First Post - Here's my story

[alkay191]

Wow, what a great find! Really cool bike with interesting mods. I'm curious as to how much is done to the motor. All that bracing would be "ovekill" on a stocker.
You might want to check if the swing-arm is stock R65 or LWB. R65 arms don't need bracing.
I love the look of the gaiters, but you need to check underneath periodicaly, as they hide leaky fork seals till its too late.

[Chris_in_BC]

Chris, stick-on JC Whitney LED turn signals.  After fixing all of the holes and cracks in the fairing I couldn't bring myself to drill any holes in it!  
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Justin,
Funny, you see some things , don't see the obvious  :-/ I saw your LED add-ons but totally missed that the stock turn signals on the fairing had been removed. Duh!

I agree on the fork gaiters. Without you might need to change fork seals every few seasons, with them, haven't touched our seals in over 10 years.

Chris

[Isaac]

Looks very very interesting. I like the black. My LS, on the other hand, is pearl-white and I love it.

[Ed Miller]

IS that an R65 motor?  I'm wondering because I don't know what the point would be of dual plugging an R65, unless the owner went to higher compression ratio pistons.  My 50 hp version runs fine on regular gas.  What an interesting find!

[Justin B.]

Our '80 is dual plugged as well but the PO stripped off the ignition stuff and sold it before I got the bike so I have never had it hooked up...

[mightywind]

Supposedly, dual-plugging adds a little power and increases gas mileage. The one thing they told me to watch was that the ignition timing is different. I think the PO was just a tinkerer and added every possible mod he could. So far, it's run great. I took a 200 mile ride one day with a friend who bought a Honda Transalp about the same time I got my bike and the Beemer was trouble-free while he struggled with fuel supply problems as his engine kept bogging down. His bike is a '90, mine's an '84. I was very proud to say the least!

Thanks for the info on the fork gators, I do prefer the clean look of the bare slides. The one thing I've read is that the gators protect the slides from rock dings, which could initiate leaks. It's a chance I'm willing to take.

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

Fork legs are expensive.  I had one of mine replaced under warranty.  They make great (expensive) cheater bars.

[Joan]

A dark metallic gray would look nice, and an RS type fairing looks kinda nice, too...

Oooooo!Can I say here it is almost ENTIRELY Justin's fault I'm making a beautiful blue R65RS like this grey one? [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

I really like that pic, too, with Barbara's beautiful blue one peeking out the garage in the background.

You GO, Justin!

[Justin B.]

Joan, ya know, I just might have a little of that grey paint left...  

[SCJJR65]

I didn't realize you have a "gunmetal" color Beemer, Justin!  LOVE that color!  Bitchin'!   [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[Joan]

Joan, ya know, I just might have a little of that grey paint left...  

You know, dear, if I'd never seen Randy's "Flo" in person, I'd be sorely tempted to Go Grey exactly like yours. His two tone Alaska blue and Silver R100RS is Da Bom. Those colors remind me so much of the Gulf of Alaska, Cross Sound, the Fairweathers... I just have to go with Flo!

The pinstripes might be difficult, however. I took lots of pics of Flo so I might have a chance of duplicating those pretty silver lines, butt I don't have a steady hand! And after drooling over your paintjob sans pinstripes, I think I'll just leave them off. 'Cause I'd ruin it.  :-/