighty One . I once knew a guy in Rangiora who had a wooden pegleg (I do not kid you - this is for real) who lost the real one thanks to a Vincent! Legendary machines . . . And not just for losing legs on (or is that "off"?) My son's mate has travelled heaps in India on a rented RE Bullet, and he was so impressed he imported one second hand from India . A mate told me the other day you can still buy them . Memories of happy evenings in front of the fire in the early 60's slicing corks and my flatmate fitting them into the clutch plates of his Silver Bullet . Sigh . . . Thanks for the thread Winston - hope it works out for you, but you have made some old bikers happy anyway . Now Cicero, you are near enough to revive the Cust races . . . :D |
John H (8) | ||
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