The Age of a Boxer rider/owner!

[msbuck]

Well, I was in my early riding when I bought my R65, at 34 years old.  It was only my second bike, but my first "Real" motorcycle!  My first being a learning phase, a Yamaha 185 Exciter.  Back then the speed limit was still 55mph on the Interstates and it would just barely make that!  I also now own a more updated "sport" machine, my 1998 Laverda Ghost Strike.  I love the updated power, BRAKING and handling of this bike!  But when it comes to working on the machine and reliability, the BMW wins HANDS DOWN!!  SO, the Laverda is for day rides in the mountains and the BMW is for the touring rides out for days at a time.  

It's really very different... OK, hum de dum dum, what a wonderful day to ride the BMW...

...or...
Yeh, yeh, yeh, let's go, NOW!  Pant, Pant, Pant...  

And Tony,  I CAN "see the interior design beauty of having a TR6 behind the sofa" or maybe instead of the coffee table...but then I'm no interior designer either!   [smiley=cheesy.gif]

[mikeyd3]

Im 35, my X  says im mentally a 2 year old. So in dog years Im........... on my first beemer. Learned how to turn wrenches the hard way, baptism by fire. First street bike was a 75' hondah cb550k. What teeniebopper knows how to adjust 4 carbs?.

[nhmaf]

I'm 43 - I've been riding bikes since I was 15, though I only got into BMWs when I was 30 - bought an 88 R100RT and am still kicking myself for selling it when I didn't financially have to - just didn't have enough storage space.  I should have sold the living room furniture (I was single at the time) and moved the bike into my condo instead !  My '82 R65LS is the only BMW I have right now, but I'm working on trying to expand the BMW stable..

[donbmw]

I started riding when I was 21 got my first bike a KAW 500 Triple, rode it 2 years then bought and Honda CX500 Custom rode this for 2 years and 50,0000 miles. Had a friend go look and BMW's at a Dealer that open up in our area. I had allways want a BMW. Bought my 1982 R65 that I still have with over 90,000 miles on. In 86 bought a 75 R90/6 that I still have and couple year ago bought a 80 R65 from a friend that race it.  Plan on keep what I have. I have looke at all the new bikes after go to the show in Fort Worth. I have not seen one that I really wanted to ride.

Don

[Justin B.]

I see that the new poll pretty much follows the last one.  I bought my first Beemer (1972 R60/5) in 1976 and have owned nothing (except for an '82 Yamaha Virago I bought to resell) else since.  I started riding on the street in 1974 with a Honda CB450 which I flogged about 30k miles out of before getting rid of it in 1978.

[suecanada]

Looks like I may age myself into another category too very soon and be one of the venerable oldies in the last category!

Since 1970 when I got my license to ride, I have had 9 different bikes but the love of my bike life is the R65LS. I knew I had to have one back in 1981 when I saw a brand new silver one at a motorcycle shop. It would have been a brand new model then as well!  When I saw that there was a red one with white wheels, well whoa!!!! Now I really really HAD to have one!! Got a used one in 1984....Jim Rillie, our forum member from Nova Scotia, has it now.

Started out the usual way back then with the 175 Honda, 350 Honda scrambler, RT1 Yamaha, 175 Can Am TNT, Ducati scrambler made into a road racer, the 1982 R65LS in perfect condition and low miles, the present R65LS LRB, dabbled with an R1100RT for an instant of madness, the present F650GS for long trips and hold on people.....coming next spring either the F800GS or the twin 798cc new F650GS!!! I have a deposit down on either one at my dealers and I am first on the list!!!

So, why not wait until I can get a used F800GS or F650GS or at least not buy the first year's offering??? Because...I will be entering the last age category here and I figure I may not have the time to wait around. At least I don't want to chance it. All the 2005 F650GS needed was a boost in hp so it's getting an increase from 53 to 71 hp.  The F800GS is rated like its brothers the ST and the S at 85 hp. Why the more road oriented F650GS with the 800cc engine gets softened down to 71 hp I don't really know as 85hp would be a blast and great on the interstates for passing power!!!  The single engined F650GS also vibrates quite a bit so I figure the twin engine should be a bit smoother in the mirrors! More like LRB who is really very smooth...at least car lights behind me don't look like someone is back there waving sparklers!!

Off to MI this weekend and will be mailing LRB's cylinder heads to Ted Porter's BeemerShop from there to avoid any hangups at customs. Then next year LRB gets some miles!!!!

[cash_hall]

25

I missed the 26-30 range with a couple of months to spare.  I just bought my first and couldn't tell you a whole lot about it.  I can tell you, in my opinion, BMWs are are the nicest looking bikes on the road.  I am looking forward to letting the Vespa rest next summer.  

[Tim_McGee]

62 soon to be 63. I have 4 airheads, and 1 oil head. I like them air heads cuz they are easy to work on and you can still get parts fairly easily. They are expensive with the Euro/Dollar exchange rate.

Got my R90/6 apart right now for transmission work.

Streched the legs on my R100RS yesterday by putting around 150 miles on. The torgue of that machine is something to behold.   [smiley=evil.gif]

[dewjantim]

The first BMW I ever saw was outside a Karate Studio when I was about 11 or 12. Even then, I thought it was an elegant bike in a strange sort of way. It was the shiniest black motorcycle, with stark white pinstripes, weird front end (earls fork), and that huge engine which looked as though it had been lifted from an airplane. Fast forward a few years, had been riding for a while and kept hearing about a certain steelworker named George Hood. His antics on Bmw's were legendary. The wheelies, footpeg dragging, and general mayhem gave him quite a reputation in the Ashland area. Not to mention his ability to make fools out of the kids on their much faster jap bikes in both curves and drag-racing. All of this on a R100/7 1977 BMW. Finally I met George and we have been the best of friends ever since. Traded my sportster for a 1981 R65 and have never looked back. Have had many, many, BMW's over the years but the one constant is the riding George and I do together. Even though we both own lots of other bikes, we will forever be known as the "Beemer Guys"......Dew.