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Mid-South ride, eat, and meet
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mikegalbicka
Back in the saddle again
Nice shop. Love those Triumphs since that is what I started on.
All that means my friend is that you've been around for a while.
mikegalbicka
Back in the saddle again
All that means my friend is that you've been around for a while.
My body can testify to that!
R80st
I've been making decisions on motorcycles. Deciding what to keep and sell. Gotta deal going on with a buddy of mine to build my R80ST. He was talking about wanting a R80GS. Told him I had the next best bike a R80ST. I had parts of that bike allover my garage and shed, just a total disaster. Been moving bike parts over there for a few days. I've been collecting parts for 15 years. Stuff was everywhere and more still to find.
Finally found the heads.
I reworked these heads probably 15 years ago. Glad I finally found them. Now where's the pushrods and rocker arm assembly?
Was out in Tucson, Ar.,probably 10 years ago. Went to Iron Horse BMW. Seen a lot of their stuff in ON's, really over the top stuff. Had a good look around. Awsome dealership. Back in the parts sales dept.; saw this little leather bag on display. Kinda covered in dust. I remembered the old BMW sales ads on '89 R100GSPD. Those bikes had this bag on pictures. Cool looking, but almost really worthless as a bag. The tag read
If I remember $259 discounted to $199. I asked the sales clerk about a little more discount. Naw. OK. Went aroung the store and picked out some more stuff. Went to check out, sans leather bag. During the transaction the dept head came over. I saw you looking at the bag, your not buying it. Nope a little to steep for me today. He went over looked at the sticker. How about for today only $150. Sold!
I've been making decisions on motorcycles. Deciding what to keep and sell. Gotta deal going on with a buddy of mine to build my R80ST. He was talking about wanting a R80GS. Told him I had the next best bike a R80ST. I had parts of that bike allover my garage and shed, just a total disaster. Been moving bike parts over there for a few days. I've been collecting parts for 15 years. Stuff was everywhere and more still to find.
Finally found the heads.
I reworked these heads probably 15 years ago. Glad I finally found them. Now where's the pushrods and rocker arm assembly?
Was out in Tucson, Ar.,probably 10 years ago. Went to Iron Horse BMW. Seen a lot of their stuff in ON's, really over the top stuff. Had a good look around. Awsome dealership. Back in the parts sales dept.; saw this little leather bag on display. Kinda covered in dust. I remembered the old BMW sales ads on '89 R100GSPD. Those bikes had this bag on pictures. Cool looking, but almost really worthless as a bag. The tag read
If I remember $259 discounted to $199. I asked the sales clerk about a little more discount. Naw. OK. Went aroung the store and picked out some more stuff. Went to check out, sans leather bag. During the transaction the dept head came over. I saw you looking at the bag, your not buying it. Nope a little to steep for me today. He went over looked at the sticker. How about for today only $150. Sold!
Great Name and T
Another item I bought was a cool Iron Horse T. Had the big locomotive coming down the track with a big horse stallion morphed on the front. Was my favorite T for a few years. What a great name for a BMW dealership. IRONHORSE BMW. Will try to find the T and post a pic.
Another item I bought was a cool Iron Horse T. Had the big locomotive coming down the track with a big horse stallion morphed on the front. Was my favorite T for a few years. What a great name for a BMW dealership. IRONHORSE BMW. Will try to find the T and post a pic.
Was down in Daytona Bike Week back in the mid 90's. Met up with the head tech from Mathius BMW. David Baumen, if I remember correctly We ran and rode around for a few days. Funny how that works out, perfect impromtu riding partner and buddy. We had a really nice ride together up to St. Augustine. Sittin around at a bar/diner making small talk. Told about how I liked BMW windshild sets for airheads. He replied they had one on display collecting dust. I think a $100 bucks sealed the deal. Got back home sent him the money and a couple weeks later the windshield set arrrived. Yep BMW, but what does it fit? I had an old parts bike R65 sitting back in the shed. Yep, perfect match. Well I'll never use that, no plans to ride an R65. Find a buddy on a R65 and sell it. Promply forgot about it. Got the R80ST and finially The lite bulb went off in the old noggin. The windshield set was a perfect match for the ST. Thx David.
The bikes, I've sold and will sale will be a done deal. I won't be looking back. I told Leo, there is an exception on the ST. I really hated letting it go. Don't worry Barry, when we get ur done, just come and get it and ride it all you want, no problem. Thx Leo, that helps a little.
BMW Moto Cases
Was looking for more stuff for the ST project. I reallly wanted to find the rocker arm assembly;No luck. Got up in the rafters and found a good size box; a set of Olymic saddlebags. Nice bags; a kinda of Krauser style knockoffs. Not what I'm looking for. Go to the other end of the garage and up in the rafters is a slightly smaller box. Gotta be the Moto Cases. Put this stuff up here ptobably 10 years ago; maybe a lot longer. Yep that's them. Shimmied up and got the box down. I could shimmy a lot better 10/15 years ago. Not so much now.
Nice bags; inside were the keys, BMW badges and red reflectors.
Was looking for more stuff for the ST project. I reallly wanted to find the rocker arm assembly;No luck. Got up in the rafters and found a good size box; a set of Olymic saddlebags. Nice bags; a kinda of Krauser style knockoffs. Not what I'm looking for. Go to the other end of the garage and up in the rafters is a slightly smaller box. Gotta be the Moto Cases. Put this stuff up here ptobably 10 years ago; maybe a lot longer. Yep that's them. Shimmied up and got the box down. I could shimmy a lot better 10/15 years ago. Not so much now.
Nice bags; inside were the keys, BMW badges and red reflectors.
Gene's K75S need a new seats
Gene mentioned he needs to get his seat recovered. He didn't want his bike out of commission for a month or so. Told him I had a couple of spare K100 seats he was welcome to borrow. Was out in the garage and up in the rafters; so since I was shimmying for ST parts , will do the same for K bike seats.
Nice looking seat, but totally impractible for anyone over 6' tall.
Gene mentioned he needs to get his seat recovered. He didn't want his bike out of commission for a month or so. Told him I had a couple of spare K100 seats he was welcome to borrow. Was out in the garage and up in the rafters; so since I was shimmying for ST parts , will do the same for K bike seats.
Nice looking seat, but totally impractible for anyone over 6' tall.
Attachments
Corbin Seats.
Corbin makes a good seat. I rode this seat for over 50,000 miles on my RT.
You assembled a pretty good seat Rogelio. Back in the '90's, Leo and I were out on the west coast,Carmel Leguna Seca,vintage car road racing. Hobnobbing with the Rich and Famous like the old TV show. After we got through with that, we headed home. Leo wanted to stop in at the Corbin factory for a tour and to meet Mike Corbin. Leo had probably sold about 100 seats for Mike to his customers. Nice tour of the factory and facilities, pretty impressive. Leo had one guy build all his seats and I bebieve he got to meet him. Pretty impressive stuff back then. Then we got an audience with Mike Corbin himself. Very pleasant and informative. Really enjoyed that. Mike invited Leo and I to lunch. The Great Artichoke was the restaurant, very nice. And artichoke was part of the lunch. Thx Mike, you build good seats. I've accumulated probably 200,000 miles on them. Thx Leo, you know all the coolest people.
Corbin makes a good seat. I rode this seat for over 50,000 miles on my RT.
You assembled a pretty good seat Rogelio. Back in the '90's, Leo and I were out on the west coast,Carmel Leguna Seca,vintage car road racing. Hobnobbing with the Rich and Famous like the old TV show. After we got through with that, we headed home. Leo wanted to stop in at the Corbin factory for a tour and to meet Mike Corbin. Leo had probably sold about 100 seats for Mike to his customers. Nice tour of the factory and facilities, pretty impressive. Leo had one guy build all his seats and I bebieve he got to meet him. Pretty impressive stuff back then. Then we got an audience with Mike Corbin himself. Very pleasant and informative. Really enjoyed that. Mike invited Leo and I to lunch. The Great Artichoke was the restaurant, very nice. And artichoke was part of the lunch.
Thx Mike, you build good seats. I've accumulated probably 200,000 miles on them. Thx Leo, you know all the coolest people.
More Digging and Scratching ST Parts
The windshild finally makes an appearance. Right where I last put it. With all the other windshields I have. Unbelieveable. I'm jealous of all ya'll that live organized and disaplined lives. Impossible for me.
The windshiel has a plastic coating, so I'm hoping to peel it off to a clear shield. It's only 30 years old. Glad it found it's way to me.
Quite abit of stuff on an oem windshield set. And you really pretty much have to have it all for assemble. This shield works R80ST's and standard R65's. My experience with similar setups on my R90, I expect great results.
The windshild finally makes an appearance. Right where I last put it. With all the other windshields I have. Unbelieveable. I'm jealous of all ya'll that live organized and disaplined lives. Impossible for me.
The windshiel has a plastic coating, so I'm hoping to peel it off to a clear shield. It's only 30 years old. Glad it found it's way to me.
Quite abit of stuff on an oem windshield set. And you really pretty much have to have it all for assemble. This shield works R80ST's and standard R65's. My experience with similar setups on my R90, I expect great results.
The R80ST Bike Project
No, the bike isn't a wreak. Some of the bolts are out of the headlight housing structure. If I remember correctly , I took this assembly apart to get the speedo unit out. That unit has been repaired.
Test rode this bike and bought it on site. Never expected it to be this long on the turn around.
Drove over to Leo's and dropped off the bags and windshield.
No, the bike isn't a wreak. Some of the bolts are out of the headlight housing structure. If I remember correctly , I took this assembly apart to get the speedo unit out. That unit has been repaired.
Test rode this bike and bought it on site. Never expected it to be this long on the turn around.
Drove over to Leo's and dropped off the bags and windshield.
