My 1971 BMW 2002

(she was titled in 1972 though)

I’ll be adding information and progress as i tinker with my car too. Surprisingly, the car isn’t too different than the motorcycle. They share some of the same electronic components and are very simple vehicles. I’m currently in the middle of adding an alarm to the car with progressive door lock actuators.  It will be great to lock and unlock the car via a remote.  The keys for the car are very old, thin and flimsy so having the ability to lock the car without the key will lessen the chance of breaking the key off in the lock.

The car also suffered a massive dent in the rear due to some idiot on her cell phone.  My daughter and i were fine but i had to live without the car for 6 months while the repairs were made.  They did an AMAZING job and i had the whole car painted .  I’ve had the car back  for a few months now after getting it repaired from a nearby Truck Repair shop and been fiddling and tweaking it to get it back to daily driver status.

Here is a photo of the car before the accident, on her first surf trip about a year or so ago.

Her name is Betty

And so it begins…

Another bike build. I have stumbled upon some fortunate luck (but somebody once said luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it). Every few weeks, I seem to get a random email about my last bike build. Somebody will compliment me, or ask me how i made something, or what parts i used… but one came in a few months ago that caught my eye. This one was different. It was VERY complimentary, honest and came with an inquiry to build another bike for author. Before i knew it, phone conversations were made, we hit it off, and game on. Time to find a donor bike to turn into a cafe bike like mine. I couldn’t be happier to have a project like this going for a guy who appreciates my taste in BMW motorcycles. Time to get to work…
a 4 year long cafe bike build – my last bike photographed by one of my Photoshop students, R. Alberti.