Handlebar is on ... or is it?

No, it is not. Another snafu. I was going to use these "S" bars but didn't realize that they will hit the tank if using the stock /6 triple tree top plate. These are coming back off and I will have to use the USA bar that I have; can't afford to buy the Euro bars that I would like to see on here.

Two wheeled motorcycle

The tank and seat are just set in place for conceptualization.
For the full black on black I was thinking of using the flat air filter assembly from the eighties. That is not going to happen. I didn't realize that the /6 tank's petcocks are placed differently than the newer ones and interfere with the air filter assembly. So, I am defaulting to the cast aluminum stock air filter assembly and starter cover.

It is really beginning to look like a motorcycle now.
Rear wheel is on.
Installed turn signals and taillight.

That is not a gray ghost in the background, that is the Norton all covered up.

Keep it up.

Fenders and front wheel.
I am pleased to see that the 17mm axle is working out just fine.
I am beginning to see the black on black come together.
It is bugging me that my photography sucks; there is a Norton Atlas that is cluttering up the picture in the background along with a bunch of other junk.

I mean it this time.

On go the triple tree, front forks, headlight shell with the wiring harness, coils, relays, ... pretty good days work, starting to build momentum here.

On with it

Organize, on the stand and attach the sub-frame. Now that there is a sub-frame we can attach the rear fork, drive shaft and shocks.

Focus .... what is this blog for?

This is actually Tuesday April 7th but I am back dating the next few posts to catch up on things.
I started this blog with honorable intentions. Buy a abused old BMW motorcycle and neatly journalize the restoration of that project. Very neat, concise and focused. Not happened yet and it ain't going to happen!! My life does not, has not and will not work in a neat, concise and focused manner. If you have followed this blog at all it has meandered seven different BMW motorcycles and I am about to blog about the eighth. Also, two Hondas have come and gone lately. Paul went to school and is back again. Luke has started school. I have lost my job and I am unemployed and searching. This is not about a motorcycle project, this is about life!!

This is a copy of a post I made on the BMWMOA forum

Well, I'm unemployed and the next job is not coming soon. I have been looking for ways to make extra cash and have been trying to flip motorcycles to see a small profit but that ain't working out that great. I'd rather only deal with airheads but
(A) most are going up for sale at twice what they are worth or
(B) if they are priced right they are
(B.1) absolute junk or
(B.2) sold within hours or less. I'm trying to work with '70's Hondas too but that is really risky.
Anyways, what this leads into is yesterday I called on a CL ad for a 1976 R75/6 and I called within the 1st hour. I left a message. I emailed. I left another message. I emailed again. I left a message. I went to bed and gave up. I woke up and there was an email apologizing and the owner would be calling me sometime this morning. Is this a blog or a thread? Sorry, ADD and on a scale of manic to depressive I'm manic right now. So, long story short, I drove an hour to pick up my 'new' BMW. Problem: I do not want to sell this one, something else has got to go. For a guy that grew up in the '70's this is a hot rod BMW. Somebody really took care of this one. It came from California, spent some time in Neenah WI and then the last five years in a very nice basement waiting to be cafed. This is one of the cleanest 33 year old motorcycles that I have seen. The Lester mags are cleaner and nicer than those on my 1980. Dual-plugged heads, electronic ignition, Koni shocks, San Jose anti-bottoming kit, nothing is missing, nothing is oxidized, comes with a big Clymers manual AND a BMW /6 service manual, all of the tools are there, crash bar, the Luftmeister is off but the lights have not been reinstalled. The bar-backs, American bars, Luftmeister and luggage rack will go on eBay but everything else is woot!! OK I'm happy.

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