globalrider
Alps Adventurer
Does there need to be a point to everything ?
I'm so sorry for voicing my opinion in the land of Free Speech.
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Does there need to be a point to everything ?
I assume the airhead general forum section might be where a "detailed" discussion of design and engineering (facts and fiction) are encouraged?
Sick and wrong, but I like it.
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I like the look of the /7 tank on your /5.
Beautiful bike. Beautiful scenery. Fun roads. Sounds like heaven to me.
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Just picked this 1982 R100CS up. Been sitting since 1998. 21,822 original miles! Can't wait to fire her up...
Nice score !! May I ask where you found / bought it ? It looks familiar . I'm near Cincinnati , you're not that far away.
Probably the same bike, with kickstarter. They thought it was a 1984 until we pulled the title.
I quit riding in about 1982. Back then I had had a Norton, a Triumph and a Honda trail bike. Now I am retired and thought it would be fun to ride some before I got too old or took up lame. I thought I might get one of those old British classics, but they are hard to find, expensive, and as I remembered it, always needed repairs to keep them running. Then I started looking at old airhead BMWs.
After some looking around, I bought this from a guy in Eastern Washington. A 1983 R100 with 78,000 miles. The bike actually was his wife's. He rode an R80, and had a toaster in the garage, and I think another one off site. He and his wife are into touring, so the bike came with the Windjammer, bags, rack in the back, backrest, etc.
So, I bought it and trailered it home. After taking the course and getting my motorcycle endorsement, started riding. And stripping stuff off the bike. Now, without the Windjammer, hard bags and rack, backrest. Put on shorter lower handlebars, got a new headlight, front turn signals
It's been a couple of months and a couple of thousand miles, and I am loving it.
Bob Ross
Hard to tell in the photo, but is that the Reynolds 'cantilever' rack? Lifts up in the back & pulls back from the seat cowl?
Hard to tell in the photo, but is that the Reynolds 'cantilever' rack? Lifts up in the back & pulls back from the seat cowl?