My collection

This is my third airhead. It is my best slash 5 and a work in progress. It is a 72 R75/5 (short wheelbase). These models are also known as "toasters" due to the chrome side panels. In the U.S. you will see these with chrome side panels on the tank as well. I hope to find a toaster tank here in Oz. Here is it in pretty much the same shape as when I bought it. The previous owner said he believes it is in original condition. I'm going through it as I have time and money and bringing various parts of it into as perfect as possible condition. I've just purchased new rims and stainless steel spokes and look forward to fitting them. The old wheels will be saved for the restoration project.



This is my second airead. It is my restoration project. It is a 74 R75/5 (long wheelbase). It currerntly in pretty much the same condition as you see in this picture but I'm making progress. As I work on my third airhead, bringing it into even better condition, I take parts from the restoration bike, restore them to the condition I can afford, and fit them on the best slash 5 and keep the unrestored part for the restoration project. Sounds a bit convoluted...



This was my first airhead. It is an 85 R80. The bike is dual plugged and always runs very smoothly. I don't know if the dual plugging is responsible for this, the conversion had already been done when I bought the bike. I sold this bike to a fellow enthusiast after owning it for about 8 glorious years. The only problem I ever had with it was the alternator rotor needed replacement.

Airhead??? What the???

Yes, I have to admit it, I'm an airhead. But it isn't as bad an affliction as you might think. "Airhead" is a very affectionate term for older (think last century) BMW motorcycles whose cylinder heads are cooled by air as opposed to the newer BMW motorcylces whose cylinder heads are cooled by oil or water.

I ride with a group of bmw enthusiasts in Queensland and we call ourselves the ozairheads. I'm also a member of the historical motorcycle club of Queensland and would love to combine the two groups so I could call myself a histerical airhead like my family already does!

The airhead group in Queensland is a great bunch of people. We are strongly anti club which means our gatherings aren't ever involved with meetings, minutes or motions. We prefer to ride, eat food and drink beer. Hooray!

The airheads were started by a passionate and sociable airhead rider named Glenn who often rides Colonel Klink (R75/5) to our gatherings. Other noticable members are Mark who has a collection of /6 models mostly and provides his shed for our maintenance days and sausage sizzles, Graham who is a master of carby tuning and loves to speak almost as much as Mark but thankfully both have lots of good stuff to say. I must also mention the fellow we all call wrong way, lets just say he finds the most scenic routes we've had the pleasure to be lost on.