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Author Topic: Flight Testing The BMW R65LS Rider Mag June 1982  (Read 890 times)

Offline luxlogs

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Flight Testing The BMW R65LS Rider Mag June 1982
« on: January 16, 2012, 05:03:30 PM »
Just got a copy of this mag with our fav bike off Ebay for $1.50. It's the one with the red R65LS with the Fokker Triplane on the cover. I tried to scan it to post it here but the text is unreadable even when I set it on high sharpness. Any suggestions??? I know everyone would like to read it and I want to share but I don't want to waste Justin's bandwith on unreadable text. Any suggestions????
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Re: Flight Testing The BMW R65LS Rider Mag June 1982
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2012, 09:17:07 PM »
That's the magazine image, I believe, that got suecanada to name her R65LS "LRB".

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Re: Flight Testing The BMW R65LS Rider Mag June 1982
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2012, 10:16:21 AM »
You are right Monte! Nothin' wrong with your memory! I still feel like I'm flying when I hunker down on the gas tank and peer ahead over the instruments!! I didn't own that article way back when I owned the first Red Baron in 1984 but I bought it a few years ago on ebay too. Some writer referenced that article years ago and that led to little red baron's moniker used on my 2 LS's.
The sheer simplicity and sound of LRB only confirms the comparison. Monte...you really do fly as do others....how strong is the comparison between old tri or biplane and our R65's?
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1983 R65LS - LRB still my favourite!? 1988 Honda NX250, "Toodles Too" and a Suzuki DR650, "Calypso." All stored in the "Brrrmmm Closet".

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Re: Flight Testing The BMW R65LS Rider Mag June 1982
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2012, 10:35:34 AM »
I don't have any issues with my scanner, but if you do have the OCr (optical character recognition) turned on it can make a mess of things - just scan the thing as an image/photo instead of as a document.   Then, if you want, you can paste the scanned photo image into a word or adobe pdf document.
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Re: Flight Testing The BMW R65LS Rider Mag June 1982
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2012, 11:49:41 AM »
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... Monte...you really do fly as do others....how strong is the comparison between old tri or biplane and our R65's?

Not as far off as you might imagine when we're discussing open cockpit aircraft!

My self-built Pietenpol was originally designed in 1929. I built the 1932 version with individual wings as 30 foot-long aircraft-grade Spruce spars just "don't grow any more."

Open cockpit. Tucked in behind a small windscreen. Low enough to smell cut grass, plowed soil, or cows... [smiley=cowsleep.gif] My leather helmet, silk scarf and RAF goggles are right at home airborne, or on board your R65LS Little Red Baron.

BTW, at last October's North Texas Norton Owners Rally, while riding my R65 in the Rolling Concours, a 20 mile road tour open to street legal 30+ year-old bikes, I wore the above gear. Folks seemed to like it.  http://ntnoa.org





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Monte Miller
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1978 BMW R100S
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1983 BMW R65
1995 Triumph Trophy
1986 VW Cabriolet
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