Motoring Discussion > What's the bike? Miscellaneous
Thread Author: bathtub tom Replies: 21
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 Thu 27 Jan 11 21:00 
 What's the bike? - bathtub tom
It looks like a Beemer to me, but too old to have front discs?

tinyurl.com/665fzs2
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 Thu 27 Jan 11 21:02 
 What's the bike? - Runfer D'Hills
Once upon a time I'd have been tempted to swing my leg over that.
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 Thu 27 Jan 11 21:03 
 What's the bike? - R.P.
BMW R60 around 1979 to 80.
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 Thu 27 Jan 11 21:09 
 What's the bike? - MD
Her discs look fine.
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 Thu 27 Jan 11 21:40 
 What's the bike? - R.P.
www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/4978694-bmw-r80-r90-r100-service-manual-repair
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 Thu 27 Jan 11 21:44 
 What's the bike? - Ted

I said the same to myself, Pug. Before I read replies.

I had an '81 R45, a bit slow..... but a comfy tourer. Twin discs on that one.
Might be tempted by a nice R80 now if one came up for sale. My riding companion has a very nice blue R100 with full set of matching hard luggage and half fairing......sweet. Can't get off the line as quick as me though !

Ted

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 Thu 27 Jan 11 22:13 
 What's the bike? - Hard Cheese
>> BMW R60 around 1979 to 80.
>>

Not an R45 or R65?

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 Thu 27 Jan 11 22:15 
 What's the bike? - R.P.
It was a typo - meant to say R80
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 Thu 27 Jan 11 22:16 
 What's the bike? - Hard Cheese

AhaRRRR
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 Thu 27 Jan 11 23:42 
 What's the bike? - bathtub tom
Thanks. I've always fancied an early one, having (foolishly) rejected a Dragonfly in the '60s.
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 07:54 
 What's the bike? - Fenlander
F senior restored an R60 outfit like this one in the early 80s. I spotted it looking abandoned in a garden, did a deal and we towed it home with mum's Polo (rather too fast he told me in no uncertain terms when we arrived home... wondered why he kept waving!).

It was resprayed, rechromed, wheels rebuilt, new tyres etc... looked a treat.

bobsbmw.com/motorcycles/images/used/1020087/P1020091.JPG

I remember the odd front suspension... think it was late 50s or early 60s?
Last edited by: Fenlander on Fri 28 Jan 11 at 07:54
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 09:02 
 What's the bike? - R.P.
Nice bike that - still around ?
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 09:10 
 What's the bike? - Fenlander
No... sadly none of his bikes remain. In the 70s he restored a Velocette 250 & 350, Matchless 650 plus ran an immac 1923 Triumph for a while. I learned to ride on the 250 Velocette... rigid rear end and a saddle not a seat.

The Velocette 350 was my favourite.... exactly like this one.... great sound.

motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/velocette_mac_350.jpg
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 09:20 
 What's the bike? - Iffy
...Nice bike that...

Looks to me as if it's about to carry an urgent despatch from the front line back to Field Marshal Rommel.

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 Fri 28 Jan 11 09:24 
 What's the bike? - R.P.
Closer to the truth than you may think that, especially with post-war BMWs. Current BMWs still bear a strong family resemblance in the engine department despite being amongst the most technically advanced bits of kit on the road. Everyone thought that the boxers would be consigned to the history books in the mid-eighties, proved to be a very durable design.
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 09:25 
 What's the bike? - Fenlander
Like this...

www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/m/motocycle-sidecar1.jpg
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 09:27 
 What's the bike? - Bromptonaut
The model looks like Emma Watson (aka Hermione Granger in the HP films).
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 09:30 
 What's the bike? - Fenlander
Good spot... not only looks like but is...

www.peopletree.co.uk/
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 09:32 
 What's the bike? - R.P.
She clearly forgot to put her trousers on.
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 10:01 
 What's the bike? - Tigger
Maybe Emma remembers enough magic from the HP movies to keep the SMIDSYs at bay! Preferred the long hair though
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 19:08 
 What's the bike? - MD
>> Like this...
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>> www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/m/motocycle-sidecar1.jpg
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Needs a quick respray............................from a Sten.
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 Fri 28 Jan 11 19:11 
 What's the bike? - Harleyman
>> Thanks. I've always fancied an early one, having (foolishly) rejected a Dragonfly in the '60s.
>>

Nothing foolish about that Tom. They were a long way from being the best bike Douglas ever made.
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