These are the kind of videos that have the potential to explode your viewcount and subscribercount. But most importantly, this is why I subscribed to you years ago. I'm gonna shut up now and watch the entire video. Thank you!

When you consider the state it was stored and left in I am amazed the engine survived. The right cylinder and piston rings looked terrible. A testiment to German engineering and your skill aat getting it freed up. A most satisfying rescue.

My dad who was an army and later a Rolls Royce trained mechanic always recommended pouring diesel into any seized, or potentially seized, cylinders and leaving it overnight to loosen things up. I saw it work on several occasions.

Exceptional! This goes to show just what amazing engineering these bikes were.

Fantastic work. Love seeing an old engine be worked over and brought back.

Excellent video and an excellent job to get that old timer running again after being neglected for so long. I was as stoked as you were when it fired up.

I want a BMW airhead soooooo bad!!! 🤩 This things were built to last!

Great to see the effort you put into cleaning up and re-using old parts instead of just throwing new parts at it. Appreciate it!

The forks look bent

I really enjoyed watching you bring this airhead back to life. I have an R100S and can tell you these are really good bikes. I've heard from other airhead riders that these engines can take a huge amount of abuse and damage and still keep running to get you home. Your bike fits into that category based on that cylinder. Glad you chose to do the project that way. I also appreciate that you video exactly how you work on bikes with your tools all over the floor; just the way the rest of us do in real life. Honest wrenching. Well done!

I enjoyed the segment very much. Problems encountered, identified and resolved!

Have one of these sitting about after my father passed, this vid is a great help in me getting it running again, going to turn it into a scrambler/cafe racer. Great stuff.

Super thorough and methodical - Nicely Done!

You are a wizard is all I can say. I don't anybody who could have chosen a more thoughtful and straightforward path to starting up this frozen old BMW. All the elements you resourcefully employ...spinning the crank with the right hand cylinder off was brilliant...and will add...all with a positive and level headed demeanor of a man on an exploration with excellent capacity to articulate your next steps and with great humor. What great talent you have. Respect.

Love these "will it run"-videos! 😊

Thanks Taylor. This is again a very nice video to watch! 😊. Thanks! Keep them coming!

I'm glad you kept going with out just throwing parts at it. 👍👍👍👍

I've missed seeing your will it run videos! Love it as always!

That was amazing!

A R65 turned into a squirrels home… ;) Drove that bike almost 40 years ago. Would like to get one again… Loosing old Screws, sparkplugs etc. a hot airgun is helpful...

I like your style. So much more to learn when you are resourceful.

Awesome! This is the most inspiring video I’ve seen in the field of restoration/revival. Makes me want to go find something awful hidden behind in an awful place and try to emulate 👍👏👌

Really enjoyed this video. Following your process and approach to getting the engine started was really interesting. Loved that you decided to repair the corroded cylinder rather than replace it in the interests of seeing if it would start …. Thank you

I have 6 airheads..2 r65’s and am always doing something..great video and I learned much from you..many thanks..!

A new classic octane video? A good day for me. Keep up the solid content!

Excellent work Mr Octane. That was a lot of fun to watch with an after-work beer. Someone is going to have a good time with it.

Soak the piston and rings in 2 stroke oil for a few days. Re-install if none of the rings are cracked. Once you get the motor started and un through a few heat cycles, the rings will free themselves up. You should be good. Check compression both sides as you go so you will know when the rings are seated once again.

Absolutely love this content, really insightful following your thought processes

Taylor.... I'm stoked with you great video The bike looked in bad shape got it going Awesome

Love it. Love it. Love it. Back from the dead and minimal spend. Great vid 👍

I only have time to add this to my watch list right now and comment. I'm stoked to see BMW airhead stuff on the channel.

best moto build channel in youtube! keep going

Please more of these "WILL IT RUN" Videos! Great Video 😍

Now you added the box. Great results.

That looked like it would never run. It’s amazing what can be brought back to life

Hey Taylor, great video... it's nice to see an old bike come back to life.

Great stuff, brilliant to see the old girl coming back to life and back in the game.. Thanks for making the vid.

i love the airheads!!!

I’ve missed these videos man, keep em commin 😊

Just love the “will it run” vids👍

truly satisfying to watch. keep it up!

you the man dude. resurrection! keep these machines alive. as always, great content. been a fan for years. always get inspired to go wrench on my 71 cb500 four : )

I had a friend that brought me an R90S that he found sitting behind a bar for 20 years. I did the same as you just got it running. What an amazing bike!

Your Frankenstein's engine has risen from the grave.... Greetings from a swiss BMW airheads fan. I'm a genuine swiss guy, not an expat. A french talking one. Switzerland, Europe, " the old world" .

🇦🇺about time wrenching on classic again This has been one of your best videos in a long time

Did the same thing with a '74 CB 500 yesterday. I was counting on the Honda build quality and I was pleasantly surprised

These video have so much potential to boost you to the top!

Great video Taylor. Hope your channel gets to growing man.

That was very cool thank you.

Great videos as always.. how do u pick choose what to work on next?

Love it mate - Will it run videos are the best!! Cheers

Wow! Great video, good job. Thank you Sir.

The R65 with an ally airbox and heavy flywheel was introduced in 1978 and went on a diet in 1981 - lighter flywheel, plastic airbox and (I think) electronic ignition. The frame changed in 1985 to the single shock style.

Great job! And very instructive too.

Good stuff!!! New sub - I'm impressed you saved those rings!!

Nice work dude!!!

Thank you for this great video👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I never owned a BMW until I bought one on march 12th2020 a '89 R100GS PARIS DAKAR which is my first bike after exactly 30 years break causey a heart operation. I learned and experianced how great and simple this motor concept is. So it is no wonder that this R65 started after this long time without exchanging parts. Airheads are great ❣️ Best wishes from Wuppertal / Germany >Lutz

Sad seeing it in that condition. I had a ‘79 like that and loved it. My riding buddy gave me his years later, after it had been sitting unused for over 10 years. I got it cleaned and running in a few days but the math just didn’t work for rebuilding it. Parts are unfortunately not cheap for them.

Great video. Really enjoyed it.

Greetings from Scotland, good to see skill and enthusiasm.

Man you are GOOOOOOOD. Congratulations.

BMW's Chrome on those fork legs must be special. I never saw a bike in such a state without rusted to shit chrome fork legs.

Awesome Video! Entertaining and informative. Thanks😀

Love these type of videos.

great job mate so far sounds awesome

Nice, you did it right by taking it apart and honing it out and cleaning up the piston rings and heads.

Cool video and excellent job to bring back old horse running

I always like to BMWs. I remember seeing your building in Munich when I was there in 73.....

Amazing troubleshooting 😊

Why wouldn’t you use the AVAPOW battery box you just promoted?

amazing bike bro! good luck!

I've been through this exercise with R65-R80-R100s a few times. I think what you're doing will just get the bike on the road. But I'd advise stripping it down to the frame, looking over what you need to order from parts. I've worked on quite a few R65s, and I have to say that they're the exception to some classic BMW rules. HINT: rocker arm needle bearings.

Best disassembly video I've ever seen

This is a terrific video. Usually stuff coming out of The Americas is overblown, sensationalised nonsense. This was nice and understated without any of the carry on, and was thus, super enjoyable. Thanks a lot!

Evaporust is amazing. I've used it on my last 2 restorations. The ignition switch is probably corroded inside from sitting outside so long. I had a guy offer me a 78 CB 750 that was so rusty and dilapidated, i had to turn it down. It just screamed money pit. I felt bad but i kept telling myself "you can't save them all ".

Don't forget new oil seals! When pressing in, the large oil seal on the crankshaft must be lifted over the shoulder on the crankshaft stub using a thin sleeve, in this case a temporary construction made of cardboard and adhesive tape.

I was saying “hit the bowl with your screwdriver “ and you did!! Nice save on the Beemer!!

Brilliant video i have now subscribed,wish we could find project bikes like that in the uk getting more scarce to find over here now. look forward to the next. Dave.

Pretty sure those were Nickasil lined cylinders by this period. Boring them isn't really in the cards. You gotta replace the liner.

I've got one of those R65s too, in much the same state, sadly. One of these days I really need to get around to it. Too many other bikes!!!

Dang that was worth the watch... great how you really get deep into the weeds on the motor, not to mention you have the tools to get it done as well.... so how much did you sell the bike for? I'm curious, because I've always wanted to do a project bike ( BMW or Honda) over the course of a year...

Worked in a auto garage in the 70's with a mechanic who had an BMW ,he told me the only repair he had to do to it was to replace the o ring where the driveshaft went into the rear whee,l due to a few drops of oil leaking a week.

AWESOME JOB !!!

Nice work! Might start looking for an old BMW for a project bike.

Great job getting her running

JB weld the corroded section in the cylinder then re hone it. You've nothing to lose by trying it

I had a 1982 R65, almost the same bike, but with double front brake, and 50HP ... It was my daily, until 1995 😊

I would love to see what running the engine a bit did to the corroded portions of the jug. I wonder if it honed it some more or caused damaged to the piston skirt. Great vid

I had a 1977 R100RS and rode it for almost 7 years with fence pipe exhaust pipes and would race a Honda Civic on the back roads of Backwoods East Tennessee when almost no one owned or rode a bike. I sent the carbs off to Ohio ti be rebuilt and that's literally the only work that ever needed to be done to it. I sold it to a guy in the city who completely restored it and that's the only bike that I regret that I sold in my life. My advice is dont get caught up in this viewings-subs prison and keep making these videos for your enjoyment only. Thanks again for posting your adventures.

so, you said off camera, you figured out what was wrong with the starter button, what was it? love these vids, along with all of your other vid series. thank you for them, keep um coming!

40 years ago, i had the same problem with a GT 550 Suzuki. Solved the rusty Piston exact the same way, wood behind the cilinder, en wood on the piston. where you use an Iron bar. Anyway, both did solved it haha.

Excellent video

Really enjoyed this 👌

Good job man, that looked rough. Respect.

Best video i have seen ,I thing ever,as long I remember.

Love these !!

You should have 10 times the views. Well done.

Bravo. Your looks a couple of times were pretty funny, lol. Easy cool vid thanks a ton👍🙏👋

Vraiment super en attente du prochain épisode ✌

you can buy plastic storage boxes in different sizes that are ideal for using for soaking parts over night ... nice old bike !!