The Second Beemer
Of course, having owned a Beemer very like this one,
most of my impression of it is in terms of differences from
the R80RT that got squished.
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A lerger picture exists.
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Owned |
Brand |
Model |
Born |
cm3 |
Mileage |
Color |
Fate |
1997-now |
BMW |
R100RT |
1994 |
998 |
61k - 104k mi. |
Red |
Lives |
Background
This BMW became available when the 70-year-old owner, who used to
corner so steeply he'd had the engine protection bars removed so they
wouldn't scrape, ran into a deer after putting about sixty thousand
miles on the bike in less than three years.
Apparently he died due to a heart attack while waiting for assistance,
rather than from the collision or its immediate resultant injuries.
About this particular beemer...
Good Things
- Looks wonderful, I've taken some digital
pictures of it.
- Really nice panniers and an extra top carrier.
- Replacing the default windshield with the
leftover Parabellum was easy.
Problems (fewer in 2017)
- Intermittant to simply inactive lights on some instruments.
- The usual too-many-keys-needed problem, three this time.
- Bottom fairing panel fractured (legacy), replaced them on both sides for ~$200
Mishaps
- Ground off the top outside corner of the left pannier on the
highway when it fell open.
It takes a clueless engineer to fasten a retention strap using
just a snap, but they designed it that way and now the corner's
gone.
Replacement's expensive, although repair is certainly feasible.
The funny thing is the 3x5 (or so) cm hole is actually useful
at times.
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...(in 2017) that's it so far (at 104k miles).
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