https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...f3a791c3d60b16 Some of the BS we do for a BMW
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...f3a791c3d60b16 Some of the BS we do for a BMW
Karlheinz
1998 r1100 rt/p
1985 k 100 rs
2001 k 1200 rs
99 740 il
Original thread here- https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread...Up-an-old-Bike
OM
"You can do good or you can do well. Sooner or later they make you choose." MI5
Mod Squad
2009 F800GS 1994 TW200
That flight crew didn't put a whole lot of thought into picking up that bike.
The chances of getting in there and picking up that bike and not getting busted IMHO were about zero.
That said I hope they don't get their chops busted too bad, I don't see any malicious intent.
Weve all done things we wish we could do a redo on.
Nick
Anybody that has spent time in the military knows how that works out.You can,t just do thinks like that period.Busted
Karlheinz
1998 r1100 rt/p
1985 k 100 rs
2001 k 1200 rs
99 740 il
I'd guess that the biggest issue is that a wanking big, noisy airplane is a really hard to misappropriate without getting caught, especially during peace time. If they could have used a truck, nobody would have noticed.
BMW R bike rider, horizontally opposed to everything...
I was in the Coast Guard at the Academy in New London CT and when the auxiliary showed up it was always party time for them.Same here "Reservists" thinking they could pull this off.Originally Posted by Anyname
Karlheinz
1998 r1100 rt/p
1985 k 100 rs
2001 k 1200 rs
99 740 il
They just did it wrong. Should have had a buddy to truck it from MV to Quonset and no one would have been the wiser. Kinda hard to be low key in a Herc.
We were TDY to Spain in '73 and my buddy was having palpitations over the new Ossa 250 Pioneer. 48 hrs before we went home, he shows up with a nice new shiny one. We tore it down to be as narrow as possible, crated it and labeled it as an antique mirror. A short chat with the loadmaster and pilot, plus a half gallon of Jim Beam from the class 6 store, and the Ossa was neatly tied down on a C-130 headed back the Germany.
Ahhh.... the good ol days.....
Just an old guy here. Killin' bugs at a rapid pace since '68. Desert dweller.
Current force: '77 R100/7 ,'85 K100RS-Aug84, '85K100RS-Aug84, '85 K100RS-June85, '93K1100LTSE, '93 K75LTP, '98 R1100GS, '08K1200GT, (2)'72 CB 750s, '76 Honda CB500,
Ossa Pioneer.They just did it wrong. Should have had a buddy to truck it from MV to Quonset and no one would have been the wiser. Kinda hard to be low key in a Herc.
We were TDY to Spain in '73 and my buddy was having palpitations over the new Ossa 250 Pioneer. 48 hrs before we went home, he shows up with a nice new shiny one. We tore it down to be as narrow as possible, crated it and labeled it as an antique mirror. A short chat with the loadmaster and pilot, plus a half gallon of Jim Beam from the class 6 store, and the Ossa was neatly tied down on a C-130 headed back the Germany.
Ahhh.... the good ol days.....
I miss the aroma of well-mixed 2-stroke.
OM
"You can do good or you can do well. Sooner or later they make you choose." MI5
Mod Squad
2009 F800GS 1994 TW200
They just don't let the youngsters have any fun anymore.
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