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Author Topic: All packed and ready to go.  (Read 3504 times)

Offline Bob_Roller

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Re: All packed and ready to go.
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2018, 07:34:25 PM »
Tony, what is your viewpoint on oilhead bikes, now that you have some experience on one ??
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline Tony Smith

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Re: All packed and ready to go.
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2018, 07:50:26 PM »
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Tony, what is your viewpoint on oilhead bikes, now that you have some experience on one ??

Best thing since sliced bread! What an incredible machine, the distances it can cover and the comfort when doing so are an absolute mind bend.

With one minor sticking point. Until I came home I'd never ridden it on a really, really hot day. The heat coming off the cylinders and into my feet and shins was that only time I've ever found the heat of a boxer unpleasant, that and the heat blasting up between the instruments and fuel tank from the oil radiator.

I suspect that was a byproduct of what was probably a 40 degree day anyway as I rode yesterday and didn't notice either then.
1978 R100RS| 1981 R100RS (JPS) | 1984 R65 | 1992 KLE500 | 2002 R1150GSA |

Offline davidpdx

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Re: All packed and ready to go.
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2018, 09:58:35 PM »
Just remember that 60 is the new 40 and you can put in a lot more mile, excuse me kilometers. 
1984 R65 60K+
1946 Triumph Speed Twin

Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. ?That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba?

? Hunter S. Thomps