I had a 1971 R65 and rode around Hollywood in the '80s. Took Miss Hawaiin Tropic 1984 on a breakfast date to Norms—with her on back. Ordered 2X2X2X2 which was two bacons, two pancakes, two sausages and two eggs. She looked at the new Miss America on the cover of La Times or USA today and said, "I think she's pir-ty." Some things you never forget. I remember her holding on to me— as we rode down Ocean BLVD to the Venice Norms.

Charlie Johnson is amazing!
He takes care of my '72 75/5  and '00 R1100R.
He and JB work wonders.

I had a 71 60/5 with saddle bags. Great bike had it a very long time. Completely restored it! Didn’t really need it but I made 😂it pretty!

My father r.i.p. bought a 1971 R60/5 and he was so disgusted with the performance he traded up to an R75/5 before he had two weeks on it, as for me, I also bought a 1971 R75/5, but I upgraded to a 1974 R90s after owning my 750 for three years, I was blown away with the performance, thank you DEL'ORTO, also, neither me or my father had any charging issues with our/5's

The difference is huge. I own a 1976 R90/6 with 27,000 miles  The Bing 64/32/11, 64/32/12 carburetors are Incredibly smooth running 900cc engine. Looks like you are having a great time with your German machine.

Congratulations, Beautiful machine and a great restoration. It was a good decision to go for 800 cc, since they are perfectly balanced with the rest of the engine. I now run my 1988 R80 GS for more than 30 year over 200k km on the clock. The engine is basically stock and still running on the first set of cylinder, pistons and even piston rings. Larger engines are more shaky and too thirsty.

Ha ha, thank you for the trip down memory lane. Beautiful restoration. I had bought that exact scooter about 1973 and sold it in 1986. I was able to double clutch it and shift gears with out the "clunk" LOL! Thank you.

In my young years i had: R60/7,   R100RT,  another R60/7,   R80 G/S,  R100RS,   R60/6,   R80 ST,   and the last was a R100 buyed as wreck and i restaurate it. Greeting from Holland.

Nicely done … money well spent with a skilled craftsman … enjoy .

One of my favorite vintage bikes.  BMW made some beautiful motorcycles.  Your guy did a great job on that bike....now you'll have it to enjoy for the rest of your life.

Sehr schöne Maschine:washhands::washhands::washhands::washhands::washhands::washhands::washhands::washhands::washhands::washhands::washhands::washhands:

You restored a classic.

Nice one, Robert. Greetings from Bavaria!
You can make the sliders work fine, but you wont get the smooth torque the constant pressure carbs will shower you with. Especially in combination with the somewhat dainty 4 speed box its certainly a handy improvement. However, original /5 and /6 get rare in Germany in these days, so keep the parts. Maybe you will put her back into originally condition someday.
Just took a spin with my 90/6, and all I can say: still utter fun, and I own this bike for 29 years now. These things are called beamers for a reason. Happy riding to all!

Beautiful BMW

Thank you sir, lovely machine, We very much enjoyed  learning about your bmw and your modest presentation style.   Best Wishes from the wild West of England.  Martin F and Jill

A beautiful restoration and a love for motorcycles, (BMW air heads). Thank you for the video.

With a lot of these, they are often like many of the things that came before and end up very much like the original type things that we all used to like before - which mostly isn't a bid thing, I’d say… 😮

Gorgeous! My first BMW was a very well-used but also well maintained 1970 R60/5 I bought from Stan's BMW in Doylestown PA in 1975. I did replace the original "Western" handlebars with R90S bars. I never restored it. I was far too busy riding it. Wish I still had it.

That sounds great . Beautiful machine.

thx a lot for this outstanding Ride along your nice Town on this black Jewel!