While talking with Scotty -as he was fantasizing about buying half a dozen BMW sidecar rigs from Perry's in Fort Worth- he casually mentioned that he had come late to motorcycling.
About sixty winters he said he had passed before buying his first ever bike. A BMW R27 it was. The kick start and often erratic number of strokes required beforw the bike would make steam brought him into the electric starter era of BMWs.
I shared with Scotty that one John Penton had won a Gold Medal in the SDT riding an R27. John P will always occupy a soft spot in both mine and Bengt Phorqs hearts as we both enjoyed a number of years on our 175cc Jackpiner enduro bikes.
Any way, his stories reminded me of a vintage one-lunger BMW I spotted at the Oct 2010 Harvest Festival in Luckenbach, Texas. Y'all know the place;
"Where everybody is Somebody". I
believe this is an R25/3. The older gentleman that
rode it to the event was very proud of the bike. And even with its home-brewed, ghetto fixes, I would have bought it in a New York Minute but, alas, it was not for sale.
Monte
Old School and
Old's Cool [smiley=beer.gif]
