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Post by lockwood1956 on May 14, 2021 12:04:14 GMT
Hi I'm Bob
New to the forum and wanted to say hello.
250 Super Dream arriving tomorrow (some of it in boxes) and the frame has been chopped. So it won't be able to go back to standard, but I'm hoping it will be a fun runabout. Give me a chance to play with the toys i have been collecting for retirement (Bike lift, compressor, Vapour blaster and some new tools)
I also own a classic BMW (1976 R75/6)
and a 1200GS
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Post by stevegbr on May 14, 2021 12:35:33 GMT
hello and welcome to the forum.
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Post by terryc on May 14, 2021 15:47:58 GMT
Welcome aboard Bob love to see some pics of the Beemer if you have some (and the superdream too of course )  |
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Post by ian on May 14, 2021 20:59:11 GMT
Hi Bob, welcome along. Watch out, rebuilding old SDs can be addictive  |
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Post by reversespin on May 15, 2021 11:03:13 GMT
Hi Bob welcome to the forum. Love to see pics of before and after.
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Post by kickstart on May 15, 2021 11:52:20 GMT
Hey up Bob welcome aboard great taste in motorbikes đź‘Ťđź‘Ť
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Post by tucksie on May 16, 2021 5:39:38 GMT
Hello.
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Post by Graeme on May 18, 2021 11:51:46 GMT
Hi Bob, welcome to the forum. Enjoy the ride.
Gee.
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Post by lockwood1956 on May 18, 2021 18:25:21 GMT
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Post by ian on May 18, 2021 20:16:17 GMT
That's a lovely looking bike Bob. I wasn't keen on them back in the day, but they've grown on me over the years - Honda's CX500 has gone the same way.
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Post by terryc on May 19, 2021 6:17:12 GMT
Smashing bike Bob ,I used to have an R90 6 with a watsonian side car  |
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Post by lockwood1956 on May 19, 2021 6:55:51 GMT
I test rode an R75 in 1975 and decided I didn’t like it and bought a Triumph Bonneville instead (For £795) I don’t know what I was thinking!!!! here I am sat on it in 1975 (we replicated the pic on the Beemer last year)  |
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Post by lockwood1956 on May 19, 2021 7:41:51 GMT
That's a lovely looking bike Bob. I wasn't keen on them back in the day, but they've grown on me over the years - Honda's CX500 has gone the same way. In pretty good condition when she came to me, but i have vapour blasted a lot of the alloy and had the paint done at Papa Smurfs - he told me he would make it better than new, which i took with a pinch of salt, however, he was right, the paintwork is just stunning. she is an absolute joy to ride, I can’t think why I didn’t buy one in 1975, probably the price tag which was over £1,000 and that was tons of cash back then (at least to me it was, I was earning about £45 a week) I have ridden her more than the GS the last 6 months, she is my go to happy machine Bob |
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Post by lockwood1956 on May 19, 2021 7:51:41 GMT
That's a lovely looking bike Bob. I wasn't keen on them back in the day, but they've grown on me over the years - Honda's CX500 has gone the same way. I feel the same about the CX too, a mate bought one and I remember ridiculing him about it. something along the lines of “why are you buying a courier bike?” I also swore I would never own a GS as I saw them as Fat old man bikes cometh the age and the waistline cometh the GS I was kicking tyres and the salesman pointed to a GS and said “what about one of those?” I scoffed and said no i dont like them, he asked if i had ever ridden one (I hadn’t) he went and got the keys, and i took it for a ride determined not to like it and couldn’t really fault it, so now I own a GS |
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Post by lockwood1956 on May 19, 2021 7:58:05 GMT
Smashing bike Bob ,I used to have an R90 6 with a watsonian side car That outfit would be worth serious money now! |
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