hello from Toronto!

[scarygary]

she is a screamer! [smiley=naughty.gif]

[scarygary]

Hi again!

Well the cold weather is coming up here in the Great White North. The leaves are on the ground, the pumpkins are smashed and I am waiting for some OEM parts from BMW Toronto and Max BMW. Rubbers need to be replaced, fluids need changing and mods need to be done. While waiting on parts, I took a side on shot of my bike to plan the winters mods. I plan on refreshing the look somewhat, and giving the little beast some much needed attitude. I have mostly paint (powercoat?) in the works as well as low bars and fork gaiters. I have also been reading the thread about the stickers and that is one area that BMW really did not improve the bike. What were they thinking when they abandoned that beautifully designed R65. I am going back. I traced a logo in Adobe Illustrator so I can provide the vector file to a sign maker. I am going to go with BMW blue with a white drop shadow.

Cheers,

Gary

My bike as it sits:


The plans: Thanks photoshop!

[not-so-fast-ed]

Tastefully done, Gary!

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[nhmaf]

Looks good Gary - especially that pic of the RZ !    That is one of the nicest looking ones I've seen in many years !

I wish that I had a nice heated area to work on my bikes during the winter.   My wife wouldn't appreciate it if I built a ramp to ride in/out of our living room though.    I've got an old wood stove out in our barn, but it isn't hooked up to any kind of chimney yet, and I've yet to re-run electricity back to the barn, too.\ (nothing but junk and some pesky chipmunks live in the barn these days).

[nsparch]

Gary_

Dont fret just yet....think we have a warm, dry week coming up.

also stumbled across these folks who offer the R65 graphic:
http://www.ihearyasureyado.com/store/item.php?item_id=324&manufacturer_id=44
http://www.decalsplanet.com/item-971-size-16-bmw-r65.html

and btw....Andrew's the man to speak to at BMW toronto. he loves these bikes.

Neal