[{"id": 16837790, "authorName": "srd6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/srd6/", "bidAmount": 2000, "content": "USD $2,000 bid placed by srd6", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739553157, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16838077, "authorName": "originalbob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/originalbob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good auction action so far - $2,000 for the California black plate - now into the very nice R69S", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1739555059, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16838209, "authorName": "saddlesore", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/saddlesore/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice to know if it runs and drives.\nThe next $3000 will cover the Sport tank.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1739555861, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16838258, "authorName": "aintgotnogasinit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aintgotnogasinit/", "bidAmount": 4200, "content": "USD $4,200 bid placed by aintgotnogasinit", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739555965, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16841540, "authorName": "albi007", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/albi007/", "bidAmount": 4350, "content": "USD $4,350 bid placed by albi007", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739566421, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16842593, "authorName": "thornatty", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thornatty/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That\u2019s a beautiful bike!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739569608, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16844681, "authorName": "Papaed78", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/papaed78/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Durable design bolstered by precision manufacturing. Holds value unlike any other", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739585791, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16844805, "authorName": "Vin51", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vin51/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I remain puzzled by BaT's tradition of informing us of features like \"chrome cross-braced handlebar, bar-end turn signals\" - which any fool can see in the photos - but not feeling it necessary to list what work has been done to the engine, or whether the bike even runs.", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1739587944, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16850985, "authorName": "Bobsbikes", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobsbikes/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Vin51, it\u2019s just filler, yada, yada, yada. I surmise it\u2019s meant for newbies to vintage BMWs. It\u2019s a canned description, as you well know. I have a lot of respect for those who keep these wonderful machines in original condition. Dings, scrapes, paint chips are all part of the aging process, the patina.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1739664459, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16856682, "authorName": "basterfamilly", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/basterfamilly/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It\u2019s not US model but speedometer is in mph ? \nNormally it\u2019s on km/h not ? \nThe patina is marvelous !!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739748946, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16858011, "authorName": "devo7", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/devo7/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Please can we see video of the bike running along with details regarding work done to the engine?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1739798713, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16861114, "authorName": "originalbob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/originalbob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@basterfamilly - this is not a US Fork model but it is a US imported and delivered model with the most common Earles Forks. The speedo should be in MPH.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1739820084, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16865128, "authorName": "sgmfrpsrgthoa", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sgmfrpsrgthoa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "There were no US fork bikes until after this was built, original boob must be slipping.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1739840029, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16867591, "authorName": "Motiv8ed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/motiv8ed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Didn\u2019t the R69S come standard with Alloy Rims vs chromed steel?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739897958, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16868222, "authorName": "Gnower", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gnower/", "bidAmount": 7000, "content": "USD $7,000 bid placed by Gnower", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739902513, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16869487, "authorName": "ellerjefe (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ellerjefe/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Owner here. The bike starts and runs. It has sat for a few years so I had the carbs rebuilt and replaced the oil filter and the oil pan gasket. We drained the gas and put in new gas. I originally bought this bike because of the original patina and generally unmolested condition. It is not a frame up restored museum piece that you can't ride. This is what I wanted at the time. It is a more or less original bike that was well loved and ridden by 2 owners. As far as the spec of the forks and all the other stuff, I can't speak to that. This is how I bought the bike.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1739907220, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16869502, "authorName": "sgmfrpsrgthoa", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sgmfrpsrgthoa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oil filter? Where did you find that???????", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1739907289, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16869603, "authorName": "ellerjefe (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ellerjefe/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739907777, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16872182, "authorName": "Slash2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/slash2/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Both steel and alloy wheels came originally on the R69S.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1739916008, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16874502, "authorName": "Kasindy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kasindy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@sgmfrpsrgthoa That's a great question. I didn't see any aftermarket add-on, so seller must be referring to cleaning the intake screen in the oil pan?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739929627, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16875875, "authorName": "srd6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/srd6/", "bidAmount": 7500, "content": "USD $7,500 bid placed by srd6", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1739972418, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16875873, "authorName": "srd6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/srd6/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love the patina, love the \"can ride it every day\" (unlike my just-completed-resto garage queen) and it's my birth year! I'd probably change the bars to the euro-bars since the upright bars look a bit clunky. The luggage rack has to go but I could get comfortable with the breadloaf seat (and wife would approve because she has somewhere to sit, unlike my '61!)... but wait, nobody's said the magic word yet!... slingers-slingers-slingers-slingers-slingers?.... probably no record of servicing?...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1739972490, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16876562, "authorName": "Kasindy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kasindy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@srd6 You'd have to cut those original USA bars in half to save the dog bones. The the Euro bars can slide through the clamps without having to spread them apart and risk breaking them or popping the chrome off. Best to source some hard to find dog bones for your Euro bars and leave the USA bars intact. Yes at 47k miles the slinger may have been done or is way over due. Never assume.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1739979296, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16891790, "authorName": "carlivar", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carlivar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller I sent you a direct message with a couple questions 5 days ago, but no response. Could you please respond?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1740087514, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16895742, "authorName": "Bobsbikes", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobsbikes/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@carlivar, curious, I don\u2019t see your questions?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740145241, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16895810, "authorName": "Watermark100", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/watermark100/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm certain many of you watched the Dover White R69S auction with an absentee seller a few months ago. \"Deja Vu all over again\" Who's the fool here? We all sit for hours watching and wishing this bike is something it is not.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1740146015, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16895893, "authorName": "Kasindy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kasindy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You can bet the seller would be more attentive if this were a no reserve auction. However, some of the best pictures and staging I've seen here for a motorcycle.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1740146843, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16896109, "authorName": "SDCR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sdcr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The receipt posted in photo 102, indicates a \u201chinged filter\u201d bought from EME. Puzzling.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740148883, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16896168, "authorName": "Alyson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alyson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "and a hinged filter is usually used on an engine with an oil cooler, /5 & up. Could have simply been added to an invoice for another machine.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740149499, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16896357, "authorName": "Motogrotto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/motogrotto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The R69S is a remarkable achievement of engineering and aesthetics which has stood the test of time. Probably the first machine built that could go 100 mph all day long and still have all it's parts where they belong afterwards. I have had my 67 for 45 years with 104,000 miles and still rolling. It is the longest thing I have ever had besides my soul and feels like a part of it...\r\nGrotto", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1740151040, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16896667, "authorName": "carlivar", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carlivar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Bobsbikes I sent seller a DIRECT message via the \"Contact Seller\" button. I am in Southern California and wanted to know more details about the Los Angeles location for potential pickup purposes and whether the bike is in good enough shape to drive it home directly. But @seller did not respond at all, which is puzzling, and makes me just have to guess as to its mechanical status. I guess I will not bid as a result, so good luck everyone else.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1740153807, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16896758, "authorName": "Kasindy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kasindy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SDCR @Alyson Looks like three or four quarts of dino motor oil and a pan gasket to me. $0,00 for the hinged filter.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740154541, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16896829, "authorName": "ilikewater", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ilikewater/", "bidAmount": 9000, "content": "USD $9,000 bid placed by ilikewater", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740154966, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16896892, "authorName": "Kasindy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kasindy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Motogrotto I don't wish to disrupt the flow of information on this auction. But, I was curious in your tenure with your R-69S how many times have you serviced the slingers?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1740155438, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16897897, "authorName": "sgmfrpsrgthoa", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sgmfrpsrgthoa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Since this bike only holds 2 quarts of oil, that was a pricey oil change. Slinger service should have been done at 40k miles.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740161730, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16898116, "authorName": "Kasindy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kasindy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Probably with modern oils and frequent changes you can stretch the intervals.\r\nBut:\r\n Overview\r\nLearn more\r\nOn a /2 BMW motorcycle, an oil slinger service should be performed every 30,000 miles as a general guideline, but it's important to check the condition of the slingers during any major engine overhaul or if you suspect significant buildup due to the bike's age or riding conditions; cleaning the slingers often requires partial engine disassembly. \r\nKey points to remember about oil slingers on /2 BMWs:\r\nImportant for engine health:\r\nClogged oil slingers can lead to serious engine damage by restricting oil flow to critical components like the rod bearings.\r\nNo easy access:\r\nCleaning the slingers typically requires partially disassembling the engine, making it a complex service that should be performed by a qualified mechanic.\r\nConsider riding conditions:\r\nIf you frequently ride in dusty or harsh environments, you might need to clean the slingers more often.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740162458, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16898232, "authorName": "sgmfrpsrgthoa", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sgmfrpsrgthoa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Cleaning the slingers requires complete engine tear down. Rear slinger is under main bearing on crank. Dusty conditions has nothing to do with slingers getting filled up, unless you run with no or torn air filter.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740162892, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16898716, "authorName": "Alyson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alyson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Kisindy it's not a partial disassembly, it's a complete disassembly. There will be nothing left in the engine once the crank is out. As for the invoice, at the price point it's not even worth showing it. For the little it shows, it's nothing at the end of the day.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740165380, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16898783, "authorName": "turkeyhead13", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/turkeyhead13/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does the bike still run?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740165643, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16898970, "authorName": "ellerjefe (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ellerjefe/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This bike runs", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1740166550, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16899166, "authorName": "Papaed78", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/papaed78/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Worth a lot more!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740167280, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16899347, "authorName": "Gnower", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gnower/", "bidAmount": 9500, "content": "USD $9,500 bid placed by Gnower", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740168145, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16899337, "authorName": "Kasindy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kasindy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I've seen it done inframe. I wouldn't. The crank has to come out and if the rod bearings are okay the crank doesn't have to come apart. That's probably a partial overhaul.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740168197, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16899483, "authorName": "Anonymous", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve not met on 2/21/25 at USD $9,500", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740168661, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 16899503, "authorName": "Beardog68", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beardog68/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Shame on you @ellerjefe", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1740168731, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16899512, "authorName": "originalbob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/originalbob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Kasindy - not true on being able to open the \u201cdog bones\u201d or handlebar risers as they are called.\r\n\r\nThey can be easily and slowly and carefully opened to remove the USA style bars by using a long line up punch for leverage \r\n\r\nOpen them up just enough to ease the bars out and here is the only catch to this - if the chrome is in excellent condition you may not see any crackling in the riser chrome but the more aged it deteriorated it is the more it will crack\r\n\r\nIf you can livdd ed with a little imperfection this is a solution and I\u2019ve done this very recently with good results and took apart at least 100 sets over the years to sell one customer a set of decent used risers and another a USA handlebar", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1740168768, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16899747, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "For being the high bidder, @Gnower is able to make a final offer to @seller in our offers portal. Please note that this is only an option for the high bidder. If this results in a sale, we will update the listing to \u201csold\u201d, and show the final sale price.\r\n\r\nWe wish them luck!\r\n-BaT", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1740169463, "type": "comment"}]