This video shows how Joe Broxterman of Speedway Graphics applies the pinstripes. Joe was gracious and donated the pinstripes in support of my charity auction of the bike for the Motorcycle Relief Project.

VIDEO: 1983 BMW R80ST Paint Pinstripes

This “project bike” came with it’s original gas tank. There was a small dent in the tank near the front and scraps and gashes in the paint. The inside red tank lining was in good condition. I had it repaired and repainted. I refurbished the gas cap, put on new BMW roundels, replaced the rear bracket that secures the tank to the spine tube and installed new fuel lines.

Here are some before and after pictures of the gas tank.

Here it is installed on the bike.

This is a link to the documentation of how I did this work and a summary video of the procedure.

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VIDEO: 1983 BMW R80ST Assemble & Install Gas Tank

The 1983 R80ST “project bike” came with a rear fender but no front fender. A friend of mine donated a front fender for this charity rebuild project. It took awhile to get the parts back from the painter. Unlike the fenders on many other airhead models, the R80ST fenders do not have pinstripes.  Here are pictures of what I started with and what the newly painted parts look like.

Here is a link to the documentation of how I did the work, and a summary video.

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VIDEO: 1983 BMW R80ST Install Fenders

This R80ST came with no right exhaust header or collector box. I decided to replace the entire exhaust system as the rear muffler and left header had a fair amount of rust.

Here is the new exhaust system installed. I’ll install the muffler heat shield when I get the side panels back from the painter.

This is a link to the documentation and a short YouTube video summary of how I do this work.

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VIDEO: 1983 BMW R80ST Install Exhaust System