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BMW R100, R80 1981 on Spoked Wheels (New, NOS)



















A very rare pair of New Old Stock spoked wheels for 1981 and onwards air cooled Boxer twins. These wheels were produced by BMW for the British Police. They were fitted to the Police bikes by a company in the UK who converted standard bikes to Police spec.

To fit these, the deep dish front discs are required. If you have the shallow dish discs (as I did), a spacer can be used. A pair of part finished disc spacers are included in the sale, The calipers also need some small spacers. These are included with the sale.

The front wheel is complete with bearings etc. The rear wheel does not have bearings etc fitted, but the sale includes a kit of bearings, spacers, seals, shims etc to complete the job. There are several sizes of shims as these have to be selected to suit.

As the wheels have been in storage for a while, they could do with a good polish. I polished the front rim back in 2007! The spokes are super. The rim could do with a quick shine up again now. The rear has some very, very light marks to the spokes. These polish out with very little effort. Given an hour of polishing, these wheels will look simply fabulous! Much nicer than a set of cast wheels. Unfortunately I sold my (as new) 1982 R100 before fitting these wheels - still regret it now! If they don't sell, then I am sorely tempted to find a bike to fit these to.

These wheels were not cheap when I bought them in 2006. The had been found in the cellar of a retired BMW dealer in Germany! Can you find another new set?

See my other items, including a steering damper kit and an ultra rare set of Krauser 4 valve heads.