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You want a nice reliable BMW, you do
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Well, *I* do.
The K stripped its gearbox input shaft splines last night; To add insult
to injury, that was on the way to my tame BMW mechanic to get it
serviced and, strangely enough, have the gearbox looked at. Arse.
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Good job you've still got the VFR, then.
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You mean that one that's (a) got no MOT, (b) no rear brake pads on account of
me waiting for the parts from Dave Silver?
Fortunately I do have a BMW R1150 RS courtesy bike...
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The panniers come off very easily, then the widest point is the bars.
Redline is actually at 8000rpm. Something disappointing happens at around
8300 (limiter?) but it's still just about possible to get illegal on a
French autoroute in 2nd, which is more than enough for me.
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Hmm just a thought, I could pick it up for you. Can be garaged here for a
few days.
ebay 130131308816
1987 BMW K75S SILVER ULTRA LOW MILEAGE 36,000 MILES
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Quickly now
item 330069645038
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OTOH, top marks to the four bikers who stopped to check that I was OK
while I was admiring the sights on the A2 just past the Dome (none
found) during the wait for Auntie Carole to send around the breakdown
lorry. And top marks to Brian for being completely unfazed by me turning
up in the middle of the night instead of the early evening as originally
agreed.
Unfortunately I've already got a lower bound on the cost for the repair
so you can probably guess that I'm a very happy bunny this morning. Not.
I can already hear Lozzo's pen scratching on the pages of his Black Book
of BMW.
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