After the first engine start, I began the break-in and shake down for this 1983 R80ST. My goal is to break-in the bike in about 600 miles, and to be sure everything is working correctly. My experience after a major rebuild like this one is that there are always some issues and the need for some tweaks and fiddling to get everything working perfectly. So far I have put almost 900 miles on the bike.

Here is a link to what I did during the break-in riding and a YouTube video.

• 00 BMW 1983 R80ST Break-in Log & How To Buy This Bike

VIDEO: 1983 BMW R80ST Break-In Riding Log And BMW MOA Raffle Info

Date For Selling The Bike And Donating Proceeds To MRP

Ted Moyer, Executive Director of the BMW Motorcycle Owners Of America (MOA), contacted me awhile back to talk about my project. The MOA Foundation supports the Motorcycle Relief Project and he wanted to know if I would be interested in having the MOA Foundation run a raffle to sell the bike and send all the proceeds to the MRP. I told him that sounded like a good idea. Ted took the idea to the MOA Foundation board of directors and they approved it.

So the MOA Foundation will hold the raffle in December 2023 through January 2024. MOA plans to initiate the raffle at the annual MRP December dinner fund raising event. You can visit the BMW MOA Foundation website to buy raffle tickets in December-January. Currently the MOA Foundation is holding another raffle that ends on October 31.

Here are some pictures I took during my break-in rides.

 

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.

• 16 BMW 1983 R80ST Assemble & Install Gas Tank

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.

• 46 BMW 1983 R80ST Install Fenders

VIDEO: 1983 BMW R80ST Install Fenders