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[QUOTE=grahamm;636585]One day it took me(on my own) 1 hr to go 10ft in deep mud. Glad to see you ride with friends :thumb[/QUOTE]
One time, it took me all day to go 3 miles.
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looks like a hot and shwetty situation.
[QUOTE=crazydrummerdude;636586]One time, it took me all day to go 3 miles.
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[QUOTE=Boxboy100;636594]looks like a hot and shwetty situation.[/QUOTE]
Yup! This picture doesn't capture the "fun" I had that day. This was after I dug it out one (of about 500) time(s). I was in the middle of the Mojave (somewhere southeast of Inyokern, CA) and alone.. for hours.. with only 3 bottles of water.
:ha
When I finally got to a paved road, steam was coming out of my jacket after I put it back on, and the mirrors fogged up. It was 100-ish that day.
Good times. :)
[QUOTE=crazydrummerdude;636603]Yup! This picture doesn't capture the "fun" I had that day. This was after I dug it out one (of about 500) time(s). I was in the middle of the Mojave (somewhere southeast of Inyokern, CA) and alone.. for hours.. with only 3 bottles of water.
:ha
When I finally got to a paved road, steam was coming out of my jacket after I put it back on, and the mirrors fogged up. It was 100-ish that day.
Good times. :)[/QUOTE]
My first day of riding, my father led me down a gravel road that soon turned to deep sand. I was on my R80. Not one of these fancy R80 G/S bikes :laugh I had 20 miles under my belt, and no previous sand experience. It was the freakiest thing, and I spent my whole time on the sand hating my father for leading me to it haha. Pavement felt like a luxury cruise after that. I wanted to lay down and kiss the asphalt once we got back to pavement.
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Autumn in Kansas is gorgeous. I'm still out riding every day in 30-40 degree temps; this bike is very comfortable! (Picture taken with Hipstamatic app for iPhone.)
very nice looking ride...
[QUOTE=aircap;636849][IMG]http://www.wichitavortex.com/bmw/fall-bike.jpg[/IMG]
Autumn in Kansas is gorgeous. I'm still out riding every day in 30-40 degree temps; this bike is very comfortable! (Picture taken with Hipstamatic app for iPhone.)[/QUOTE]
aircap -
I guess you haven't checked your valves since the last time it was pointed out that your valve covers are on backwards:
[url]http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showpost.php?p=610113&postcount=36[/url]
Or you haven't taken any new pictures!!
Just puttin' it back out there... :stick :wave
[QUOTE=20774;636993]aircap -
I guess you haven't checked your valves since the last time it was pointed out that your valve covers are on backwards:
[url]http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showpost.php?p=610113&postcount=36[/url]
Or you haven't taken any new pictures!!
Just puttin' it back out there... :stick :wave[/QUOTE]
[FONT="Fixedsys"][SIZE="5"]Rocker Cover Police Strike Again ! ! !
:stick
:wave
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[QUOTE=mymindsok;611675][SIZE="4"]Well, it looks like you need a photo of my old crock!
It's a 1976/6 with a million small changes, major updates and customizations. [/SIZE]
[IMG]http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w238/kenwhitehawk/CRAZY%20HORSE%20ON%20THE%20ROAD/CRAZYHORSEAUG2011025.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Really like your bike. Question, what's the brand of valve covers? They look great.
Regards,
bert
[quote]what's the brand of valve covers? They look great.[/quote]
Meh.... make mine
[img]http://k41.pbase.com/v3/08/5608/2/50908226.CRW_6116.jpg[/img]
completely interchangeable ... right to left, up, or down...
On the other hand ... the "off white" I'm in love with (including the tail light housing) ... [I][B]perversely[/B][/I] in love with... the [B]only[/B] thing that would make your scooter look better, would be if the frame color matched the tank and fenders (which is why I like "black" BMW bikes (why BMW moved toward the black-frame UJM*-look escapes me)).
p.s. The two-tone pin stripe colors are great! Niiiiice touch.
* Universal Japanese Motorcycle
I'm thinking that all black frames is a decision made by the manufacturer to help reduce the the cost. All frames going to a paint line running black would be faster and therefore less expensive than keeping frames and body parts all together for paint work.
Having seen a few airheads with paint matched frames, I think it is very hard to make it look right. Maybe because the frame is less visible on an airhead than a pre-1970 bike. Maybe because we are just so accustemed to seeing the airhead with a black frame.
[quote]I'm thinking that all black frames is a decision made by the manufacturer to help reduce the the cost. [/quote]
That's absolutely the reasoning WnS. It's just that the "whole thing" looks more unified when the colors are all the same .... just my opinion.
[I]edit[/I] - With respect, and credit, to the owners of these bikes (I don't know who they are); granted, the first two [I]are[/I] custom bikes, without the side covers, but I think that the overall appearance of an airhead is enhanced by the mono-color paint scheme. The black-frame is a cost cutting practice, but I think the product(s) are the lesser for it.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/Lmo1131/708_Willies-Packard-BMW_Bike_049.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/Lmo1131/Slash5_IMG_0266.jpg[/IMG]
Stock (the only paint scheme that retained the /2 et al, mono-color theme).
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[QUOTE=boster12;637103]Really like your bike. Question, what's the brand of valve covers? They look great.[/QUOTE]
To answer your question, I believe those are San Jose valve covers.
Those multi-fin covers are from CC Products circa 1990. $129.95 per pair back then. Claimed to be cooler and quieter due to deep fins and a O-ring sealer allowing metal to metal contact, thus cooler. Or I could be wrong.
1990? they first appeared maye 10 years before that, iirc. otherwise, accurate info. Later on, CC Prods became closely tied to San Jose BMW, and i believe that Chris is still there, in some capacity.