hi from a ... frog !

[kikoth]

hello everybody !  

i'm glad to join you...
i thank you by advance to excuse my english, which is not as good as yours, because i'm...  a frog, living in the south of france...  
hope i'll be able to make a good contribution on the site, if not ... kick me off !!!
well, i think i should run to the topics...
have a nice day, thanks for the welcome...
regards,
chris

[SCJJR65]

Hi there, Kikoth! Welcome to our little corner of the BMW kingdom!  Don't worry about your English, either!  Most of us here aren't much better, and we live here!  

It looks like you have an R60 AND an R65LS, correct?  Color me green with envy!! [smiley=happy.gif]  I've always wanted to own an older Airhead like an R60!

Maybe you can post a couple of photos of your two bikes!

Again, welcome, and we hope you enjoy being part of our zoo!  

[kikoth]

hi John,
thank you for your kind welcome...
i'm sorry but...TURN GREEN !!!
got both of them...
the R60/5 is 1972, and the R65LS is 1983...
i tried to join a picture, but it's too heavy ( according to the bike  !!!   ) so i'll try to email one of each to you...
( i saw on the topics why it doesn't work, it's ok... )
i close for the moment and go to try with e-mail...
good afternoon, everybody !!!

[kikoth]

hi again,
seems to work, you might have them in a few seconds...
by the way, what time is it where you live ?
here it's the end of a sunny afternoon ( around 6 pm ) in the south of france,
the right time for a ...Bud ! of course !!!  
enjoy your life !!!  
chris

[nhmaf]

Bonjour Chris !

Nous sommes très heureux d'avoir vous joint notre petite groupe !
J'ai oublie une bonne partie de ma langue francaise, que je serai heureux de travailler
avec votre anglais, qui est très bon.

plus tard,
Mike

[MrRiden]

Ho ! votre anglais n'est pas presque aussi le mauvais que mon Français ! Envoyer quelques photos. une image vaut la peine 1000 mots mal compris !
Riche
Acheter la prise de billet le tour

[kikoth]

hello everybody,

thanks to you, Mike, and Mr Riden...  

i'm glad i can be useful, Mike, even if it is not by my mechanicals skills... but everybody gives...what he has, ugh ?  

Mr Riden, is it your R65LS on the picture ? if yes, i'll join the John's club of green people !!! i'm very found of the original fairing, i'm ok for an exchange with my RT's !
 by the way, if one one you, beemers, ear about an original fairing ( even if it is not as perfect as Mr Ridens',  8-) ) i'm quite interested !!!

I find out now that on the only 6389 LS BMW made, most of them live in the US !
congratulations to all you people, most of them i've seen here until now are in  a VERY GOOD condition...

i'll try again to post a picture of each...
i'll be back ( if not lost ! )  
thanks to everybody in there,
make today YOURS !
chris

[Melena]

Umm, can you guys translate for those of us who don't know French?   :-?

Welcome, Chris.   [smiley=beerchug.gif]  Glad to have you here.  Sorry I don't know French, though.  But your English is very good, so no problems.  It's not too hard to post a picture.  Sometimes you have to make a smaller copy to post though so it will show up.  There is some information about posting pictures.  There should be a thread about that at the top ot the General Announcements category.

We all love seeing the places others ride, so it would be wonderful to see your pictures.

Here's one of me and my 1983 R65.   [smiley=cool.gif]

[kikoth]

Thans to you, Melena  (looks like a sporty RS frame, no ? )

i understand the idea for posting pictures, Justin explained it well on the top of the forum, but in reality i'm quite new with internet an pc, so i have to learn more about all that stuff ( looks like it's easyer to ride !!!   )

so i'll take the time and will be back with more skills and pictures !!!

have a Bud on me !!!   [smiley=beer.gif]

[Melena]

No, not an RS frame that I know of.  The after market fairing may give it that look though - makes it look a little sportier.   8-)

You'll get the hang of it.  Riding and wrenching or surfing the internet and posting pictures both just take practice.  There is always something new to learn about all of those things.  

[kikoth]

hello everybody !

i did it...have to wait a little for the pages to be referenced by google, and then ( may be ! ) it will work...  [smiley=behead.gif]
while waiting, everybody who has pictures of " unusual " fairings on R65, like kawasaki or moto guzzi ones, is welcome to send pictures on the forum or to my box : jandelli-christophe@orange.fr  ( not to stress the forum's memory... )
i mean,there in europe doesn't look possible to find the original LS fairing, so why not to try something really different ? i got a " problem " with the RT fairing, which is so heavy for the LS fork... would like to find one with less weight, and which doesn't break the esthetic line of the LS... all your ideas welcome...

enjoy today !  
chris

[Justin B.]

Greetings, Msr. Frog!    Someday explain to me the origin of Frog as a nickname, I often hear the French referred to as frogs by their Brit neighbors.

Don't worry about weight, that's what stiffer fork springs are for!   I have a 1980 R65 with a copy of an RS fairing on it that does very well with the additional weight now that heavy duty progressive fork springs are in the forks.  I would just pick something that you like the looks of and go for it!  It's your bike and YOU are the only one that needs to be happy with it - everybody else can go take a flying f..., well you get the idea...

[nhmaf]

Chris,

I'm not sure if it is still available, or what the cost would be to ship it from the U.S. to France,
but there is someone on the Boxerworks forum who has an R65LS fairing for sale:

http://www.boxerworks.com/market.phtml

[kikoth]

Hi, Justin...

thanks for your good advices... i confirm the RS fairing fits your bike very well,
i was thinking about it, that's the  reason why last week i bought one ! but it makes me earn time to see the result on yours, even if the picture is quite small...
may be when you have time you could send  a few pics...
the RS fairing i bought needs to be repared, and painted... i think i'm gonna fancy a deep, shining black ! i surely will do the same on the whole bike, which needs a wind of youth...

i'll tell you more later on, have to go to visit boxerworks ( thanks, nhmaf !  [smiley=beerchug.gif] )
have a nice day, everybody !

[kikoth]

hello again,

i went on Boxerworks, looks like it hasn't been sold yet, i'm waiting for pictures...
i'll tell you more !!!
thank you everybody,
make today yours...

chris