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New member introduction
Hello all, just thought I'd introduce myself. Formely from Cumbria I now live in Normandy, France. Been riding bikes over 20 years and now for the first time have bought a BMW. It's an old but immaculate R1150RT. Thanks for letting me join. Cheers
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Mark Esposito
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- Country of Residence: Wales
- Location: South Wales
Re: New member introduction
Welcome Steve,
Enjoy your time here.
Mark
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Enjoy your time here.
Mark
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I have a 1988 R80 RT monolever in case i forget to mention it when asking a question ! and I'm based in South Wales
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george baker
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- Location: Manchester,UK
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DEEP DIVER
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Re: New member introduction
Welcome to the forum from Suffolk.
I tried to be normal once, worst two minutes of my life.
Blue belt in Serious tea drinking.
Barry the old goat!!!!
1985 R80ST being rebuilt
1985 R80RT Touring dream sold
2 Harley sportsters being rebuilt
And a VW trike so I don't fall off
Blue belt in Serious tea drinking.
Barry the old goat!!!!
1985 R80ST being rebuilt
1985 R80RT Touring dream sold
2 Harley sportsters being rebuilt
And a VW trike so I don't fall off
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Tony the Skin
- Club Member 14
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- Country of Residence: England
- Location: Bury
Re: New member introduction
Welcome.
BMW R75/5
BMW R90/S
BMW R75/7
BMW R100 RT Classic
BMW K75 Sprint
BMW R1200 RS LC
Harleys
Suzuki GT750A
Membership No. 672
BMW R90/S
BMW R75/7
BMW R100 RT Classic
BMW K75 Sprint
BMW R1200 RS LC
Harleys
Suzuki GT750A
Membership No. 672
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P-K
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- Country of Residence: England
- Location: Darlington, Co. Durham
Re: New member introduction
Hi Steve,
Welcome to the forum
Welcome to the forum
Phil,
'17 R9T Urban G/S : '12 R1200R
Site Administrator, Webmaster and Official Club Tweeter @BMRidersClub
'17 R9T Urban G/S : '12 R1200R
Site Administrator, Webmaster and Official Club Tweeter @BMRidersClub
Re: New member introduction
Hi All,
I had been entertaining the notion of moving on to a BMW bike for some time as they definitely seem a bit more weather proof with the shaft drive and so on. I seemed to be spending a lot of time cleaning up my Triumph Sprint after even the slightest bit of wetness and muck on the road. Also I did hire an excellent G1100s when in IOM for a week which I liked a lot. So when my ancient Triumph Sprint developed an obscure problem with incorrect voltage to the fuel pump indicating that the ECU probably needed replacing, a very short time later I became the owner of a 2004 K1200s.
I was a little apprehensive with taking on the K1200 initially as I was hoping for a slightly lighter bike than the Sprint to make for easier parking (the G1100 I used in IOM certainly felt no heavier than the Sprint) but the 1200s is decidedly heavier.!!
That being said I am finding no problems with the 1200 now I am used to it. Otherwise it is proving to be a great bike, very smooth engine with bags of power and a really nice feel about it, although the Sprint may have had a little more torque upper mid range, probably due to its engine had been re-mapped and so on it certainly did not hang about but it was also a bit edgy which I don't get at all on the BMW. The more I use the 1200s the more I really like it. There is a slight problem in that the cooling fan has become a bit intermittent, and I am hoping someone else may have had this problem, but all in good time.
I had been entertaining the notion of moving on to a BMW bike for some time as they definitely seem a bit more weather proof with the shaft drive and so on. I seemed to be spending a lot of time cleaning up my Triumph Sprint after even the slightest bit of wetness and muck on the road. Also I did hire an excellent G1100s when in IOM for a week which I liked a lot. So when my ancient Triumph Sprint developed an obscure problem with incorrect voltage to the fuel pump indicating that the ECU probably needed replacing, a very short time later I became the owner of a 2004 K1200s.
I was a little apprehensive with taking on the K1200 initially as I was hoping for a slightly lighter bike than the Sprint to make for easier parking (the G1100 I used in IOM certainly felt no heavier than the Sprint) but the 1200s is decidedly heavier.!!
That being said I am finding no problems with the 1200 now I am used to it. Otherwise it is proving to be a great bike, very smooth engine with bags of power and a really nice feel about it, although the Sprint may have had a little more torque upper mid range, probably due to its engine had been re-mapped and so on it certainly did not hang about but it was also a bit edgy which I don't get at all on the BMW. The more I use the 1200s the more I really like it. There is a slight problem in that the cooling fan has become a bit intermittent, and I am hoping someone else may have had this problem, but all in good time.
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Mark Esposito
- Club Member 14
- Posts: 898
- Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:02 pm
- Country of Residence: Wales
- Location: South Wales
Re: New member introduction
Hi 7com,
Welcome to the forum.
Mark
Sent from my motorola one vision using Tapatalk
Welcome to the forum.
Mark
Sent from my motorola one vision using Tapatalk
I have a 1988 R80 RT monolever in case i forget to mention it when asking a question ! and I'm based in South Wales
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george baker
- Club Member 14
- Posts: 7967
- Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:51 am
- Country of Residence: uk
- Location: Manchester,UK
Re: New member introduction
Hi
welcome, where are you based?
George
welcome, where are you based?
George
Member 21, R100R, and an under used K75
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