19 January 2025

Bimmer

Thanks to a conversation with Technomad I am thinking about Motorad BMW.

The pictured R65 is not the bike the Bimmerkundt rode when I was, initially, on an AMF Sportster or VF500 Interceptor.

Post-service I was a Suzuki person on a GS500L.

I'm happy at the half-liter level.

I can almost see myself with an R65.

The Bimmerkundt rode something like an R90S or R100.  They shunned a simple, normal riding position bike like the R65.

Now, I wonder if such things are even remotely affordable.  Ebay don't seem to have any listings...

Posted by Angus McThag at 23:09
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  1. slow joe crow20 January, 2025 11:40

    Since BMW Airheads are my thing, I would advise a mainstream model, R60, R75, R80, R90, or R100. These were more plentiful with better parts interchange. The R65 was a model of its own with some relation to the R80GS off road bike.
    No BMW of that era is super powerful so an R80 or R100 from 77-84 does well or go more modern with a single shock model from 85-97. They turn up on CL often enough or try a specialist group like the BMW Airhead club Airheads.org or BMWMOA. It looks like $3-5k still gets a usable bike.

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  2. Technomad20 January, 2025 12:38

    Things I like about BMWs: They're hell for reliable, not nearly as instantly attractive to thieves as Harleys, and nobody ever chanted: "Beemer, Beemer, made of tin---ride it out and push it in!"

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