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I'm back, this time with an 06 Scrambler that I've been trading bikes off in order to acquire. Moved the 64 Trophy this past winter and that 04 America last month to make room in the garage: Once I re-lace the rear wheel to replace the three broken spokes this should be an awesome...

Yeah the 7 Metal West fenders are good stuff, I used the ribbed, ducktailed fenders here: http://newbonnevilleriders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7926&page=3

It's back together and 20 or so miles on it. Sounds a little deeper than I remember and it's much easier ti kick over; I'll take that easier spin as confirmation that I set the piston tolerance too tight last time around.

Well didn't that just take few months? I've washed out the bottom end with alternating flushes of ATF, 30 weight and 3 gallons of kerosene. Top end goes back on today, plenty of nice days coming for tuning and running in.

Frame swap completed. Still have to do a brake job and rebuild the forks, both are worn out but who knew until it was rolling? This thing is a hoot to ride :-)

Questions? Only a million...but let's tick with just one. The folks over at advrider.com think my headstock is bent. I've never worked on any BMW before, much less measured one so I don't know if that's true; do you know a simple way to check? I know the headlight ears are out of whack but that...

Could be, I like the ducktails to start and end the line of the bike.

Almost Ready The new lights came out pretty neat just as I expected: and now the bike sits in this almost finished state until the seat arrives and RePsycle acquires the cables I need.

Jugs and pistons are back :-) Now for a warm day to wash out the bottom end with kerosene and start rebuilding...

A month later there's some progress to report: Wheels mounted, wearing K70 Dunlops: I received a nice package from Milwaukee with the fenders, took exactly 5 weeks as promised on 7 Metal West's website: and I'm starting cobble together the rear indicators and the tail light: I expect...

a new beginning All right, the 64 motor is blown and off to the machinist so it's time to take the BMW down and start reworking it. The subframe is bent so a straight item is on the way from Re-Psycle along with a few other necessaries, the wheels are off to the local bike shop for new...

Seized plain and simple. Ring gaps were checked as was the piston clearance; consensus is that I was too eager and seized the motor before the rings were bedded in allowing the pistons to overheat; wrist pin discoloration pretty much makes the exclamation point. Left cylinder worse than the...

It wasn't noisy, the motor just suddenly wound down like a switch had been thrown. I thought either out of gas or the battery had failed and I spent a week trying to suss those out; cleaning the carb and petcocks and kicking and kicking. The motor never locked up so that threw my judgment way...

Ouch! Just under 300 miles of smiles when this happened: It's on the intake side of the left piston so I'm guessing I sucked some unknown disaster object into the engine...bummer. and it was just starting to run so well...

Yes it is. I'm going a bit more toward the crustoration side. Got my first piece in this week, a set of Renthal Vintage Desert bars...they're going to look really good. Also figured out the exhaust: I'll be using the existing 2 into 1 headers and a 12" long 2.5" dia. extension that ends in a...

Ah, that's the boxerschmeide bike and my muse. It'll be a while before I have anything to show you from my shop. Meanwhile, I'm gathering tools from airhead vendors and dreaming about stripping the chassis...

It'll be some time before I even attempt the high pipes. With the MAC two into one that came on the bike I'll most likely by a universal SuperTrapp can and adapt it to the header much like the first Hammarhead Jack Pine bike.

Skip the cafe and head straight to scrambler :-) That boxerschmeide.de web site has wetted my appetite for a scrambler and since this R75 doesn't have concours written all over it that's going to be my winter goal...a dual purpose pavement and gravel runner. Chunky Heidenau tires, Metal 7...

Yep, it sure has. Easier to start now with a lighter kick, maybe kick twice to fire her up cold then once it's warm it turns over with the slightest punch. It is a blast to ride, especially here in the N. AL mountains. You really know you're on a machine with all of the vibration and handling...

I ground a shim to keep it from being wobbly in the frame mount and now it pivots okay. I really meant it was hard to find under the exhaust with my foot...that and the bike does lean over pretty far. I don't even know if it's the correct piece, it's just what came on the bike.

Where do you think it's bent? It doesn't work very well and it's hard to deploy but the main bit seems pretty straight. I don't have any to compare it with so if you know a trick I'd be pleased to learn it.

Okay, so it turned out to be May instead. Bike's back together and I actually got two laps around the yard last evening. First time it's been ridden in over 18 months but that's going to change today :-) Still pretty hard to kick over once the plugs are in but since it's starting on the...

The bottom end is on its way back and my wallet is lighter but I'm pleased that the project will get back on track. Ah, April, it's gonna be classic bike month at Casa Oldroadie :-)

Got it running today, but only for self-satisfaction because I'll have to undo all of today's adjustments once the carb rebuild kit gets here. That pipe sounds pretty cool, too, just enough growl to compliment the bike. Next: test ride <:-)