Just bought A Beemer

[Brendan W]

I'm sort of in the same place. Had an 83 R100RT and loved it.
The GS850G is getting a bit heavy and a nice R80 airhead seems to fit the bill.
The R80ST, if you could find one at a terrestrial price, comes in at just under 400 lbs dry.
R80R put me off when you start figuring the complexity of closed loop fuelling etc etc.
They made a lot of ugly plastic tanks in the 90s. They can be had for a song but just too many square feet of sail area for my liking and of course the weight.

[GS1150Pilot]

It is a tall bike, but, coming from a Harley (even a Sportster), it feels light. I think it holds 5.5 US gallons of fuel and still hovers around 520 pounds wet.

[Buffalo Bill]

Lovely! Can't wait to see your clutch maintenance post…

[GS1150Pilot]

Funny you should say that. I recently watched this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C0nEu8qW3I

[alke46]

Holy crap........sure makes working on a Suzuki seem like a walk in the park.

[Cipher]

I think I recall Dave's issue was spline failure? This one is in sweet shape, well-maintained, 15,000 miles on the clock. The chrome of the exhaust is blued (and yellowed), but the valves were just adjusted 50 miles ago, and it idles and runs very smoothly, so the F.I. system seems in order.

Single wall tubing.

[GS1150Pilot]

Holy crap........sure makes working on a Suzuki seem like a walk in the park.

From what I have read, the clutches often go 100,000 miles

[Grimly]

Funny you should say that. I recently watched this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C0nEu8qW3I

Last time I did a clutch on my R80RT it took about two hours, and that was only because I was unfamiliar with it.
A more adept mechanic familar with it could have rattled it out and in within the hour, I reckon.

[derwood]

Hey,
I bought one last October. Kind of on a whim because I wanted a 2up bike. Got an R1100RT, year 2000
I put it in a truck on New year's Day, went to Las Vegas then road the bike to San Jose del Cabo. And back home for early Feb.
The bike never missed a beat, The most nimble 2 up bike I have owned. I've still got it.
You can change fork seals without taking the forks off. All I've done is oil changes, tires and fork seals.I don't care for the turn indicator controls.....3 switches to operate 2 lights. Seat height is adjustable, I have ion the second of 3 positions and I'm 5"9". Power is adequate. The ABS is great.
Also, the trip itself was great, no resorts, no bandits.
We stayed in little roadside Mexican motels. I would recommend the bike and the trip.

[GS1150Pilot]

I REALLY like this bike.

[alke46]

I REALLY like this bike.

So then why don't you put it in your signature?

Just messing with you. I hope it works out good for you.

[GS1150Pilot]

It's so different from the Harley. Not as quick, but smooth and sort of ... friendly? It feels nice to ride for sure.

[srsupertrap]

I REALLY like this bike.

I rented a 96 BMW R80 in San Francisco while on a business trip back in 1996. Very nice standard bike.

I have an eye out for for a 2009 - 2013 R1200RT.

[GS1150Pilot]

I rented a 96 BMW R80 in San Francisco while on a business trip back in 1996. Very nice standard bike.

I have an eye out for for a 2009 - 2013 R1200RT.

It's such an honest bike. It has no pretensions to being wildly fast or to being a crazy canyon carver; it just does everything well and predictably. It's like a good old horse.

[ptegsotic]

It's such an honest bike. It has no pretensions to being wildly fast or to being a crazy canyon carver; it just does everything well and predictably. It's like a good old horse.

just like a KLR