Finally got my "dream bike"!

[SCJJR65]

I think I got a pretty good deal, Trolle.  I ended up paying $4250 for the bike, which I think is quite reasonable.  I still have to add bags and engine guards, but I think even after paying for that stuff, I'll still come in a little under what I had originally budgeted for the bike, which was $6,000.

At any rate, I'm a happy camper!!    

[Melena]

Wow!  That's great John.  You done good!   [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[not-so-fast-ed]

Excellent, John!  What a deal!

Sweet looking bike.  Congratulations on getting so much for so (relatively) little.

 

Ed

[trolle]

I think I got a pretty good deal, Trolle.  I ended up paying $4250 for the bike, which I think is quite reasonable.  I still have to add bags and engine guards, but I think even after paying for that stuff, I'll still come in a little under what I had originally budgeted for the bike, which was $6,000.

At any rate, I'm a happy camper!!    

You sure did! $6.000 is what an average kept r65 from 1980 will cost here in Denmark. A r1200c from 1998 with 13K on the clock will cost me $22.500!

greetings from a snowy north

[Justin B.]

Hope you have a lot of fun with it, but keep the r65 as you may find the cruiser doesn't satisfy all the "urges" that the r65 might excel at...  I was real close to buying one of the Oilhead RTP bikes a few years ago, I kinda wish I'd done it.  I think they were ex CHP bikes and probably well maintained...

[SCJJR65]

What I've thinking is I probably will want another Airhead again, because it does have that certain charm of a bygone era in motorcyling where it ain't the speed or flash of the ultra-modern bikes, but the "old-school" feel of how motorcycles used to be, kind of like the feel of riding a Royal Enfield Bullet.  The BMW I first lusted after (and still do) was the R65LS, in Henna Red.  

I have a strong feeling that I will eventually buy a restored one with low miles on it, and that will be my portal back to a different and simpler feeling of bike riding!

[NC Steve]

JJ, I've got to admit I've been strugglin' with the thought of taking ol' Britta off your hands, both for myself and The Boy. He's taking a break from school right now and seems a bit adrift, and I can't help but think a few weekends spent riding around the BRP and camping at Willville might do him a world of good. And, I've got to admit I'd still like to have another R65 myself. Question is, where'm I gonna keep it?

Maybe we should kick this around a bit more when I'm down for The Big Show  http://motorcycleshows3-px.rtrk.com/ that's coming up this weekend... :-?

[SCJJR65]

Well, I'm hoping that YOU will be the one to give Britta a good home, Steve!  I'd much rather see her go to someone who understands Airheads in general and the R65 in particular, rather than see her sold to someone who just wants to ride the hell out of her or try to make her into some pseudo Teutonic crotchrocket!  Like all 25 year-old bikes, she needs a little TLC  , but I think she still has at least several more thousand miles in her before anything internal needs to be done on her!

[aussie]

I think I got a pretty good deal, Trolle.  I ended up paying $4250 for the bike, which I think is quite reasonable.  I still have to add bags and engine guards, but I think even after paying for that stuff, I'll still come in a little under what I had originally budgeted for the bike, which was $6,000.

At any rate, I'm a happy camper!!    

You sure did! $6.000 is what an average kept r65 from 1980 will cost here in Denmark. A r1200c from 1998 with 13K on the clock will cost me $22.500!

greetings from a snowy north

$4 000 for the R65 Ibid  for the C