Torsten2001 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I picked this up yesterday and have been enjoying it a lot! Handles well, sounds amazing with straight through pipes and very legal! I'm having the tank and front mudguard resprayed in silver, checkered tape on both and the tank badge recess filled so's it can wear it's new badges, BSA decals redesigned with the SA replaced by MW, oh, and a black & silver pressed steel plate coming in from Ireland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Ooooh, that's a honey! I'd keep it just as it is, tbh. When you're done with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 That's an absolute sweetie, and I agree for the cafe-racer look. What model BMW is it? I might accidentally add it to my ebay favourites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 ^R90/7, the final incarnation of the old purely air-cooled engines, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 'BOBBBET' looks pretty cool. Brother in law has a shity pinkish K75, I don't ride (yet) but I like the whining sound of it. His Honda 750 sounds way better though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 ^R90/7, the final incarnation of the old purely air-cooled engines, iirc. It's an R80/7 I'm afraid, I haven't quite reached the dizzy heights of an R90/7 yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 'BOBBBET' looks pretty cool. Brother in law has a shity pinkish K75, I don't ride (yet) but I like the whining sound of it. His Honda 750 sounds way better though! I'm not a fan of the K series BMW, we've got a K100RS as a company hack but it feels a bit top heavy. If the Honda is a straight four cylinder I'm afraid it's not on my shopping list! Singles, twins and triples only for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Oh that's very cool, great acquisition. I love these, especially a bit 'patinated'. Can just imagine the noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Honda's a Four indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Singles, twins and triples only for me!So you wouldn't give one of these house room then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 Good point, yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 It's an R80/7 I'm afraid, I haven't quite reached the dizzy heights of an R90/7 yet! Indeed it is; either I need my eyes checked, or I should use the zoom function more often! Still, the 800's no slouch, and it does get the reflected glory off the R90 racers.I'm wondering about the wisdom of Jap fours myself now. After noticing that the Kwak's carbs and rubbers have parted company. Again. Oh bother.During the cold weather, I was passed by a guy riding an 1100GS, with his legs over the barrels; I hadn't seen anyone do that in such a long time. Piss-easy servicing, and toasty legs: who could ask for more from a bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmicro Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I had fuelling issues with every Kawasaki I ever owned! Especially that bloody ZZR600. Went to get it out of the garage one morning, and when I opened the door, all of it's fuel was all over the floor. Just as well I wasn't smoking! Lovely BMW. The sound of those still makes me nervous as the police over here used them for years. A mates Dad had an ex-RUC one, 1977 model I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 I managed to blow up my ZZR1100 after a 175 mph (indicated) run down the A13 at dawn, bloody Kawasakis! I used to hate BMW's until I dragged an ex Met Police 1978 R60/7 out of a garden and used it for 2 years, those cylinders kept my tootsies warm through winter and did several thousand pounds worth of damage to a u-turning Saab convertible and protected my legs, I cracked an indicator lens! You need to get used to the handling but once you do they're bloody marvellous. This one has straight through pipes too so sounds amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 My ZZR110 was perfectly behaved, used every day for commuting into London. The way it would sit at 120 on the M1, then accelerate very hard from those speeds made every day an amazing ride. Brakes were shit until I replaced the calipers, otherwise my favourite bike. Torsten, what's that R80 had to make it different? Just bars and tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 I'm afraid I think I might have put the nail in my ZZR's coffin! The Beemer looked like this before:so a few tiny differences! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Handy post about R80s on a bike site I bless with my patronage: A few cool pics, and some nice words from owners too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 It took a while to get the paint and badges done....but now it looks like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 That's purdy! What's the badge on the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 it's purrrrdy alright! I took an old BSA badge and had it doctored to say BMW, turned out lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 That's a neat bike, like it. But imo black & silver registration plates look naff on post-1973 vehicles, and are not legal, but each to their own I s'pose lolz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I tell you what Torsten that is bloody lovely, I used to hate bikes generally until this year when I entered the latter stages of my early mid-life crisis in fact I've just been out on a twenty year old Honda VFR 750 with a fantastic V4, I really do like the cafe racer look though and to make an R80 look that good is inspired sir. Was it you that bought some old late 70s/early 80's Jap bike that was near mint? any more pics of that? as a reward I present you with/hi-jack your thread with the following; My mate's R80 that he's owned since new I knew once I got into bikes my shite-sense would be the ruin of me, so I bought this: Its a Suzuki GSXR 1100L (I thought I'd mention that as they've not really written it anywhere clearly on the bike ) its 1991 and its not far off minty mint which is rare as they were mostly street-fightered. and its done 16k miles, I've even got the original bill of sale, Its brutal but I love it, for the non bikers reading its an oil cooled engine with the design based on the oil cooling system found in the Spitfire Merlin V12 weirdly. Right apologies for the hi-jack, lovely bike Torsten, what else you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 gixer slabs are ace torst that bim is luvverly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 gixer slabs are ace Slabside is the older one, this is a Slingshot. or is that what you meant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooters Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 very nice Vek... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 Thank you squire, I might put petrol in it tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Have you still got the Honda CB750? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 Still got the CB750, really don't like it though, it looks great but compared to European bikes the handling is hopeless and you really have to rev the bastard to get anywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Nice, pretty. But that plate would get you knicked round here. Find a cheap 'dateless' plate & you'll def get away with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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