bmw k75. yay or nay?
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no cafe racer bullshit. idk even what that is supposed to be.....i know what the style is, just never understood wtf. i have seen some interesting things people have done with k100 and k75.
I just did two canyons tonight with my “Standard” (wink wink) bike.
I have 2 BMWs. A 2001 F650 Dakar and a 2003 1100 S Boxer Cup Race Replica Randy Mamola signature series. Its #125 of 200 made. I got 6 other bikes from KTMs to Honda and Kaws. Mostly enduros and dirt bikes. My 2 BMWs have been the most reliable and dependable bikes that I own. My Dakar has been from Nova Scotia to California and Alaska to Key West. Its been to all of Canada as well and up to Inuvik in the Northwest territories. Id buy another BMW in a heartbeat. They have been good to me.
Hayden.
Hayden.
I want a ZRX bad. Had a first gen FZ1 and LOVED it, now I need to compare them. Someday…
your money oh hell yes my money not even if they were 1/2 off not that it's bad just not powder primers nor bullets .buy more ammo keep the dream alive .
The Fz1 was an EXCELLENT bike, but it lacked the timeless style of the ZRX. Fz1 had more power, but nothing cam, pipe and jetting couldn’t fix. Lol mine has everything but the cam. It’s ~120ish to the wheel. Sooo much midrange from 5-8k you don’t need more rpm unless you want to show off or smoke kids. It pulls to 12k now with ludicrous howl from the full Muzzy race pipe. I did a 1-2-3 pull to redline and it was enough for me!!! Maybe I’ll make a video of it sometime lol.
Always loved the style and graphics on the Dakar. Just a cool bike. I looked at them hard after my Versys got killed by a deer.
After I healed up I bought a 17 Africa Twin, it is a really nice bike, but I am in the stage of questioning if I can make it back if I go somewhere on it. It is really a "me" problem.
Walking to the car after work my back went, NOPE and I was on the ground unable to move on an island in the parking lot. It sucked bad. That was a few years ago, had a nerve ablation done and it really helped.
Fast forward to last March, I am getting ready to hang some shelves in the garage. Wife hands me a 3' long 2x4, I turn to get it, go to turn back and I am flat on my back again. You can't move anything below your arm pits. To pick up your foot is pain that makes it just not doable.
That scarred the hell out of me. After some more treatment I am moving again, and feel "normal".....well as normal as I can be, but I am really worried about getting on the bike. What if it happens again. And yea I know it could happen if I am not and I should just do it......but......that level of pain is just a place I don't want to go again.
I really should get on it again, I love that bike. Smooth, looks great, does the gravel around the house fine as well as the crappy "farm roads" we have out here.
Here is a photo of it while I was adding the crash bars and extra lights to it. I want a good chance of seeing the crazy deer next time.
Dog is Recon, she crossed the rainbow bridge a few years ago, she was such the good girl. She just loved being a "shop dog"
I rode a K75 for a bit. Borrowed it from a buddy.
Smooth. Relatively quick. The one I was riding felt like the front and rear were disconnected when hitting bumps, but that may have been that particular bike rather than the norm.
Once you learn to speak BMW and learn what the bike wants for maintenance, they're pretty easy to work on.
I've got an 04 R1150RT that I traded a Ducati ST3 for. The 'old man bike' isn't fast either, but since it *is* and 'old man bike,' it flies under the radar.
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Smooth. Relatively quick. The one I was riding felt like the front and rear were disconnected when hitting bumps, but that may have been that particular bike rather than the norm.
Once you learn to speak BMW and learn what the bike wants for maintenance, they're pretty easy to work on.
I've got an 04 R1150RT that I traded a Ducati ST3 for. The 'old man bike' isn't fast either, but since it *is* and 'old man bike,' it flies under the radar.
M
BMWs are very nice bikes whether old or new. I've been looking at the newer small dual sport/trail bikes since theres a ton of offroad trails here in Arizona only accessible by bike or the narrow UTVs and the odds of me riding on the highway are 0% because Arizona drivers are all fucking crazy:
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That Africa Twin is gonna be my next bike. I looked hard at the BMW 800 and the Triumph but man the AT is just cool. I was always in love with the older ones and wished for years that we would get them here in the US. Only reason I haven't yet is I'm out of room and I'm not willing to give up one of the 8 that I got now. The Cagiva Gran Canyon that I got is pretty simular to the AT as well.
Hayden.
Hayden.
An old friend of mine in Cali has a 1200GS and swears by it. It's fucking huge though.
The big BMWs are much lighter on their feet than their size suggests.
Once you start moving.
At a stop or at slow speeds, they're somewhat top heavy and tippy. AMHIK
After my 1st R1150RT I had an 07 GS-Adv that I ordered from the factory without ABS. I spent too much time sailing thru the stop sign by my house as the ABS didn't brake to want it again. Lost that in the divorce.
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