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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2018, 01:30:21 am »

What’s your favorite ride?

The prettiest bike I've owned is this one...



A 1997 Harley FLSTS Heritage Springer

Loved the look, HATED the ride...I rode it from Chicago to Santa Fe and back and decided to sell it!

But this was the bike I put 96,000 miles on in 10 years...



1996 BMW R1100GS

I traded it in on an R1200 Adventure that I ended up hating and selling before putting 2K miles on it.

Haven't had a bike since.

But this is what I now enjoy driving out West...



2014 Audi Q5
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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2018, 01:43:05 am »

Well, if I can double dip if the shot is a landscape...



Rode out on the salt flats near Bonneville (almost ran out of gas that trip!)
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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2018, 01:55:00 am »

Well, if I can double dip if the shot is a landscape...



Rode out on the salt flats near Bonneville (almost ran out of gas that trip!)

Beautiful picture !
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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2018, 12:08:29 pm »

Jeff,

The oil head GS was one of BMW’s best.  Nice photos!!
Have you ever caught the  “Long Way Around” documentary with Ewan McGregor?
Fun stuff...

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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2018, 12:26:58 pm »

Have you ever caught the  “Long Way Around” documentary with Ewan McGregor?
Fun stuff...

Yep...I particularlylike the fact the cameraman hadto wait till he passed his MC license test :-)

I do think the KTM would have b enan easier bike to cross Asia...the R1100GS is a big heavy bike!
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« Reply #25 on: October 22, 2018, 04:31:04 pm »

Yep...I particularlylike the fact the cameraman hadto wait till he passed his MC license test :-)

I do think the KTM would have b enan easier bike to cross Asia...the R1100GS is a big heavy bike!

Jeff,

You got that right!  But one advantage of BMW GS (at the time at least) is that it is much like the older Land Rovers where parts are pretty much available all over the world.  The KTM Adventure bikes are way cool, though, and would be "up there" for my pick for a trip like that. 

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« Reply #26 on: October 22, 2018, 08:10:54 pm »

Were I to undertake that trip today, I'd find me an R80 GS.  If it breaks, anybody can fix it.  Even me.

These two guys did it on two KTMs and both had problems.  Mainly fuel-related.

An hour long, but well shot and fun to watch.  "Continental Drift"  Two Aussies, London to Sydney.  They did cheat a bit and flew the bikes across some of the wet bits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLsIDFYv8M
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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #27 on: October 22, 2018, 09:14:37 pm »

We all seem to like very elemental cars.  And bikes.  But you bike people are loco.  I mean, I understand the appeal, but still.  4 wheels for me please.

This was my compromise for quite awhile - Caterham Super 7 R400 :)





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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #28 on: October 23, 2018, 05:53:32 pm »

My daily driver is a '71 Peugeot built as a fixed gear. A pretty fun way to get around town and maybe get a little workout too.





It's got black tires and a new seat since that photo. And those cheap red rims have faded to an anemic pink. This being my town bike that I like to be able to leave around unlocked, the uglier the better. Still rides great and the fixed gear is good theft deterrent (or retribution) for the casual thief.
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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2018, 09:12:07 am »

We all seem to like very elemental cars.  And bikes.  But you bike people are loco.  I mean, I understand the appeal, but still.  4 wheels for me please.

This was my compromise for quite awhile - Caterham Super 7 R400 :)

I worked at a Lotus dealer in the late '70s, and saw a few original Sevens, along with wrenching on, and driving, Elans, Europas, and Elites. Even owned a Europa for a while, (till it caught fire).

I love my motorcycles, but when I stop riding someday, I'll still have this:

 
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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #30 on: October 24, 2018, 10:03:31 am »

I worked at a Lotus dealer in the late '70s, and saw a few original Sevens, along with wrenching on, and driving, Elans, Europas, and Elites. Even owned a Europa for a while, (till it caught fire).

I love my motorcycles, but when I stop riding someday, I'll still have this:

 

MX5?
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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #31 on: October 24, 2018, 10:09:23 am »

MX5?

Correct 1994 Mazda MX5 Miata - Bought it 13 years ago - Keeps getting better every year, mechanically solid, but she needs a little body and paint love soon.

(I think about selling it every year, maybe getting a new one. But then I take it out for drive, and no, not for sale)
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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #32 on: October 24, 2018, 11:35:56 am »

Correct 1994 Mazda MX5 Miata - Bought it 13 years ago - Keeps getting better every year, mechanically solid, but she needs a little body and paint love soon.

(I think about selling it every year, maybe getting a new one. But then I take it out for drive, and no, not for sale)

My son had an MX5 for years, then sold it and bought a hot Focus which was soon sold - and another MX5 came home with him. I very much fancy the new MX5 thingy with the hard top that folds down. Far too expensive for a pensioner like moi, but pretty as hell when you see it in a lovely, metallic red! It could easily replace the little Mercedes SLK when the lottery comes up. Not that I have the Merc, but it has been on the "when the lottery" list for quite a long while. I do not covet large cars at all, despìte my photo-fetish for the '59 Coupe de Ville. I would never have one of those top-heavy SUV things. Probably the ugliest example of those that I've actually seen is the Porsche version. Yuk! Well, maybe the BMW ones run a close second to it.

Basically, available funding aside, I don't really think it's worth spending big money on cars; perhaps during the mid part of a business career, but once folks know about you, you no longer need to keep on proving your position quite so desperately.

If those numbers do come up, then I reserve the right to have a rethink!

;-)

P.S.

'59 was a very good year. Not only for the Caddy, but also the Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe, with those amazing eyebrows at the rear.
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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #33 on: October 24, 2018, 11:54:42 am »

I worked at a Lotus dealer in the late '70s, and saw a few original Sevens, along with wrenching on, and driving, Elans, Europas, and Elites. Even owned a Europa for a while, (till it caught fire).

I love my motorcycles, but when I stop riding someday, I'll still have this:

 
That Algers Winslow and Western looks like a solid ride. Too bad about the car in the foreground blocking part of the view.   8)
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« Reply #34 on: October 24, 2018, 12:36:34 pm »

Probably the ugliest example of those that I've actually seen is the Porsche version. Yuk! Well, maybe the BMW ones run a close second to it.

Clearly, and fortunately, i might add, you haven't yet run into the Mercedes metoo version...
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« Reply #35 on: October 24, 2018, 12:37:03 pm »

That Algers Winslow and Western looks like a solid ride. Too bad about the car in the foreground blocking part of the view.   8)

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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #36 on: October 24, 2018, 12:44:50 pm »

We all seem to like very elemental cars.  And bikes.  But you bike people are loco.  I mean, I understand the appeal, but still.  4 wheels for me please.

This was my compromise for quite awhile - Caterham Super 7 R400 :)

Ah, what an excellent machine.  When I was a high school kid, a good friend was connected with Bob Chalman and we had access to a British racing green 7.  We used to drive it to the A&W Rootbeer stand (a kids car hangout place in the 60’s) and have the car hop put our tray of food on the ground!  Fun, silly, stuff.

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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #37 on: October 24, 2018, 02:29:18 pm »

I worked at a Lotus dealer in the late '70s, and saw a few original Sevens, along with wrenching on, and driving, Elans, Europas, and Elites. Even owned a Europa for a while, (till it caught fire).

I love my motorcycles, but when I stop riding someday, I'll still have this:

 

Mine is Black...

Peter

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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #38 on: October 24, 2018, 02:47:09 pm »

Mine is Black...

Peter


Well, my Fiesta is black too...

One day, perhaps if I wash it again, I'll take it down to the beach and make a snap. Banned from using my USA plate, I've almost totally lost interest. Eight years since I bought it, and still less than 30,000 klicks on it. I walk a lot more these days...

Rob

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Re: Show us your ride
« Reply #39 on: October 24, 2018, 03:11:35 pm »

When the snow comes these are my rides.
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