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rsbeemer
I found my pitchfork, CHARGE !!!
I rode a 1980 r100rs for almost 30 years without a breakdown; just tune ups, brake pads and new tires. Rode it all over the states and Mexico without one failure. Put over a 100k on it. It sadly burned up in a garage fire and some younger man turned it into a bobber and it's still going. I've had a number of airheads and all have been great. The only problem I ever had was with a 750/5 which the clutch went out on, but I bought all the parts and tools I needed and put a new one in it on the front porch of my home. Two days later I went to Mexico putting about 2000 miles on it before I returned without a problem. Airheads are easy to work on and if taken care of and rode lovingly with last for years.
I bought a k75 which was a great bike also but didn't like the gearing on it and water seem to migrate into the dash and cause problems. The aluminum gas tank had problems of course, not only pin holes which I fixed with some JB weld, but the corn oil turned the in-tank gas pump rubber into goop. With all that, I still liked the bike; very cool bike.
I bought a 2004 r1150rs in 2010 which I always liked the looks of. It ran well and fast ; I put 1100 miles on it in one day riding it back to Texas from D.C. after I bought it. But it broke the first real long trip from Texas to Mt. and back. While in Yellowstone the quick disconnect connection failed, started squirting fuel all over the place. I found out later this was a known problem, plastic. Fixing it there is another story.
Anyway, with all that said, I would choose an airhead if I had to choose one bike to live with the rest of my life, and I have.
Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
dwb
Ooooooooooo, now you've done it. The Airhead crew are lighting their torches and searching for pitchforks.
And I have a R90/6 (with odometer failure, I really gotta get that fixed).....
I rode a 1980 r100rs for almost 30 years without a breakdown; just tune ups, brake pads and new tires. Rode it all over the states and Mexico without one failure. Put over a 100k on it. It sadly burned up in a garage fire and some younger man turned it into a bobber and it's still going. I've had a number of airheads and all have been great. The only problem I ever had was with a 750/5 which the clutch went out on, but I bought all the parts and tools I needed and put a new one in it on the front porch of my home. Two days later I went to Mexico putting about 2000 miles on it before I returned without a problem. Airheads are easy to work on and if taken care of and rode lovingly with last for years.
I bought a k75 which was a great bike also but didn't like the gearing on it and water seem to migrate into the dash and cause problems. The aluminum gas tank had problems of course, not only pin holes which I fixed with some JB weld, but the corn oil turned the in-tank gas pump rubber into goop. With all that, I still liked the bike; very cool bike.
I bought a 2004 r1150rs in 2010 which I always liked the looks of. It ran well and fast ; I put 1100 miles on it in one day riding it back to Texas from D.C. after I bought it. But it broke the first real long trip from Texas to Mt. and back. While in Yellowstone the quick disconnect connection failed, started squirting fuel all over the place. I found out later this was a known problem, plastic. Fixing it there is another story.
Anyway, with all that said, I would choose an airhead if I had to choose one bike to live with the rest of my life, and I have.
Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
dwb