Reviews
1976 BMW R90/6 (photos)
This is the one I let get away. The one bike I wish I still had.
This was the first of the "modern" BMW motorcycles. This is the one I rode across the country, from Los Angeles to Nova Scotia.
Good
heavy chrome and thick paint, although with those ugly rubber tank
pads. Fork brace helped a lot and the machined aluminum upper triple
clamp not so much.
These bikes were pretty reliable for
their time, but they did suffer from learking rear main seals and final
drives that wore out around 60,000 miles. At the time, they were way
ahead of the competition.
The transmissions were notoriously
clunky, but seemed to be able to take it. You also got used to riding
with one foot ahead of the other.
A typical hop up trick was
to replace the stock coils with big American coils. One problem with
these bike was that they often outlived their accessories.
Last Update: 26 July, 2008
Web Author: Doug Ikemi