Here we go! Time to put this thing together!

In this episode we go through the powdercoating of the frame of Markel’s 1974 BMW R75/6!

Here’s the painting of the tins of the 1974 R75/6 we’re building for the BMW rally in Wyoming.

See you there!

So, Mark’s been hitting the parts hard recently. Obviously, a 1974 is going to have some grime and oxidization on it, so we need to clean them up a bit.

Give Mark a can of WD-40, some brushes and some steel wool and you get some great results!

Here’s a couple photos of the process…video coming soon!

See the rest here.
 

Here’s when things really get going!

Just a quick update. We got word today that the seat we had customized for the bike is done! We’ll be putting up some photos/video of the completed seat soon, so be sure to subscribe to this site to get updates!

Hey, Mark Hoedel here! I’m in charge of making sure this BMW R75/6 gets finished before the International Rally in Gillette Wyoming. That means coordinating the work from outside vendors as well as doing a fair amount of the work as we move through the process. I’ve got years of experience on and around BMWs, so I know what it will take to make this project something worthy of a Beemer!

Last week we headed over to Thoroughbred Cycles to join Glen Bishop (owner) and Aaron Haefer in the gusseting of the frame. Aaron and Glen both have prior experience in this type of fabrication and know how to do this according to how the racers in the seventies did.

We put some gusseting at the front steering neck, back of frame, as well as front to back frame stiffing tubes. That should get the wollow out of that stock frame. (Been there, felt that!) Then we added the tubular, truss type reinforcement on the underside of the swingarm. Very cool.

You can see all the photos here. We’ll be posting the video soon!

Mark

In this episode we talk with Glen Bishop, owner of Thoroughbred Cycles about the plans we have for the BMW MOA commemorative bike.

Here’s the 1974 R75/6 as we found it…in a barn in East Troy, WI.