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Twice the power, double the (un)reliability.
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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:01 pm Twice the power, double the (un)reliability.
And a lot of tickling on a cold morning.
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A friend works in the car trade, posted this on Instagram. I guess he was delivering or collecting a car, and found these.
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Whatever your views on Bimmers, it's a shame they're just dumped.

Don't know what the fourth one is.
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Horse wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:16 am A friend works in the car trade, posted this on Instagram. I guess he was delivering or collecting a car, and found these.

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Whatever your views on Bimmers, it's a shame they're just dumped.

Don't know what the fourth one is.
Nothing is irretrievable,but unless the bike is deemed desirable by collectors,then the cost can be prohibitive. Building any bike up from it's constituent parts can often be more expensive than the finished article is worth.

Now if it was a pile of R90S.......
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Horse wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:16 am Don't know what the fourth one is.
Wheely bin. :thumbsup:
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Horse wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:16 am A friend works in the car trade, posted this on Instagram. I guess he was delivering or collecting a car, and found these.

20230815_100103.jpg

Whatever your views on Bimmers, it's a shame they're just dumped.

Don't know what the fourth one is.
XBR500?
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SGN looks like a Honda Bros.
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KungFooBob wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 11:31 am SGN looks like a Honda Bros.
DVLA says it's a grey Honda 650
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:40 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 11:31 am SGN looks like a Honda Bros.
DVLA says it's a grey Honda 650
650 Bros then.

That's deffo a Bros seat unit and it's chain drive with a single sided swinger.
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DVLA didn't mention the handle bar muffs
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Skub wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:52 am
Whatever your views on Bimmers, it's a shame they're just dumped.
Nothing is irretrievable,but unless the bike is deemed desirable by collectors,then the cost can be prohibitive.

Now if it was a pile of R90S.......
Given the number of K and R-RT bikes used as the basis of custom builds, all 3 BMs should have some value :)
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Horse wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:52 pm Given the number of K and R-RT bikes used as the basis of custom builds, all 3 BMs should have some value :)
And James Sherlock. Does he still operate for used beemer bits?
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Horse wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:52 pm
Skub wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:52 am
Whatever your views on Bimmers, it's a shame they're just dumped.
Nothing is irretrievable,but unless the bike is deemed desirable by collectors,then the cost can be prohibitive.

Now if it was a pile of R90S.......
Given the number of K and R-RT bikes used as the basis of custom builds, all 3 BMs should have some value :)
I imagine the owner plans to do exactly that. (And has done from the day he dumped them in the garden. 'Projects' eh? Always starting tomorrow. :D ).
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Skub wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:00 pm
Horse wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:52 pm Given the number of K and R-RT bikes used as the basis of custom builds, all 3 BMs should have some value :)
And James Sherlock. Does he still operate for used beemer bits?
Yup, and doesn't charge extra to send to NI.
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Bigjawa wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 6:55 pm
Skub wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:00 pm
Horse wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:52 pm Given the number of K and R-RT bikes used as the basis of custom builds, all 3 BMs should have some value :)
And James Sherlock. Does he still operate for used beemer bits?
Yup, and doesn't charge extra to send to NI.
Some mainland outfits charge more to post to NI than it costs from the good old US of A. I'd be in a corner before I'd use them
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I didn't want to start a thread, but here's an interesting story about a very uninteresting bike, the VFR750.

https://www.classicmechanics.com/haslam-stocker-vfr/