75/5

[charlie batty]

...larger tank looks more the biz...not sure on your colour choice though

 

[Bubb]

Mikey

I like the colour choice, but as Charlie batty says; The bigger tank looks better (well, to me it does..)

 

[King Rat]

That bright emerald green would be nicer than the baby shit brown!

Or the sky blue with white pinstripes... but not black, please not black!

 

[Old Codger]

Waiting for your magic to work again Had a 75/6 many moons ago in the bright green with white pinstriping looked the mutts nuts .

 

[Homer]

There’s only one colour!!!!!!

 

[(RIP) Mark H]

The non Australian version

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

I had an R75/5 and sold it to Peepingtom of the Parish minus the chair & leading link forks

 

[mikeyboy]

Just goes to show ,
Everyone has different tastes,
I like the green version,though folk in the trade will say how hard it is to sell a green bike
This one was going to be the smoke green into black,
But the buyer wanted it white,
The customer is always right

 

[mikeyboy]

As I said,I have both tanks,
I’ll get both painted the same once I’ve made a decision on the colour.
I MUCH prefer the small tank.
I’ll paint it with polka dots if someone wants to put a deposit down

 

[Tbolt]

Metallic Gold (also called "curry" in the U.S.).

Definitely Marmite.

 

[Voyager]

I rather like the brown (OK - metallic Gold).

But then I bought a Ford in "Burnished Glow" (neighbours call it "The Brown Henry") .

Bob.

 

[mikeyboy]

A small clean pile

 

[mikeyboy]

A big dirty pile

 

[Boxerboy55]

This’ll be interesting.

Almost 40 years ago an R75/5 was my first Big Bike and obviously my first Beemer.

A new neighbour moved in above me and had a Norton. He still has it. And the opportunity to acquire a bike arrived. After no bikes since student days.

I kept it for about 6 years and turned it from blue to black along the way.

Then no big bikes for a long, long time.

 

[mikeyboy]

Before and after,
I must say,some of the parts are cleaning up really well for a 50 year old bike

 

[Posh Pete]

Before and after,
I must say,some of the parts are cleaning up really well for a 50 year old bike

Quality alloy!

 

[mikeyboy]

Clean pile is getting bigger

 

[mikeyboy]

Nice rebuilt 4 speed box

 

[mikeyboy]

Made a start stripping the motor

 

[mikeyboy]

Timing chain is shot,
But the rest is looking good.
30 year old oil