BMW Restoration (youtube)

[russkigreg]

So, this isn't my build. I wish it was. It came up on the Adventure Motorcycling facebook group, and was too good not to share. If you have a look through the same guy's videos, you can see individual stages of the build.



Direct copy and paste from the video description:

This is a photo story of my father's 1958 BMW R50:
Boy meets girl, gets married, buys motorcycle. Rides it for 60,000 miles and has accident when wife is pregnant with 3rd child. (me) Wife orders motorcycle to be taken off road until all her children are grown and on their own. One day when bike is moved to a different storage location, son sits on bike and dreams of being a Jedi Master like his father. Couple grows old together and bike is not ridden for 40 years. Husband is now a grandfather of 7 and married for 50 years, when he dies of a stroke at age 71.
Son looks over the old rotting machine and finds note attached to it from his father to him. Son decides to restore the old 1958 BMW R-50 as a tribute to his father. With the help of many friends, especially Peter Nettesheim, world renowned BMW collector, bike is restored to look even better than it did when it was built in Germany.
Watch it at 720p in full screen for best quality.

[SBD]

Wow, what a gorgeous bike.

[browncow]

Cool video...


Cooler story.

[SVInfinity]

Great story!

[CBT]

That's pretty special. All of it.

[RT]

great vid and even better with the sound muted!