Originally Posted by
Bill in VA
WOW!!! I can fully relate. For years after college I wanted to get a motorcycle. My first desire (in high school) was a Triumph Bonneville 650 or a BSA. That evolved to a chopped Harley panhead in college and a few years after, and then to a BMW R75. After we went on a road trip to Yosemite on an R75 and an R100 modified with 4 valve heads in the early 1980, I decided a stock R100 was the best option.
At each stage when I would get close to scraping the funding to purchase, I would witness a bad motorcycle accident. It would cool my wants. The last warning was when in Yosemite I hit some gravel and almost lost it. Fortunately I did not and stopped in time. I figured the small pine trees at the side of the road would have been survivable. When I walked closer I saw that they were the top 6 feet of at least 50 footers growing on a near vertical cliff. I decided those warnings were real.
I still love the looks of the BMW R series, and a lean classic Harley, but not for me.
A friend has been in the process of fixing up and selling a 1976 R90/6. I don't want it, and I don't need it, I would kill myself with it- but I *NEED* it.
