The BMW GS boxer twin thread

[Eddieb]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-695984575.htm

$3500 reserve.

[Padmei]

OMG he has the valve cover upside down


Nice original looking bike.

[Voltaire]

Yep, thats a bargain alright.

[Eddieb]

Not GS's but have R65's suddenly become something special?

I've seen a couple on trade me recently asking $7k or near enough to it.

[Voltaire]

Its the lams thing, being able to ride on a lurners.

[Eddieb]

So are all the lerners are racing out to buy rattly old airheads, or do the owners perceive that because their rattly old airhead is LAMS they are now that more valuable?

[Voltaire]

So are all the lerners are racing out to buy rattly old airheads, or do the owners perceive that because their rattly old airhead is LAMS they are now that more valuable?

Probably the latter, saying that the R65 is a fun bike to ride, steering is quick, wheelbase is shorter, and short stroke motor is keen to rev to 8K.
Took my new to me R80ST for a wof today, keen to check out some gravel on it.

[Eddieb]

Probably the latter, saying that the R65 is a fun bike to ride, steering is quick, wheelbase is shorter, and short stroke motor is keen to rev to 8K.
Took my new to me R80ST for a wof today, keen to check out some gravel on it.

Did you buy Iian's one?

[Voltaire]

Did you buy Iian's one?

No, but I popped over to show him my new ( to me) BMW....

He needs to advertise it better..."Stainless steel exhaust system, Koni Shocks, panniers for you slippers etc.

[Buddha#81:Me]

anyone have a R1100 driveshaft they want to sell?

[Kickaha]

anyone have a R1100 driveshaft they want to sell?

Did you break it already? You're so hard on gear

[Gremlin]

Well, I'm not sure how I pissed my GSA off today (the kicking to the crash bars was purely to get them back where they should be).

Except now... plenty of cranking and no starting Web search says anything from random little issues to fuel controller failure, or I dislodged something with the kicking. Either way, think it's best I don't try to make the problem worse...

Be nice to your bikes Now I have to take my bike to the dreaded dealer (well, they're not so bad, it's the paper with numbers on it that they give me at the end) and let them work their magic...

[Crisis management]

No, but I popped over to show him my new ( to me) BMW....

He needs to advertise it better..."Stainless steel exhaust system, Koni Shocks, panniers for you slippers etc.

Hint taken.... sold it last night so if anyone knows of a R80 / 100 GS for sale I'm interested.

Edit:
I have a San Jose BMW aluminium billet top triple clamp, new & un-used for sale for $100... great for those cafe racer GS'!

Goes on Trade me on the weekend so if anyone's interested, PM me.

[Eddieb]

Hint taken.... sold it last night

It would have been mine it I didn't have other expenses at the moment.

[Ulsterkiwi]

So are all the lerners are racing out to buy rattly old airheads, or do the owners perceive that because their rattly old airhead is LAMS they are now that more valuable?

sorry, lurker on this thread, when I grow up (my licence goes from yellow to green) I want a boxer GS......

Being relatively new to motorcycle land I was shocked and horrified at prices of bikes compared to cars, economy of scale thing I suppose.
Anyway if you dont want to ride a 250 (1.98m, 110kgs, so no thanks...) you at least have the option of some nice mid sized bikes now with the LAMS set up. So yeah, owners of these erstwhile not so expensive types of bikes have a whole new captive audience for their wares. Its either that or pay $9k up for a new LAMS approved non 250. Go to a dealer for anything decent on the LAMS list 2nd hand and they were either out of ideas or rubbing their hands with glee depending on stock. Give it a few years and the second hand market will have a few more models floating around to settle things.