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BMW Motorcycle Repairs

Snowbum's Territory!

Robert (Bob) Fleischer's BMW Motorcycle Repair and Technical Information website.

You will find 85% of this website to be concerned with BMW Airhead
motorcycles. 15% is for K bikes, Oilheads, Sidecars and Personal things.
Near the bottom of this page are links to some articles. A hyperlink to the
Technical Article Index is also found in that area.

All the technical information on this site is:

Note!!!.....My websites www.pweb.jps.net/~snowbum; and www.home.jps.net/~snowbum are popular and often reach download limits by mid-month. I have a new website, with my own domain name, and it should NOT run out of capacity/download capability. I HIGHLY suggest you Bookmark (Favorites) the NEW website, and DELETE AND STOP USING THE ABOVE TWO.

The NEW website is: http://bmwmotorcycletech.info and I have put a hyperlink on it for your pleasure, in case you are not there already.

NOTE!...once the original .jps.net site reaches its CAPACITY limit, which is 10Mb, it will be emptied, except for a re-direct coding. That is expected to occur in 2008.

ALL the sites presently contain exactly the same information.

Snowbum and Penny, May 2006
After decades of being a bachelor
I married Penny at the end of September, 2006
Amor Vincit Omnia

My K1100LT-EML GT2 rig, with Penny,
our wedding day at Historic Genoa Park,
South of Carson City, Nevada.
Note my Tuxedo T-shirt! We arrived and left on the sidecar rig.

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool...shun him. He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is willing...teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep...awaken him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise...follow him." --Chinese proverb

There is a theory which states that if anyone ever discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Douglas Adams, "The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Bob, South Lake Tahoe's resident curmudgeon, skiing at Heavenly Valley
I always have these same clothes on when out for skiing.

With Rocky, the pet raccoon, who is generally peaceful.

01/19/2008, 15°F or so. This is my 1993
K1100LT at same place as below photos

                                                                          01/31/2008, 34°F, overcast, K1100LT-EML,
                                                     with the 'new' weatherproof top!
                                                                         Yep, wearing my ski clothes...guess where I was headed?

1983 BMW R100RT Motorcycle with Ural sidecar.
Sold April 2006, but not before I'd put on MANY happy miles.
In front of my home at South Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
We sometimes DO get that much snow in the Winter.

Self explanatory!

Below is a Summertime view of the same spot.
My two-wheel ride, a 1984 R100RT, set up for long distance touring.
I've been asked several times: NO, I do not know who the manufacturer was for
that fiberglass top box. It may have come originally from a Harley Davidson Dealership.

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The information (caveat lector!) on most of this website, is copyrighted, usually, but not always, indicated by a copyright symbol, ©. You are granted reasonable use. Details on such 'reasonable use' are spelled out in detail at the top of the Technical Articles Index list page. Please respect this. If you use an article or parts of an article, please quote me as the source, and do not edit to change my information, as I wish to be responsible for MY input, not yours. Commercial use without permission is NOT looked upon kindly. This website is provided free to you for personal, NOT BUSINESS USE. You can NOT use ANY of my material in anything you sell. That includes putting any of it on a CD and selling the CD at cost, NOR giving the CD's away. BUT...I am usually pretty easy-going about reasonable use, SO ASK!!

There are two roads in life, the twisty one is vastly more fun

Reputation is what you are perceived to be, character is what you are, and REAL character means doing what is right when nobody is looking

Common sense isn't

Most folks look intelligent.....then they say something

Be Careful when arguing with an idiot...folks watching may get confused as to who that is

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS. YOU CAN'T LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM ALL YOURSELF!

The Purpose Of An Open Mind---Is To Close It On Something

Your query may well help others... PLEASE post technical inquiries to the appropriate LIST, below. If the message is very personal, click this link: snowbum

You MAY be told to "take it to the LIST!" ..if you contact me directly. Sometimes I do answer direct inquiries. You CAN get advice from Snowbum, and others, on the various LISTS.

Snowbum monitors about 6 LISTS, and participates on all, but mostly on 3 : Airheads, Sidecars, K-BMW.

Airheads LIST: see the top of the Technical Index Page on how to subscribe

SCT sidecar LIST http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SCT
K-BMW LIST http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/kbmw

An ESSAY on loud pipes	Who is/was Fleischer's Service?
Whitebeard.....an old essay of mine	Who the HELL is Snowbum? revised 01/07/2008

The Goal Of Every Engineer Is To Retire Without Being Blamed For A Major Catastrophe.

Logic is an organized procedure, for going wrong, with confidence and certainty

Note!!!.....My website www.pweb.jps.net/~snowbum; and my website www.home.jps.net/~snowbum lately have been reaching download limits by mid-month. I have a new website, with MY OWN domain name, and it will NOT run out of capacity and download capability. I HIGHLY suggest you Bookmark (Favorites) the new website, and DELETE AND STOP using the above two. The new website is: http://bmwmotorcycletech.info

Photo gallery
(not photos of current trip, below)

If we are on a trip, click here for
photos and commentary
5-14-2008 (NOT available on the .JPS website)

You live WHERE?
03/06/2008

Join the Airheads Beemer Club! (and, 'the controversy')

On getting started on doing your own motorcycle maintenance

Selling assets of Fleischer Electronics Service

THREE Santa's at Santa Clas, and two more Santa's.

Politics, inane and serious ramblings, philosophy, stories, etc.
updated,
01-02-2008

One Scary Moment in an Airplane, the R60 is Stolen, more BIO

Is Hell HOT?

Technical Index of Articles; rev. 05-11-2008
Caveat lector!
Besides 170+ tech articles, there is a Search Engine page

Prostate Cancer:
REAL Facts! rev. 01/28/2008

Items for SALE; & WANTED 05/02/2008

Motorcycles, cars/trucks that I've
Motorcycles (and cars/trucks) I've owned and ridden
11-24-2007

What do your riding clothes; style; waving; and how you spend your spare time, say about you?

NOTE!.....maintenance schedules for
all the BMW motorcycles (even the C1 scooter)
is available on the Internet:
http://www.ascycles.com/service_schedules.aspx

Sidecar rig: K1100LT-EML GT2T2

Webmaster: Snowbum himself