Evening all.
discovered this seemingly friendly site when hunting for info about dommie's a few days ago...
My '91 BMW R80 has recently died in a big way, and as it's my main form of transport to work and back I'm a bit stuffed.
A local mechanic is selling a 90/91 'H' reg dommie (import, 24k km on the clock) on behalf of a friend of his who bought the bike to commute on and then got a new job abroad, and his wife is now 'suggesting' he sell the bike.
It's in tatty condition in that the engine cases have weathered somewhat, but mechanically it seems very good. It's not been run for a while but with a charge of the battery it was soon idling beautifully.
When the current owner first bought it he had problems with debris from the inside of the tank causing problems so the mechanic cleaned all that needed cleaning and coated the tank's inside.
It's got 10 months MOT and 2 months tax and is in its original paint but with no stickers except the warning sticker under the rear rack.
That's the background - I had a really fun test ride today ansd was amazed at the lack of wind blast from the tiny stanard 'screen'
My questions are the speedo wasn't working - having searched this site I'm assuming its the oft mentioned plastic gear wheel but...
Assuming standard gearing - what kind of speed is 5000 revs in top. I'm trying to work out if it'll be comfy on my 40 mile commute (each way) down the M40 most days. I was keeping up with the traffic I wanted to keep up with but have no idea what my speed was.
I'm not a quick rider but don't want to feel like it's struggling as I potter along....
Also, this maybe a really silly question - but am I right in that there's no ignition /no charge warning light but you do get a sidestand down warning light.
thanks all....
Nick
discovered this seemingly friendly site when hunting for info about dommie's a few days ago...
My '91 BMW R80 has recently died in a big way, and as it's my main form of transport to work and back I'm a bit stuffed.
A local mechanic is selling a 90/91 'H' reg dommie (import, 24k km on the clock) on behalf of a friend of his who bought the bike to commute on and then got a new job abroad, and his wife is now 'suggesting' he sell the bike.
It's in tatty condition in that the engine cases have weathered somewhat, but mechanically it seems very good. It's not been run for a while but with a charge of the battery it was soon idling beautifully.
When the current owner first bought it he had problems with debris from the inside of the tank causing problems so the mechanic cleaned all that needed cleaning and coated the tank's inside.
It's got 10 months MOT and 2 months tax and is in its original paint but with no stickers except the warning sticker under the rear rack.
That's the background - I had a really fun test ride today ansd was amazed at the lack of wind blast from the tiny stanard 'screen'
My questions are the speedo wasn't working - having searched this site I'm assuming its the oft mentioned plastic gear wheel but...
Assuming standard gearing - what kind of speed is 5000 revs in top. I'm trying to work out if it'll be comfy on my 40 mile commute (each way) down the M40 most days. I was keeping up with the traffic I wanted to keep up with but have no idea what my speed was.
I'm not a quick rider but don't want to feel like it's struggling as I potter along....
Also, this maybe a really silly question - but am I right in that there's no ignition /no charge warning light but you do get a sidestand down warning light.
thanks all....
Nick