What a beauty! Please don't ruin it by going down the scrambler/bobber/brat route. Too many good bikes are ruined by this modern bullshit fad.... It's a lovely, lovely bike and you've done a cracking job of bringing it back to life

You need to synch the carbs and make sure the throttle cables are pulling the same

Very nice barn find, hoping you are keeping it fairly stock! Good job on the video!

GREAT job. I had the same bike back in 1975. I bought it used, it served me well till my age and common sense caught up to me. Y’all just can’t ride safely in NY. But I have fond memories of that BMW. Thanks, RickGTI….. 🇺🇸🌴

Glad I came across this video.I'll be doing the same thing on the same bike in a couple of weeks.Good job.Thanks for posting.👍👍

I changed out the fork springs for Progressive Suspension bouncers. Transformed the handling. Less dive with the front brakes and a more “planted” feel. Third gear is the miracle gear. It goes from 25mph to 60 mph without a shift. Nice bike.

Nice build. I agree with everybody below in not cutting it up.

I had a ‘73 R75/5 that I bought used with 9400 miles on it. I drove it all over North America for several years and sold it in 1977 with 235,000 miles on it. During that time it never let me down. Best machine I ever have owned. By the way yours is an early model with the short frame. You should never run the engine while it is on the side stand as it is spring loaded and the bike can easily fall over. You should only run the engine when it is on the center stand. Your mufflers are aftermarket and twice as loud as the factory ones. Nice job on putting it back on the road.

Oh My Goodness. The Best, Most Precious, Smartest helper of all. Lucky You. - The bike is the stuff of classic motorcycle envy.

i am not a fan of BMW bikes, i like the early Hondas and Triumphs, but i really like that BMW,,,,,, great job Mate!

Very nice. I have an identical R50/5, same colour, but with lower bars and slide carbs instead of the cv jobs on the R75. 👍🏻

very lucky to find a toaster tank in that condition.

I've owned R75/5's since the early 90's...my favorite bikes! 🤗

Yay! A thing of beauty, is a joy forever. Happy riding.

It will run, those early boxer BMW engines are pretty robust!!

Nicely done. Good work and well filmed and edited … Congratulations !

They are such well engineered bikes unless it's broke it about has to run.

Gute Arbeit 👏 Viel Freude damit 🏍

Love these bikes. Glad to see you using the baking soda blaster. Not crazy about HF stuff but, seems to be working. Lots of other areas could get a soda dose w/o too much fear of contamination. Better for your lungs than sand but, you should still be using protective full face masking. You might try oxalic acid (diluted) on your rusty tank or use electrolysis if you’re VERY patient. Good work!!!

Great video 👍

You make it look so simple.....

Nice bike, wouldn't change a thing only a good detailing. I see you have mini me :-)

Oh that is great. It would look great parked next to my CB1100. I'm only 48 seconds in but don't change a thing. Ride it as is LOL. It's gorgeous. Edit: Bless that child :-)

This is a rare bike. BMW only did the chrome panel on the side of the tank and the metal [as opposed to plastic] side panels for about a year. The orange reflectors on the headlamp brackets are US models only and I think the handlebars are aftermarket. The rear carrier/pannier brackets are Craven [An English firm sadly now defunct]

Its BEAUTY - 👍

Have you tried take out one plug, let it run and adjust the plugged side, should chug, chug, chug. Then do the other side, chug chug chug. Both plugs in chug chug chug chug chug.

I miss my 75/5. Used it to go across the country. Sadly, I had to decide to feed the little ones or keep the bike.

1:52 Mechanic with certification in cuteness.

Great job ❤

Nice job! kid needs to shoulder check LOL!

Thank you for this video, really!!!

Beautiful bike man!!

Needs original silencers or a pair from a /6 model to have that BM sound ..

Thanks,grate to see the bike coming back to life. What's that you are blasting the carb's with, your'e cleaning them with compressed air and....

I had an 80s R65 lovely bike but in too nice condition to really use, so I sold it, bought a 650 Transalp, then a Benly 200 (gorgeous), and now a Honda crf300l.

What a find 😳

Why do you hit the insides (or even the outsides) of the carburettors with a grit blaster? You are prone to destroy the jets and the float. Better to chuck them in a ultrasonic bath with water and ammonia. After that a clean with carb cleaner if needed.

Consider adding a fuel filter before each carburetor after cleaning them. A tank that has sat empty or with small amount of old fuel can be bad & silt may have accumulated inside.

dias buenos: que hermoza y practica bike, los alemanes a la vanguardia de la industria... mi pasion las motos. nunca tuve una R 80 mi preferida

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You don't find that blasting the soda into the main jets, that it gives you problem later?

masterpiece

Sounds harsh, like he forgot the exhaust gaskets.

Great 👌

Sweet!

1:52 very dangerous, the kid may do the same thing when the engine is hot : "Don't never touch!"

I like your little helper. What kind of cleaning solution ? A little too loud for a BMW . As a matter of fact that is not the BM sound at all .

It lived 😁👍

I was thinking you would add hose clamps to the hoses.

Beauty bike

What was that spray cleaner used?

Get some baking foil scrunch it up and with water rub all the rusty chrome it works

cool

Seems like a very short range of rpm. We're the Germans shifting a lot more than we do?

Now you only need to put the fairing back on.

i bet that thing is fun to ride

ЛАЙК)

I would say : "another black bike back on th road" (3 B) Repeat very fast severals time ! Not so easy !!! nantes - france)

25:47 - _aaaaw!_ Just like daddy!

Do you sell these bikes after cleaning them up?

nice old bike but your method of cleaning the carbs are much to be desired also bmw did not have accelerator pumps on the carb no need to twist the throttle on it while starting also the bmw is not a so called rev the shit out of it type engine treat it with some respect and it will last you a life time also replace the mufflers and quiet it down like they were when new

Why do people still ask, "Will it run?" Of course it will

Problem with muffers

Ok

bike is great but what is the story with the rip shit or bust approach , splashing battery acid around , using power tools to undo small screws. Like watching an impending car crash. Not for me.

Yes, it is running, but some work has to be done. It doesn´t run smooth.

Barn find BMW with a dust free battery? That looks brand new?

used as an Aircraft engine.

Who the heck finds a bike like that in a barn!

Some low bars and a gunfighter seat would be too cool.

The carbs are way put of sync

Фара з приборами як у Іж Планета3

had the same bike ...should have never sold it . oh well

marvellous: airblast the outside of the carb squeeky-clean......... and don't check the diaphragm

love girls in bikinis and high heels 🙂

Now go scrape the heads like BMWs do.

БМВ і у Африці BMV

That's one sweet find time to turn it to a bobber.

that weeeaah aaaah weeaah eeaah in the background is SERIOUSLY f in irritating.

Unglaublich schlechte Vorgehensweise!

Get rid of the Bing Carbs!! Calm down… you are riding and shifting gears like it’s a Z900! It’s an old Girl, a plodder all day long. Sweet find.