My current bike is a BMW R80 (1st pic). Nothing flash but simple and reliable. It also has panniers and a top box, intercom and heated grips (handy around Oberon in winter!
). I bought it for $5500 just before I finished paying child support (I was looking to buy a bike when I finished paying CS but realised I could afford this bike now!
). I also wasn't sure if my current partner Lyn would be into pillioning so the price was appropriate if it didn't work out. Turns out she loves i so when this girl gets tired I think I can safely invest more next time
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My previous bike was the XR 600 shown. I sold this after I got the BM. Great fun on fire trails, but a bit of a handful for a little fella with short legs like me in the tight stuff. It was a great stress reliever, but I'm getting too old for the offs...
Prior to the XR 600 I had a bike drought of about 15 years
... I had sold my XR 250 to build a garage on the house I owned in Thornton. I thought it would only take me 12 months to save up enough to get another bike. In the end I took out a loan to get the 600!
I'd like to post photos of some of my previous bikes but, all the photo albums are packed up while we try to sell the house
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From start to now my bikes have been:
Honda 50 step through x 2 (when aged 8!)
Honda CT90
Suzuki 90 Honcho
Honda 250 Dream (wish I had kept that for a collector!)
MZ 250 Enduro x 2 (genuines from the 1971 ISDT)
Honda CX500 (Poor man's BMW - great bike)
Honda VF750SC (the original shaft drive one, with the cam and drive train problems)
Honda XR250
Honda XR600
Suzuki RL250 (veteran trials bike)
BMW R80
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What next??? Leaning towards a bigger BMW...
Al.