Mid-South ride, eat, and meet

[barryg]

‘74 r90/6

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Completed project. I can't explain how excited I was. I could'nt have been prouder, walking around that bike, it was really perfect. I had my BMW Eldorado.

Now in the process to be totally upgraded again. Rebuilt engine and heads. Dual discs and too many other upgrades to list now. I probably got 200,000 miles on this bike.

 

[barryg]

A couple of twin shock R100’s, R80ST, R80/7, lots of parts bikes to keep these up. And tons of spare parts or as some say; junk.

 

[mikegalbicka]

Quite the collection. You are blessed.

 

[PGlaves]

Quite the collection. You are blessed.

Or cursed, depending on free time, finances, and energy level.

 

[mikegalbicka]

Or cursed, depending on free time, finances, and energy level.

True. From this thread he seems to have all three covered in good fashion. Connections with Leo and others probably helps on the financial side quite well!

 

[barryg]

Yep, blessing & curse. What happened was I bought a few bikes that I thought were good buys. Kinda cheap and some had some really cool parts. Then some older friends/riders started passing away. I got notice’s from lawyer’s; I’m in will; U inherited his bikes. Call’s from family members, he wanted U to have these bikes. Got overloaded with bikes. Some I sold, some I gave some away. A couple, I loaned out to close friends, planning on riding them later. Now I can’t get in the garage. The only show bike I have is my ‘74 R90. The others are/were will be good riders.

 

[barryg]

I’m older now. I don’t mind changing out a flat tire at the house. And back when I was in my 40’s/50’s I’d do a tire change on the side of the road in heart beat, but now the idea of that is kinda off putting. The other day I was talking to the little girl next door. She said Mr. Barry, I’m 4 1/2 and showing me 4 fingers. Smiling that cute little girl smile. Well, I’m 68 1/2. I smiled and held up both hands and showed her 10 fingers and told her and a a bunch more. She giggled and laughed. She caught the silliness of it. I’ve gotten older, that’s why I bought the R100R. 1000 cc engine, twin discs, radial tires and no tubes. Plug and go. Maybe time to sell some more tubed tired bikes.

 

[barryg]

Yes, Leo is my ace in the hole. He forgot more about BMW’s; motorcycles, cars than I’ll ever know. Actually that includes all motorcycles and cars and anything with an engine, transmission and all the other sub components. Thx Leo for all Ur help.

 

[barryg]

I recently bought a R100R. Wanted an airhead with tubeless tires. Pretty nice bike overall, but it had some small issues I needed to address. One was a cracked rear taillight lens. I called the local dealer about getting a new lens. Wrong day to call; Saturday. It was a perfect day and they were covered up customers in the store. Called and played phone tag over a couple of hours. Hung up, and looked at the lens. Time for a temporary old school fix. Walked down to Auto Zone and bought some 3M Red Lens Repair Tape. Time for a old school red neck fix.

 

[barryg]

Simple Fix




Simple fix, tape, scissors. Reminds of my kindergarten class 1959.

 

[barryg]

The Fix



Good temporary fix.

 

[barryg]

Temporary Fix


It’ll work till I get a new lens. I can do some things without Leo’s help. I can’t reach the side stand, I’m 6’2” with long legs. I can’t put my spring loaded side stand safely. I’m carrying a stick to hold the stand down, so I can get off the bike. Leo, I need help to defeat the spring loaded side stand. Yep, back to Leo for help. Forget what I said earlier.

 

[barryg]

Usual Sunday ShakeRag Run


Allen LaBarrearre and his cool R80 Custom. Been seeing this bike at ShakeRag lately, glad I finally figured out who owned it.

 

[barryg]

My R100R; making progress on this bike. Check out the ice scraper leaned up on the bike; my side stand accessory. Time to get the side stand issue resolved along with a few other issues.

 

[barryg]

From the other side.

 

[barryg]

Mike’s cool H/D Fat Boy

 

[barryg]

Shake Rag Good Crowd



It was a great day to be out and about on my motorcycle.

 

[barryg]

Performance BMW - Memphis

Stopped in at Performance Plus, BMW Baggers we’re front and center.

 

[barryg]

 

[barryg]