roninbuffalo
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I have been following this thread with interest as my ride is a red 1999 R1100RS. It was love at first sight and I bought it from a tennis buddy about 15 years ago. Your project must truly be a labor of love as my bike, before I managed to badly crack the main headlight faring, was worth $1100 as a trade in at our local BMW dealer. I bought and restored another fairing on line, but it needs to be painted and I've patched the original which is fully functional. Replacing that main fairing is kind of like a heart transplant. The problems that probably will arise could easily leave me with a basket case. What I have now is a fully functional ride that has all the stuff I like on it. From everywhere but the front left it looks great. My goal is to put 100K on the clock and I'm at 96.5. I'm just a guy who likes to ride motorcycles and had been doing it for 63 years. When I hit 100 K you can have a lot of spare parts you will need for a great price.
I’m 64 and bought a 94 RS like in this thread and gave 1000.00 when I bought it 2 years ago with 83 k on it. I just like the bike. I put a clutch, had fairing and tail piece painted, rebuild throttle bodies, had seat recover, Parabellum windscreen, and a whole bunch of other stuff. I do not plan to get my money out of it I just like it. Now it is approaching 90k I plan to ride it until I decide it time to get rid of it.