The Rupp is gold right now. Don't sell! I really like the BMW brick. Ever have trouble with the drive shaft splines?
No trouble with the splines so far. They were in good shape when I got it, and I keep them covered with the special grease on both BMWs.
I haven’t ridden the brick in a while, though. I got bit by a common problem the bricks have: The dreaded grub screw.
If you don’t know, on these, the shift lever shaft goes into the case, and the gear fork slips over the shaft. It’s held in place with a set screw, or as BMW calls it, a grub screw. That’s it.
If and when this screws loosens a bit, you can hit that shift up and down all you want and it won’t move anything inside.
Beautifully engineered and built… except that.
Well mine loosened up when I was almost 600 miles from home. Luckily I was in gear at the time (fifth), so I could get home. Starting from a stop took some careful clutch slipping, but I got home.
To give that little screw a few ft-lbs of tightening, you have to pull everything off from the rear wheel to the transmission.
It’s not alllll that big of a job, but since I’ll have all that apart, I want to check/adjust/replace all the pieces/parts while I’m in there, like the alternator, the clutch, etc. I’m sure the clutch should be replaced after that ride back.
I look at it, start adding up numbers, and find something else to do.
I at least have it on the lift, about 80%+ apart.
It’s hard to get too motivated on it when there is another motorcycle I can ride.
But aside from that…
The brick is an interesting motorcycle. I like triples, and it’s nice and smooth.
