R80/7 + a newb = a long road to cafe

[benthic]

Originally Posted by SERE Nate

as a new bmw owner, this thread has been a great inspiration and I hope to be able to find some local airhead friends to help me as well.

did you lower the stock height of your bike?

thanks Nate:) I hope you find some good guys too! I'm a huge fan of the ABC. I did NOT lower the bike. I kind of like how tall it is:)

Originally Posted by SERE Nate

did the wife ever ride the cb you got for her?

well, no. she rode it around a parking lot a few times before I dug into some maintenance, then I had my crash on the beemer and she lost interest in motorcycles and freeways. she also never really could get the hang of clutches and shifting, so the scooter is fantastic for her. surface street speeds and fully automatic. (that CL350 is currently for sale...)

[SERE Nate]

I've been a big fan of the abc's since I was little but I think you're probably talking about something different.

[benthic]

the Airhead Beemer Club;)

http://www.airheads.org/

find your local group and meet some new people:)

[SERE Nate]

How do you like the bar end indicators? I've been thinking about doing the same thing...

[benthic]

Originally Posted by SERE Nate

How do you like the bar end indicators? I've been thinking about doing the same thing...

the bar end indicators I have are worthless in the daylight, but pretty nice at night. They were cheap and i gave them a try:)

[vma03]

This thread is so awesome!

While looking for a different motorcycle marque, a friend pointed me to a Craigslist ad for a R65 LS (he already has 2 of them, so passed and bought a Harley instead). When I went to see the bike, the seller and I didn't quite see eye-to-eye (a different story entirely) and the better half didn't like the "modern" look of that bike, but she didn't balk at the price...so I took that as the go ahead to keeping looking.

So I continued to look on Craigslist and found a 78 R80 /7...well a few clicks later I found this thread, read the whole thing...and went to go pick up the bike the following day and then joined this forum. I know that everyone likes pictures, so I'll try to post them soon. It's the same "burnt" orange as the bikes I see on this thread.

I've had my M1 since I was 18, but never rode, so I guess you could say I'm having my mid-life crisis toy now.

Getting ready to start re-reading the thread as there is so much information on it...and I hope to find a good network of Airheads up in the Sacramento area for some tech sessions :)

[benthic]

Originally Posted by vma03

This thread is so awesome! ...found a 78 R80 /7...

excellent:) I hope you have as much fun as I've had!

There was a tech day up in Murrieta, CA this weekend, a good time was had by all:)





















I rode up with Mike V. Since he and I had schedules to keep we just slabbed it all the way up. Surprisingly, I was fairly comfortable the whole ride. I had some burning in my shoulders and lower back toward the end of each leg (after about 60 miles each way), but not to bad, and with the long seat i was able to change positions to relieve strain as needed. I think i can build up to more miles:) the surprise pain was the ball of my left foot. I had moved my feet to rest the balls of my feet on the rearsets and the vibrations must have bruised me. admittedly, those rearsets have NO vibration isolation. Last night i actually cut up an old set of hand grips and slid them over the pegs. time will tell if it makes a difference...

I hope everyone had a great weekend:)
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