jeff@tesla.UUCP (06/05/84)
From: jeff (Jeff Frey) JCWitney sells a polish for visors & other plexiglas-type stuff that works very well for small scratches; actually any fine polish (Linde A or B, for example) would do. Perhaps larger scratches could be filled in by waxing (auto wax) the plastic. But of course, this is the reason replacement visors are sold. I have a BMW 60/7 that doesn't need much maintenance sinceI prefer to look at it rather than ride it. The BMW Owners' club used to have a terrific maintenance section in its newsletter but the guy who was responsible for it seems to have lost a political battle with the mangement (which seems to be trying to turn the BMWOC and its magazine into some sort of moto-business and CYCLE magazine) and quit. Thereupon I quit the club. Probably the best bet would be to join the BMWOC, get a list of back issues (with contents of the technical section) of the magazine, order the ones you want, then quit. I really must say I admired Mr Okleshen, who did an enormous amount of work on the BMW technical stuff for the OC. He didn't stand for bull, always was scientific (controlled experiments) in a sort of rough way, and really cared about what he did. His only problem was prolixity, but a small price to pay. Jeff Frey
darryl@ism780.UUCP (06/09/84)
#R:tesla:-37500:ism780:15800013:000:806 ism780!darryl Jun 7 19:18:00 1984 "Oak" Okleson (sp?) was technical editor for the BMW News, which is the publication of BMWMOA (Motorcycle Owners Assoc.). I joined about a year ago and he had just resigned, so you might be able to pick up more of his wisdom by ordering back issues there. He occasionally contributes a small tidbit to the mag even now. There is also a group known as BMWRA (Riders Assoc.). Anybody know anything about them? Thanks, ______ / \ _______| |_______ / | Darryl | \ ___/|________|Richman |________|\___ / | | | | | | ...!ima | | | | | | \ | | | \`|'/ | !ism780 | \`|'/ | | | | | | -( )- | !darryl | -( )- | | | | | | /| |\ | | /| |\ | | | \_______| |___ ___| |_______/ | | |________| | | `-' `-'
lrd@drusd.UUCP (DuBroffLR) (06/18/84)
In response to the articles I have seen regarding BMW technical advice
published in the "BMW News", written by Orlando Obadiah ("Oak") Okleshen,
Oak and the BMWMOA directors had a difference regarding the level of
support to be given to his work (which I always considered to single most
valuable benefit I derived from MOA membership). This difference of opinion
resulted in Oak's resignation as Tech Editor for the magazine. Oak is still
the chairman of the ChiTech committee (Chicago Region Owners Association
Technical Committee). In addition to his regular, full-time job as an
engineer, Oak is now employed as service manager at Southwest Suburban
Triumph (a BMW dealer) in one of the far south Chicago suburbs (South
Chicago Heights?).
He has performed several modification/enhancement jobs on my R/100-RS,
and I am using the dual ignition system that was developed jointly by him
and Chuck Walus. Both of these gentlemen do ABSOLUTELY first rate, meticulous
work. They analyze problems and don't pick up a wrench or start replacing
parts until they are sure that they understand the problem fully. They're
not the cheapest around, but their quality is beyond comparison!
L. R. DuBroff ...[ihnp4!]!drusd!lrd