The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => General Announcements => Topic started by: xeffer on August 05, 2007, 05:41:21 PM
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Hi all, I suppose, having just joined, im the latest FNG. Just a short intro - Im from South Africa (any other members from SA?). Had my bike for about 2 years now and will post some pics shortly (at the moment both bike and my computer with the pics on is at the shop! Hope to get both back ASAP). I've been looking through your site for a while now, and am very glad I decided to join. Your Tech Tips are great, and Im sure I'll add some posts in the "Ride Reports" section - South Africa is great riding country!!
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Welcome aboard and we look forward to seeing pictures! What year is your R65?
It seems to me like we do have another member is S.A., but I'm on so many forums I could be mixed up.
See you around,
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my R65 is a 1979 model. Its a long story, but I feel like telling it anyway (after all - thats what this forum is about - sharing our wonderfull R65 memories!!) One of my dad's best friends is a retired BMW mechanic (more on that later..) and while I was busy with my studies, i was in the market for cheap transport - so I searched the clasifieds for a bike. came accross a 1963 R50, going for a song. It had been standing for 4 years, but my dad's friend restored it to its previous glory... Price of the bike and the restoration came to less than half of what a restored R50's went for in those days!! what a nice bike to ride that was!! anyway - after a car accident my doctor advised me against riding bike again - so i sold the R50 :'( I could go into that, but another story for another time perhaps... But the happy ending was that about 4 years later - the same docter felt I was ready to start biking again if I felt up to it... well - that was all the encouragement I needed!! The R65 was bought from this mechanic friend of our's brother, and I must admid, as wonderful as the R50 was, I don't think I'll swop my R65 soon (Rather save some money and transfer MORE airheads into my possesion, like the R90S maybe... or a well looked after R80 ;) )
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By the way - got good news this morning, my bike is ready for collection - sadly, it'll be a while before I can collect it. The bike got fixed 450km (about 270 miles) away from where I live now. So I'll have to organize a lift over a weekend with a buddy of mine. The weekend of the 18th looks like the first available opportunity
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Right - I managed to find a few pics of my bike - The can be viewed by clicking on the following links:
http://www.easby.co.za/pics/view.JPG
http://www.easby.co.za/pics/meflo.JPG
http://www.easby.co.za/pics/action.JPG
http://www.easby.co.za/pics/packed.JPG
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Welcome Xeffer, is that a factory color, I've never seen a silver '79 model they are usually the bronco brown, or champagne colors. It's kind of amazing that these under rated and relatively low production number motorcycles are so far flung across the planet, and still being obsessed over even after they have been out of production for 20 some years.
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yip - that is a factory colour - here in SA they came in only 2 colours (if memory serves correct...). Either black with white pinstriping, or the silver you see here with a choice of blue OR red pinstriping. I dont know if you can see it in the picture, but mine has the blue pinstriping.
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Cool R65 xeffer. How strong are the aux lights mounted outside of the headlamp shell?
TTFN,
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i just noticed that the front brake caliper and disk are on the right and the caliper faces forward. all ive ever seen on the single disk are on the left and behind the fork leg. is this for the southern hemisphere or a trick mod? looks great there cheers ron
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Maybe its a southern hemesfere thing... or maybe its a "drive on the left side of the road" thing. to the best of my knowlege, the part is origional and not a mod. The only person that works on my bike is this retired BMW mechanic that restores BMW's for a hobby - my bike is the 46th BMW he's restored, and he never mentioned the fact that the brakes are not factory standard. But I know that both UK and Australia drives on the left side of the road - maybe they can give us some info about how things are set up in their countries.
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the aux lights are 55wats each - it DOES put SOME strain on the electrics, but I use them as little as possible. I dont do alot of night driving - they are really only there for emergencies
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Welcome, Xeffer!
I want to get a picture of me riding my bike down the road... :(
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OK - Let me start by saying that even though I haven't checked, I'm certain that the following procedure is illegal in ANY country, and therefore all the normal disclaimers apply... But "hypothetically" the following is possible (I, off course, have never done this..) Lets say you have a cheap "point and shoot" digital camera, and you put it on a lanyard so it will fit around your neck and snugly inside your jacket (against your chest). I'm referring to those cameras that DOESN'T have the lens that comes out if you switch it on (in other words - no zoom lens, although it must have a screen). These cameras are easily operated with one hand only (hold it in your right hand, and use your index finger to press the "trigger"). Only problem is that your cant operate the camera and the throttle at the same time, plus its impossible to look through the view finder and keep control of the bike. This is where the screen comes in handy. You hold the camera with your left hand - upside down, you use the screen to compose the shot (rather than the view finder), and press the trigger with your thumb. The nice thing about this is that the shot actually appears right way up on the screen, but when you download it to your PC, the photo will be upside down. Its then a simple matter of rotating the picture 180 degrees before saving it. If you have a regular riding buddy with his/her own bike, who also has a camera, you can take shots of each other (and the scenery) while riding.