Post a pic of your Airhead

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guyatou

New member

• Aug 19, 2018

• #3,281

New to Airheads, just got an R90/6

A family friend gave me his 1975 R90/6 this week -- all I had to do was dig it out of his garage! It hasn't been started since 1991, but the engine turns over by hand.

The fairing will go away (any takers?), and the luggage and weird seats will get stored (not my style of riding). I spent all weekend tearing it apart and seeing what I will need to get it back on the road soon!

 

terham

BeemerBoy

• Aug 21, 2018

• #3,282

My '83 RS in the PA countryside.

 

georgej

Member

• Aug 22, 2018

• #3,283

terham said:

My '83 RS in the PA countryside.

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Very nice. That should be on the cover of the ON.

 

terham

BeemerBoy

• Aug 22, 2018

• #3,284

My bike was on the cover last year.

 

georgej

Member

• Aug 22, 2018

• #3,285

I remember it now that I see it again.

 

henzilla

not so retired

Staff member

• Sep 21, 2018

• #3,286

May be a repeat...

 

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barryg

Active member

• Sep 21, 2018

• #3,287

Cool! 1974 was a good year for BMW.

 

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vin8899

New member

• Oct 13, 2018

• #3,288

73 60/5

 

lmo1131

New member

• Oct 13, 2018

• #3,289

And a nice one at that. What's going on with the knobs on the headlight nacelle, and the apparent extra lens in front of the headlight?

BTW, welcome aboard!

 

20774

Liaison

Staff member

• Oct 14, 2018

• #3,290

Welcome to the forum, vin8899! Lew, I'm wondering if the "knobs" might be the old fashioned fuse holders. As for the lens, I can see a couple of white glued-on stickers, probably Velcro for holding a plastic lens cover.

 

pglaves

#13338

• Oct 14, 2018

• #3,291

20774 said:

Welcome to the forum, vin8899! Lew, I'm wondering if the "knobs" might be the old fashioned fuse holders. As for the lens, I can see a couple of white glued-on stickers, probably Velcro for holding a plastic lens cover.

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When we had a /5 it originally had a Leuftmeister fairing. It had the original fuses inside the headlight housing. One rainy day riding from Minneapolis to Iowa City one of the fuses blew. To replace the fuse required that the fairing be removed to get a hand into the headlight housing. This was done in a parking lot in Faribault, MN in the rain.

New fuse holders like the ones in the above photo were installed as soon as they could be acquired after we got home.

 

karlo1200s

New member

• Oct 21, 2018

• #3,292

My R 80 G/S '81

 

fmdualexhaust

Member

• Oct 21, 2018

• #3,293

Stumbled onto this thread this afternoon.
Thanks so much for reminding me how much I miss my '75 R90/6

 

terham

BeemerBoy

• Oct 22, 2018

• #3,294

Two of my friends' airheads last week in the Ozarks. They allowed me to join them on an oilhead.

 

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barryg

Active member

• Oct 22, 2018

• #3,295

Is that Petit Jean Mt. and the Arkansas River in the background?

 

terham

BeemerBoy

• Oct 22, 2018

• #3,296

I'm not sure. We were near the end of Talimena in OK at that point at the Panorama overlook.

 

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barryg

Active member

• Oct 22, 2018

• #3,297

Ah yes, the western end of the Talimena Dr.; very nice. It's one of my favorite rides.

 

happy wanderer

Day Dreaming ...

• Oct 23, 2018

• #3,298

karlo1200s said:

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WOW! 1980??? What number is it? I have 2938

 

karlo1200s

New member

• Oct 23, 2018

• #3,299

1981; vin number 6255052

 

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barryg

Active member

• Oct 23, 2018

• #3,300

When form follows function you get the eclectic beauty of the R80Gs. Wow!