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General Category => General Announcements => Topic started by: Thorfinn on September 18, 2007, 06:14:31 AM

Title: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture!
Post by: Thorfinn on September 18, 2007, 06:14:31 AM

..at least, i hope the pic is attached to this...She came up rather well after a sunday's cleaning, polishing and oiling, didn't she? And this was after nearly 18 years in hibernation... :)

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: Semper Gumby on September 18, 2007, 07:35:06 AM

Hi Thorfinn,

How lucky you are!!  Fork brace and dual brembos.  What a pretty bike!  Love the silver.  What year?

TTFN,

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: Bob_Roller on September 19, 2007, 11:59:07 AM

Great looking bike !Do you have any significant mechanical issues to deal with, other than what would be expected with being stored that long. How many miles/kilometers does it have on it?

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: SCJJR65 on September 19, 2007, 01:34:51 PM

Damn, damn, damn!!!!  >:(

Why in the hell didn't BMW make the R65RT available over here???  :(

Oh, yeah.... That's a beautiful bike you have there, my friend!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: nhmaf on September 19, 2007, 08:03:03 PM

I'd say you did find a gem there, too !

What is the other bike off to the right - is that a fairly new Triumph triple or ??

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: nhmaf on September 19, 2007, 08:04:19 PM

 a Yamaha ?
 :D

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: Thorfinn on September 20, 2007, 05:33:17 AM

Thanks for the kind comments, chaps. I think i was quite lucky to get this bike...30 000 miles on the clock, obviously well looked after in the past (previous owner was, I believe, an aeronautical engineer). As it  happens I don't like the silver vtoo much - and it blends too well into the grey British sky - so i'm considering a change of colour this year, possibly to Yellow. 8-)

The pic was taken in the bike-shed at work - the bike next to it is a Yamaha FZ6 belonging to the chef in our works canteen!

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: MPKaier on September 20, 2007, 07:11:34 PM

Very Nice.  I like. ;D

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: Justin B. on September 20, 2007, 08:51:33 PM

It looks fantastic!  It would have made a nice option for a few folks but then BMW would have diluted it's flagship motorcycle's best attribute so I can see (from a marketing point of view) why they didn't.  But, look at it this way, it makes you even the more lucky to have found one!

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: thrang on September 21, 2007, 10:38:37 AM

In comparison to my RT, it looks mint. You jammy so and so :)

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: dewjantim on September 22, 2007, 05:45:43 PM

Noice Byke.......Dew.

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: Joan on September 28, 2007, 05:02:01 PM

WOO! That is awfully cool! Any more close up pics? Are those blue pinstripes?

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: Thorfinn on October 08, 2007, 08:34:05 AM

Yes, blue pinstripes. Which you may be unhappy to hear are being comprehensively lost under coats of primer at the moment...I'm going for the YELLOW respray option...will post pics when it's finished, I suspect that not all will approve!

simon

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: msbuck on October 08, 2007, 07:57:20 PM

I'm a BIG Fan of YELLOW!  Can't wait to see pics of the new paint scheme...

Title: Re: Scottish Newbie's "Barn-find" R65 RT - picture
Post by: Joan on October 08, 2007, 11:35:47 PM

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I'm a BIG Fan of YELLOW!  Can't wait to see pics of the new paint scheme...

(AOL)  ME TOO! (/AOL)

My yellow Westy is going to be even more yellow when I'm done repainting.  ;D

One of my new fave airhead quotes:

I wouldn't value any airhead at much more than $3000 but then, I am not a
concourse RS/ST/GS glasurit loving /5 afficianado with a deep pocket fetish
either.---airhead list

Go Thorfinn GO!