BMW R65 Difazio Special

Manufacturer:
BMW
Model:
750 Difazio Special
Condition:
Excellent (3)
Engine:
750cc
Year:
1987
Price:
SOLD

Richard Difazio’s personal machine, the last of five built.

In this case Special means special. Richard Difazio made only five of these special lightweight roadsters. This machine is the fifth made; he built it for himself and only two owners since Richard decided to let her go. There are pictures on file of the bike doing exactly what it was designed and built to do: long distance high speed road trials (One picture is the Exeter Trial in 2010). We are pleased and proud to have this bike for sale and here is some information taken from notes on file provided by Richard and signed by him…
Building a finely balanced 750cc engine using the short-stroke R45/65 in a machine weighing no more than 215kg all fuelled and loaded up for long distance has created a smooth, fast and agile roadster suitable for solo touring, not to mention a bit of civilised scratching. This last machine of five was built in 2007/8 in the Difazio workshops and uses the monolever chassis which is a little shorter with quicker steering geometry so very easy to manage. The bores are ceramic coated with 88mm pistons giving a capacity of 750cc (previous versions were 854cc using larger 94mm bores). The combustion chambers were matched in volume and the carbs and ports smoothed to provide free-revving and responsive power. It has a 3.2:1 final drive and returns over 50mpg used as intended. Richard reports oil consumption to be negligible and he has always used Silkolene Comp Four 20/50 oil changed regularly and the bike has covered about 10k miles since it was built. It will have a new MOT and has very recently had new tyres fitted. Lots of documents in the file including Richard’s hand written notes on the build, an article on Difazio Motorcycles history and a colleciton of old MOTs and parts invoices. A proper lovely bike in my book, well done and thank you Richard Difazio.

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