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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.......

Horse wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:16 am Don't know what the fourth one is.

Wheely bin.

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?

SGN looks like a Honda Bros.

KungFooBob wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 11:31 am SGN looks like a Honda Bros.

DVLA says it's a grey Honda 650

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.

DVLA didn't mention the handle bar muffs

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

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?

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. ).

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.

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

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/

KungFooBob wrote: Thu Aug 17, 2023 7:12 pm 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/

I remember it on the telly, Honda sold a shed load of VFRs in the UK thanks to that, big Mac was on an FZ750 that was supposed to be the one Eddie Lawson used to win Daytona.

STill find them Stirring

rodbargee wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 1:22 pm STill find them Stirring

Very nice!

Aaargh! So much irrational want !
I thought these were the coolest 125, before they started restricting 125s for learners.
Can you imagine trying to get spares for one of these now. Thank heaven its an old listing !



https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19285/l ... no-020196/

Ian wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 1:39 pm Aaargh! So much irrational want !
I thought these were the coolest 125, before they started restricting 125s for learners.
Can you imagine trying to get spares for one of these now. Thank heaven its an old listing !



https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19285/l ... no-020196/

It may have a Rotax engine (it looks Rotax) if it has engine spares will be okay to find, but expensive.

I think I like this



I feel kind of dirty...