1968 BMW R60/2 - Start and Ride - Sold

This is a video showing starting and driving the BMW R60/2
You can find the auction results here: bringatrailer....

[@TeddyCavachon]

A 1968 R60/2 was my first bike in 1976 while I commuted on daily 50 miles round trip year-round and took on a trip across Canada. Mine was factory equipped with the attachments for pulling a side-car and the higher gear ratio sidecar rear wheel gearbox so it pulled like a tractor. I also bought an 1969 R50/2 as a back-up and had several friends who rode and and worked on R/60s and later models. The great thing about it was the mechanical simplicity. Dead battery or worn out carbon generator brushes? No problem, it had magneto ignition and would still start and get you home. On my trip to Canada me and a buddy on an R69S pulled into a Nova Scotia National Park after a 500 mile day and upon starting my bike there was an awful clatter from the engine because of cylinder heads had dropped a valve seat. Another buddy back in Maryland who worked on the bikes air shipped me a head off a spare engine he had which I was able to swap at the campground with just the tools I had brought along which got me home.

[@norberthaase1697]

Wunderbar.In die kann man sich verlieben.Glückwunsch.

[@theburlingtongarage6255]

Danke!

[@peralangyan2023]

What helmet are you wearing?

[@bmwlane8834]

F'ing badass! I've got the same bike,1966 restored, carb problem...bike looks new...I need to get it going. But dude what is that red van?

[@schirmeyerb]

When you start..with these carburators.....when they are full the engine can take FIRE

[@ratkeller9608]

This is quickly becoming my favorite bike. I have been looking a long time for a descent bike, started with a Yamaha virago 750 which was just a bit big for me. moved on to a Susuki GS 550 , now am looking for one of these, you look like the R60 is a bit small for you? have you considered the R 100, then I can buy yours. heheheh.

[@theburlingtongarage6255]

The R60's are not physically large bikes, that is for sure, I have owned R90's and 100's in the past, they are larger, if I were you and looking for a classic, look into the Moto Guzzi Eldorados and Ambassadors, great bikes, bigger than the R60, but still a easy seat height.

[@ratkeller9608]

@@theburlingtongarage6255 thank you, I will look into that. one of the key features of the BMW R series bikes that I find appealing is how basic the engine is and the symmetry that the dual exhaust gives the bike.

[@ratkeller9608]

P.S. the Eldorado looks great.

[@vanhuber]

You should consider a R75/5. They are very easy to manage despite the size (there is also the R50/5 and R60/5 however). They are less expensive than /2's and parts are much easier to find. IMO, the /5's are the perfect blend of vintage BMW soul and modern airhead functionality. Imagine, the 1970 /5 platform was so good that it was the basis of airheads into the mid 90's.