Oh dear, I think I am getting old

[admenk]

Yes, you must be getting old. You start buying bikes that you actually want, rather than the one's other people say you should have (or one's that you think make you look good) If it's got two wheels, an engine, and you like it, then good on ya - enjoy it. (Mind you, you'll have to start calling yourself a "motorcyclist" now )

[HenryDorsetCase]

I just bought a BMW. A 1978 R100S in tidy and well used condition with good mileage and has been in storage since 2002. It was on Tardme at a fairly silly price and I couldn't resist it.

Not sure what to do with it, might restore it, might build a cafe racer, my son wants me to build a bobber or might just get it back on the road and use it. Seems a shame to mod a matching numbers bike, but I can't leave anything standard.

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bastard! you absolutely burgled that. my hand was twitching like crazy yesterday...... but I didnt want a project bike and a deeeevorce all on the same day.

good buying.....

[shrub]

bastard! you absolutely burgled that. my hand was twitching like crazy yesterday...... but I didnt want a project bike and a deeeevorce all on the same day.

good buying.....

yeah, I was pretty stoked. I don't think the guy selling it realised what it would be worth and said he had several offers for more than he had listed it for sight unseen, but because I was in town and on the spot I got first dibs.

Now I need to decide what to do with it...

[HenryDorsetCase]

I must be getting old too as I'm building a R90 track bike.... I hate bowls and Golf.

I laughed at this.....


Its amazing how cheap old BMW bikes are: especially compared to same era Jap stuff...

[Dodgyiti]

I can't believe what good value these mid 70's to mid 80's BMWs are either. They were expensive new, held their value for 20-30 years and now all of a sudden they are cheap as chips for what you get.
Nice starting point for any sort of custom project. Don't worry about the matching numbers crap, they made heaps of them and nearly all are still on the road
Butcher away!

[Mrs Shrek]

I just bought a BMW. A 1978 R100S in tidy and well used condition with good mileage and has been in storage since 2002. It was on Tardme at a fairly silly price and I couldn't resist it.

Not sure what to do with it, might restore it, might build a cafe racer, my son wants me to build a bobber or might just get it back on the road and use it. Seems a shame to mod a matching numbers bike, but I can't leave anything standard.

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do you have the pipe & slippers

[Voltaire]

Speaking fo pipes....I have a nice stainless exhaust system on TM that would polish up nice and fit your bike...( shameless self promotion)
...and a tank but no slippers.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=384726948

[shrub]

I can't believe what good value these mid 70's to mid 80's BMWs are either. They were expensive new, held their value for 20-30 years and now all of a sudden they are cheap as chips for what you get.
Nice starting point for any sort of custom project. Don't worry about the matching numbers crap, they made heaps of them and nearly all are still on the road
Butcher away!

That's what blows me away - for similar money I could get a similar vintage and very ordinary old Jap 750 and similar vintage Bonnies (a lesser bike in every way) in the same condition would be easy 2-3 times what that cost me. As for Guzzis, Commandos and Ducatis - crazy money.

The more I poke around on the interweb and look at what people have done with boxers the more excited i get and because it owes me about what a well used Chinese 250 would have cost I feel quite free to butcher and abuse the old kraut and make her into an undignified strumpet. I'm starting to think stripped back to the absolute minimum, loud, late model Jap front end, few minor engine tweaks.

[Dodgyiti]

As for Guzzis, Commandos and Ducatis - crazy money.

The more I poke around on the interweb and look at what people have done with boxers the more excited i get and because it owes me about what a well used Chinese 250 would have cost I feel quite free to butcher and abuse the old kraut and make her into an undignified strumpet. I'm starting to think stripped back to the absolute minimum, loud, late model Jap front end, few minor engine tweaks.

There is a reason for the Guzzis, Commandos and Ducatis fetching crazy money. They are a lot rarer than their BMW counterparts for a start.
Nice to read 'few minor engine tweaks' - BMW's respond well to minor tweaks. Anything more and you kind of go backwards and ruin the good points of the engine and empty your wallet in the process.
You can have a lot of fun mucking around with them. Std parts are not cheap though. Hope your discs are ok, replacing them would be 20% of the initial purchase price

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...hmentid=240466
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...hmentid=176703
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...hmentid=176705
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...hmentid=205767
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...hmentid=179257

[shrub]

There is a reason for the Guzzis, Commandos and Ducatis fetching crazy money. They are a lot rarer than their BMW counterparts for a start.
Nice to read 'few minor engine tweaks' - BMW's respond well to minor tweaks. Anything more and you kind of go backwards and ruin the good points of the engine and empty your wallet in the process.
You can have a lot of fun mucking around with them. Std parts are not cheap though. Hope your discs are ok, replacing them would be 20% of the initial purchase price

Discs are reasonably worn, not sure if they are within tolerance, but I'll probably be fitting better brakes at some stage. I hear you about the minor tweaks - I want a lazy, torquey and engine that is reliable. If I wanted serious power I wouldn't be buying a Boxer so why try and make it into something it will never be?

[MarkH]

Not sure what to do with it

Nothing wrong with getting old - it beats the alternative.

As for what to do with it - it's a motorbike, ride the fuckin' thing!

[shrub]

As for what to do with it - it's a motorbike, ride the fuckin' thing!

yeah, but there is also modify and personalise the fuckin thing. The only bikes I have left standard have been the ones I didn't like, and I sold them. I think I'll like this bike so I will fuck with it.

[Voltaire]

BMW Cafe Racer Site.

http://flatracer.com/#

[Motu]

There has been an R80ST passed in twice with no bids at a low reserve on TM....why doesn't anyone want one of the rarer airheads for a give away price?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-371665879.htm

[The Lone Rider]

I just bought a BMW. A 1978 R100S in tidy and well used condition with good mileage and has been in storage since 2002. It was on Tardme at a fairly silly price and I couldn't resist it.

Not sure what to do with it, might restore it, might build a cafe racer, my son wants me to build a bobber or might just get it back on the road and use it. Seems a shame to mod a matching numbers bike, but I can't leave anything standard.

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Cafe racer. I don't think it'd suit a bobber without redoing a fair bit of the frame.