DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
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Re: DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
Prefer the original (which it doesn't really look like, but it's quite nice. That Playboy logo is rather 1985 though ).
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Re: DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
Yuk
Can't see the point, it's not pretty, it's a tool and therefore needs to look like it's slid down a sand dune, bounced off of numerous trees and been bodge repaired by a man in a hut in exchange for your shoes.
Can't see the point, it's not pretty, it's a tool and therefore needs to look like it's slid down a sand dune, bounced off of numerous trees and been bodge repaired by a man in a hut in exchange for your shoes.
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Re: DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
Not bad, Potter will shoot his wad over it
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Re: DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
The real thing.
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Re: DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
I like it. Love the trailies from that era - these always look better in the flesh too. I've got half an eye out for a luck strike Cagiva Elefant..
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Re: DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
Yeah, I like that apart from the fag and jazzmag adverts.
They're a bit tacky.
They're a bit tacky.
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Re: DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
The mismatched front wheel annoys me, that's why I made an ugly adaptor for the front disc. Getting a custom disc made is possible too, and worth it for the detail.
Those carbs also don't like non standard exhausts and are difficult to get rejetted.
The paint's better than mine.
Those carbs also don't like non standard exhausts and are difficult to get rejetted.
The paint's better than mine.
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*Shudders and leaves thread....
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Re: DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
I like those sorts of bikes but BMWs are ugly in a way I could never get over.
I have a picture of one someone did over here a few years ago, I remember posting it on t'other place [goes off to look...].
Here we are, it was nice and horrid in equal measure, the tyres really killed it for me.
IME these bikes are horrible to ride in the desert unless you're going very fast and you don't fall off.
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Re: DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
I like thatPotter wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:49 amI like those sorts of bikes but BMWs are ugly in a way I could never get over.
I have a picture of one someone did over here a few years ago, I remember posting it on t'other place [goes off to look...].
Here we are, it was nice and horrid in equal measure, the tyres really killed it for me.
IME these bikes are horrible to ride in the desert unless you're going very fast and you don't fall off.
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Re: DAKAR DREAMS: BMW R80G/S PARIS-DAKAR TRIBUTE
I like it. Looks lighter than the original? Ifi was ever going to do something like a RTW trip, I'd rather do it on something like this than a modern version.