Offered for sale is a 1982 BMW R65LS with an interesting sotory. This machine was purchased new in NJ in 1982, and the first owner rode it until 1990, when it was parked. It then sat for the next 25 years. It was purchased by a BMW collector in MD a few years later, and he had it in his collection until a few years ago when I found it. I'm now looking at purchasing an R100CS, and as always I am bike rich and cash poor, so I need to adjust my own small collection to make room, The R65LS has always had a cult following, and for good reason - they are a blast to ride! You can flick them around like you just can't do with a larger BMW. Owners of the early R80G/S models will know just what I'm talking about. In the last 5 years the prices on these bikes have more than doubled, but here is you chance to get a nice bike at a decent price. This is a matching engine & frame serial number bike, with clear matching number title. The machine was drained of all fluids and the battery ages ago, and has been sitting, and has not been run in that time. Over the years from sitting the rings are stuck, so the new owner will have to replace them along with the other chores needed to get this bike back on the road. Please ask all questions before bidding. Payment is expected within 7 days of auction end, and pickup/shipment is expected within 30 days of auction end. Overseas sales are fine, but I cannot help with shipping estimates. Please have your funds lined up before you bid. Ebay no longer gives a credit for a buyer who does not complete a purchase, so this can get expensive very fast. Sorry, no Paypal. Good luck!
Offered for auction is this very rare opportunity to acquire a prewar BMW the way we used to find them 40 years ago. This motorcycle was disassembled for restoration in 1970, and was never touched again. There are NO Russian or reproduction parts on this machine. This is a matching numbers bike (many prewar bike engine and frames numbers did not match each other, but were in their own separate ranges - but they did each match the engine and frames numbers stamped into the frame ID tag when new, as this one does). I sent these numbers to the BMW archives, and they indicated that this was one of the last civilian BMWs built before WWII. It was built in August of 1939, and delivered to the selling dealer on September 15th, 1939, in Breslau Germany (now part of Poland) just 2 weeks after the outbreak of the war. And through all these decades the bike has survived pretty much as it was built. This bike features the original Graetzin carbs; the correct civilian style fenders - which are in MINT condition; the original fuel tank with large filler hole (introduced in 1939), the correct prewar rims (which are different than post war plunger rims); correct Bosch generator; the correct front fork (most restored bikes that you see are running a post war fork, which is different); - even the original handlebar controls and tail light. The one smaller box in the photos contains all the fasteners for the bike, and the large box has all the engine, trans and other detail parts for the bike, separated in marked envelopes. Even the old control cables are still there. Missing are the riders seat "Y" frame, the luggage rack, the air filter, and the headlight speedo/rim/glass/reflector - all easily available as reproductions, but I was holding out for originals. Prewar BMWs have doubled and doubled again in value in recent years, so if you have ever had an interest in adding one to your collection, this is your chance. Restored bikes like this one setting new records for sales all the time, and I know for a fact that many of them are running around with Russian cylinders and reproduction sheetmetal. This bike is the real deal, and it just needs someone to get it back on the road again. Please email with any questions. Payment expected within one week of auction end, and bike must be picked up/shipped within one month of auction end.
Offered for auction is this very original and complete 1958 BMW R69. According the BMW Archives, this machine was manufactured on January 15th, 1958, and delivered to Butler & Smith in New York City on May 16th of that year. It came from the factory with the small bench seat that you see on the bike. The original low lip Weinmann rims are still on the bike as well. For almost all of its life, this bike has also be running a Hoske tank. This one is a very rare Hoske model Rennsporttank V (RS 5). The RS 5 was the top of the line Hoske of the period. In viewing the Hoske catalog from the 1960s you can see that this tank has the styling of the more common RS 1 tank, but it is larger at 36 liters total capacity (approximately 9.5 US gallons) - rivaling the Heinrich tanks of the period. Once you restore this bike back to a gleaming black finish, it will be the center of attention at any bike gathering. This BMW was parked in 1983, and the previous owner removed the front & rear fenders, the headlight & tailight, and had them sandblasted and primed - and that is how it was left sitting for most of the next 30 years. The engine turns over, but it is not currently running (the harness is disconnected from the switch, which was also removed when the headlight was sandblasted - the original switch is included with the bike). This is a matching serial number engine, frame and ID tag, with a matching number title. It also has the correct 1/26/9 & 1/26/10 carbs. The R69 models are finally getting the interest that they deserve from collectors, having been passed over by many for the more common R69S. The R69 is a direct continuation of the original R68, where the engine was lifted out off and dropped into this new double swingarm frame. During its six years in production, only 2,956 machines were built - which is about the same average rate per year as the R68. People forget that in the late 1950s, motorcycle sales and production were on the decline everywhere, and production numbers on this top of the line R69 were only in the "hundreds" of bikes per year. It was not until the early 1960s that BMW's fortunes started to turn around. So this is your chance to add a very rare machine to your collection. Please ask all questions before bidding. Payment must be received within one week of auction end, and pickup/shipment should be completed within one month of auction end. Personal checks are fine, but this will delay pickup/shipment. Overseas bids are welcome, but I cannot help with shipping estimates. I can deliver this bike to the Oley PA Antique Motorcycle Club meet at the end of April for no-charge if that is of interest to the buyer, but the payment terms remain the same. Sorry but I do not end auctions early. Good luck bidding!
