Old git
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Re: Old git
I had my first BMW when I was 23. That's getting old
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Re: Old git
It did indeed look and sound absolutely standard (and tidy). (well - it rode past me through a village so I only caught a brief glimpse)
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Re: Old git
Whilst the bike might have been, I have never been 'cool'
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Re: Old git
My first BMW was aged 20
To be fair it was bought as a work bike as i was a courier at the time and my tuned RD250LC wasnt going to cut it on the long run deliveries
Re: Old git
I'm calling bollocks on that, brother used to ride his r90 in shorts & tee shirt to try & deflect the boring old fart image
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Re: Old git
I'm 60 & I don't ever remember BMW's being cool.They were thought of as the bike of choice for the Dayglo Derek's & pipe slippers brigade...
Re: Old git
What he said.Bustaspoke wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:12 pmI'm 60 & I don't ever remember BMW's being cool.They were thought of as the bike of choice for the Dayglo Derek's & pipe slippers brigade...
I'm 63 but I'll never be old enough to buy a BMW
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Re: Old git
I had a green/silver one when I was in my 30s,but I'm alright now.
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Re: Old git
I'm 53 and my cbr1000rr is awesome for 20 minutes out of every hour when I can nap for the other 40 minutes.
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Re: Old git
It’s not what you ride it’s how you ride it that makes it exciting or boring, some non BMW riders can’t even wheelie, now that’s the definition of boring
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Re: Old git
He was probably in his 70s thenHorse wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 10:23 pmA tale about my mate Beedubya:
He had an early K100LT (with the 'spoiler' screen, for the cognoscenti) in horrible cowpat green. He also had an old Porsche and was a member of the owners club. One Sunday afternoon he was heading off to a get-together of motorcycle-owning club members. On the way, he caught up with some sports bikes, whizzing along dual carriageways but wobbling around roundabouts. He got bored, passed them, and carried on.
Into the pub car park, bike on stand, helmet off ... and in turned the sportsbikes.
"We thought those BMWs didn't handle" said one owner.
"They don't" said Beedubya.
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