The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: jay on July 11, 2010, 08:14:19 AM

Title: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: jay on July 11, 2010, 08:14:19 AM
Hiya peeps.....gone on a nostalgia trip,and got me a 1980 R65 today....had one when i was 19 years old in 1983,and this will sit in me cave alongside our 2 new triumph street triple "R"s..will put a couple of pics up,if i can work it out ;)No doubt i'll be askin loads of stoopid questions,so Help yourselves to a drink on my card.....thanks ....Jay [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]Oh..I'm in Lancashire..UK :)
Title: Re: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: montmil on July 11, 2010, 08:41:08 AM
Good lord... another gorgeous British R65. Where do you cats find these things?

Welcome to the family. Don't be a stranger. [smiley=beer.gif] BTW, try a 600 pixie width on the photos.

Monte
Title: Re: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: azcycle on July 12, 2010, 12:17:36 PM
Beau-tee-fuhl!
Title: Re: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: scottyintex on July 17, 2010, 09:53:51 AM
Damn that is a beautiful cycle!!!!! :)
Title: Re: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: Bengt_Phorqs on July 17, 2010, 11:56:54 AM
Oh my!  Too nice indeed.  Got to get me another R65 one of these days.  Maybe if some nice person ever buys my GS I'll have funds and space.  Don't hesitate to ask questions.  We aren't bashful about making suggestions.
Title: Re: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: montmil on July 17, 2010, 07:17:03 PM
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Maybe if some nice person ever buys my GS I'll have funds and space.

[smiley=ROTFLMAO.gif] this is your idea of thinning the herd? Sell one. Buy one.

Sounds like a plan even I could get behind. [smiley=thumbup.gif]
Title: Re: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: Altritter on July 17, 2010, 11:04:54 PM
Hi, Jay,

Jeez, what a pretty bike! Is there a custom paint shop on every street corner in the UK? I couldn't afford the paint jobs you folks seem to take for granted! If I were a Freud disciple, I'd be worried about "p[aint] envy"!  ;D

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i'll be askin loads of stoopid questions

Nope, it's my turn to ask you a dummarsch question: Is that a "stock" "S" fairing on your bike? I can't remember seeing a BMW airhead "S" screen with a deflecting lip on its trailing edge. That's precisely what I need for my 1981. (I'll post a separate request for info on that subject in the next day or two.)

Anyway, welcome to the forum. You're off to a great start; few things generate a conversation faster here than a photo of a sexy machine.

Cheers,
John

Title: Re: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: dav on July 18, 2010, 05:30:17 AM
G'day Jay,

Welcome aboard, damm fine looking R65 [smiley=thumbsup.gif] love the red paint.

btw i was a member on the GSX1400.org & when i got my R65 back on the road & posted a pic there, i do remember a 'jay' replying he had a R65 back in the day???  
Title: Re: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: msbuck on July 18, 2010, 06:19:40 PM
Ooooo....pretty bike! And it matches the van...How did you manage that?  Welcome aboard.  Love the RED!
Title: Re: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: jay on August 20, 2010, 01:14:40 AM
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G'day Jay,

Welcome aboard, damm fine looking R65 [smiley=thumbsup.gif] love the red paint.

btw i was a member on the GSX1400.org & when i got my R65 back on the road & posted a pic there, i do remember a 'jay' replying he had a R65 back in the day???  
that'll be me then fella......not got the 14's any more,but still on the .Org.
Title: Re: Newbie.Got another 65 after 27 years
Post by: jay on August 20, 2010, 01:20:23 AM
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Hi, Jay,

Jeez, what a pretty bike! Is there a custom paint shop on every street corner in the UK? I couldn't afford the paint jobs you folks seem to take for granted! If I were a Freud disciple, I'd be worried about "p[aint] envy"!  ;D

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i'll be askin loads of stoopid questions

Nope, it's my turn to ask you a dummarsch question: Is that a "stock" "S" fairing on your bike? I can't remember seeing a BMW airhead "S" screen with a deflecting lip on its trailing edge. That's precisely what I need for my 1981. (I'll post a separate request for info on that subject in the next day or two.)

Anyway, welcome to the forum. You're off to a great start; few things generate a conversation faster here than a photo of a sexy machine.

Cheers,
John

I've taken the fairing off,and put it on Fleabay.I bought it with the fairing on ,but wanted to revert to standard.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180548438358&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_1156