Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/26

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Subject: [Leica] Way OT: bike advice
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Wed Dec 26 13:02:53 2007
References: <659620.76072.qm@web55911.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

Other good sites:

http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/index.htm

http://pweb.jps.net/~snowbum/techindex.htm

Forums:

http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=13

http://www.boxerworks.com/phorum/list.php?f=1

I have a '95 R100R with a sidecar.

John

On 25-Dec-07, at 7:40 PM, H. Ball Arche wrote:

> I'm driving 4 hours up to Cincinnati tomorrow to look
> at a '71 BMW 75/5. Ostensibly it has less than 13000
> original miles, is very clean, and the guy will
> probably let it go for around $4200.
>
> 1) not knowing BMW's, what should I look for?
> and
> 2) given that it is as described, is this a decent
> deal?
>
> The point is to reduce my carbon footprint with
> something that is low maintenance, durable, reliable,
> and won't vibrate enough to aggravate my sciatica
> (unfortunately, I was born buttless).
>

In reply to: Message from h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche) ([Leica] Way OT: bike advice)