Welcome. You have (and have had) some really nice machines! My 78 was originally a gold RS. Sometimes I wish it still was, but it got wrecked and now...

This evening, I posted on the “BMW Airheads” Facebook group, asking about Virginia Motorrad. Thus far I have one comment “Just talked to Anton Monday....

On my ‘78 R100/7, the wire lead to the oil pressure switch is a single conductor. When there is no oil pressure, the switch grounds out and lights the...

@wobbly I need a new schematic.

I guess leaving the beeper plugged in is ok, as long as everything is working fine. Sure glad it has been healed! I have to admit though, that I do...

I wish I could test that on my bike, but I also jumped out the kill switch in the headlight shell years ago, so it is not operative.

Just saw something in your initial post. “Somewhere south of the starter relay under the left cover”. That’s not the starter relay. The starter relay ...

Question; when you say you have no dash lights when the kill switch is off, are you saying the oil/gen/neutral lights are inoperable? Are the instrum...

First thing I’ll offer; my 78 RS had a piezo beeper audible turn signal indicator that lived under one of the battery covers. I eliminated it umpteen ...

78 R100/Hannigan - when I lived in KY, and when BMW of the Tri-State was my favorite dealer (Cincinnati), they sold me on Dunlop D404’s. Basic old tec...

Dean, I don’t really have an answer for you, however, I do notice that many folks who share airhead info on Facebook groups recommend (or have used)...

One would think that a vibration would be a vibration. How could it “favor” one side. Someone smarter than I will probably shoot holes in this, but I ...

@j-t-sutton No, I was thinking a 4-40 tap might be small enough to install a set screw in an M6 nut. Uses a #43 (.089) drill. I’m not home to check it...

@lars-waldner Another thought - a really great airhead electrical resource is Motorrad Elektrik (motoelekt.com), namely Rick Jones. Rick knows airhead...

What an intriguing story, and what a restoration challenge! I don’t have answers regarding your alternator, but I recommend googling Snowbum BMW for ...