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Posted by: Eric_Shea Oct 7 2008, 10:06 PM

Mmmmmm Beemer Bling just got it back from Troy the "Squirter"

Group shot:




Kept my old sticker because they don't make them anymore:


Hand pinstriped as per the fac-tory:




Only aftermarket (reversable) add-on... R90S fairing:


Can't wait to bolt her all back together...

Posted by: dw914er Oct 7 2008, 10:07 PM

nice color

Posted by: Eric_Shea Oct 7 2008, 10:09 PM

Danke!

Glasurit #29 - Metallic Gold/Curry

Posted by: championgt1 Oct 7 2008, 10:12 PM

Nice color. My buddy has a BMW toaster that same color. Digging the R90S fairing.

Posted by: sww914 Oct 7 2008, 11:56 PM

Very nice!
BMW motorcycles, cool.
BMW cars, inferior.

Posted by: pete-stevers Oct 8 2008, 09:48 AM

not bad.....but how many projects do you have???
(a little voice inside my head told me to say that)

Posted by: Eric_Shea Oct 8 2008, 10:31 AM

Shut Up!

Posted by: effutuo101 Oct 8 2008, 11:47 AM

Very nice. How about a picture once complete? Love the R90S faring. It is a good look.
My next project is going to be an older BMW boxer. Maybe for the wife.

Posted by: scotty b Oct 8 2008, 05:57 PM

Awesome Eric Was your splash gaurd painted originaly ? Mine is just black different sticker too, but then again it is a different model

Posted by: Dr Evil Oct 8 2008, 06:15 PM

Someone put a sticker on your fender

Posted by: Pat Garvey Oct 8 2008, 08:24 PM

Very nice! But could someone please do me a favor & explain the diff between a "beemer" and a "bimmer".
I know the diff, but am so tired of hearing bozos.

I have a good guy next door who just upgraded from an Acura to a BMW, which he describes as as a "Beeemer". I tried to explain that there is a difference between a "bimmer" and a "beemer". Nice guy, but he just didn't get it. "Aren't they all the same?" Nope, I said - a "bimmer" is a a car & a "beemer" is a bike.

"Whatever" was his comment, as he loaded his 5 kids.

Jesus, someone spare me!

Posted by: Dr Evil Oct 8 2008, 08:32 PM

Pat, go into your tool box, get a set of needle nosed pliers, and pull your panties out of your ass

Does it really matter? I call both BEEMER, but I guess that just attests to my poor breading

Posted by: JRust Oct 8 2008, 10:24 PM

I was just in his garage & saw said BMW apart. That will be one sweet ride Eric
I think you could use another project though

Posted by: Eric_Shea Oct 8 2008, 11:53 PM

What's a splashguard?

What you see there is the way it came from across the pond. This is a 72 that had never been touched. It had every single fill-up noted, mileage, oil etc. Cool find.

I'm going to clean up the frame and drive it next year... then I'll do the full resto. Fenders, tank, headlight, speedo, etc. all new. That should hold me for a while.

Posted by: scotty b Oct 9 2008, 07:20 PM

The piece with the sticker on it. I forgot yours actually finctions as the rear fender. On my bike it is ( was ) more of a splash guard, as mine had the rear fairing on top. Hard to see here but it is the piece the lights all mount to.


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Posted by: ConeDodger Oct 9 2008, 08:59 PM

Very cool... I take it you didn't buy the black one I went and rode/saw for you? I doubt you would have changed colors. Now I want one to go along with the new one I commute on. 45mpg and quicker for my 20 mile each way commute than a car would be...

Posted by: Eric_Shea Oct 9 2008, 10:02 PM

Ohhh... that's a "new" bike



Ahhh no. He boinked me. I told him to let me know what he needed to have. He said he'd call back. I called a week later and he sold it without calling me.