R75 Service Decal & Compliance Plate

[boxertwinjeff]

Is this Service decal correct for all R75/5s, regardless whether they were
exported to the U.S., Europe or Australia?, or were the Australian imported bikes written in English proper?
noting this Decal is in American language.
Also, am chasing the Black metal Compliance plate which fixes to the front fork support. Jeff.


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[Duane Ausherman]

No, it is a fake, as all R75 labels were in German. Why would they print them in English since they were at war with us?

[melville]

No, it is a fake, as all R75 labels were in German. Why would they print them in English since they were at war with us?

Yeah, they never quite got to exporting them (dropping them from aircraft) to English speaking countries.

My decal (/6) didn't quite look like that. It had tire pressure and max load info, but I don't recall oil or plug info. It's all from memory, as it's gone with the repaint.

[Major Softie]

No, it is a fake, as all R75 labels were in German. Why would they print them in English since they were at war with us?

You have a cruel sense of humor.

Funny, but cruel.

[vanzen]

At war in the era of the /5 ?

Duane, surely you jest.

I have never seen a sticker like that on a /5 –
but then I am not a resto freak,
and the above statement will have little or no significance ...

[boxertwinjeff]

No, it is a fake, as all R75 labels were in German. Why would they print them in English since they were at war with us?

that's an R75/5, ok got me! and thats in American Duane!
would just like to replace with a correct copy of the decal that would have originally come on my "1973 /5",
models imported into Australia, if their out there.

[Major Softie]

At war in the era of the /5 ?

Duane, surely you jest.

Read the original post again. Yes, Duane jests, but you missed the joke (and boxertwinjeff got it).

[vanzen]

Thanks for that, Major –
I was just so confused ...

[Duane Ausherman]

I just couldn't resist the great opening.

That is a nice label, but not original for the USA on any bike that I saw.

Don't judge from the "never started" 1973 R75/5 in Bob's museum. I was the one that took it off the market and kept it without starting it up. Bob ended up with it some years back. It is one of the 200+ Italian bikes. It wasn't built for the USA.

[Ken in Oklahoma]

Was 10W40, 20W50, or 10W50 even around in the early '70s? Probably so and I wasn't paying attention. I know I used straight 50 weight oil in my A-10 BSA and Enfield/Indian thumper. (And boy were they hard to start on a cold fall morning!)


Ken