(RIP) Dennis
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Growing old is unavoidable - Growing up however, is optional.
mrTickle
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I was a lurker on this site for so long 'coz I thought I was only dealing with silver haired surfers... LOL 
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Oh mr Tickle!!
....how we shall laugh as your hair turns grey and falls out when the missus realises what it's going to cost to keep the bike 'up to spec', Y - piece, Remus, Vern's bits etc [as you stated yourself!]
hahahahahahahahaha - HEY BALDY......oh yes!
....how we shall laugh as your hair turns grey and falls out when the missus realises what it's going to cost to keep the bike 'up to spec', Y - piece, Remus, Vern's bits etc [as you stated yourself!]
hahahahahahahahaha - HEY BALDY......oh yes!
mrTickle
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I'm closer to it than you know mate. I've bin trying to photoshop some hair onto my bonce for me avatar, but it keeps on looking like a syrup 
Is there a photoshop expert in here?
Is there a photoshop expert in here?
mrTickle said:I'm closer to it than you know mate. I've bin trying to photoshop some hair onto my bonce for me avatar, but it keeps on looking like a syrup
Is there a photoshop expert in here?
Not one that good.....
MikeO
Only one way to find out if the GS is for you and thats to ride one.You need to get a test ride from someone or a dealer.Dont let the shortarse thing worry you coz theres plenty of 5ft phuck all's riding them.
Gecko
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Carbohydrate_unsatr8 said:No serious,
if you ask a hundred car driving folk "what make of bike do old folk ride?"
they'd say BMW, (or Norton or BSA)
Oi bleedin cheek !!! Ive got a BMW and a BSA - have had for years and I'm still as young as the woman I feel......
Gecko
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Carbohydrate_unsatr8 said:
Keyboard - interesting I haven't seen one like that for years - we just think and the threads appear as text on the website ..... bit like riding a GS really - it sort of becomes part of you after a while.
goose
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Carbohydrate_unsatr8 said:
Grow a beard, then nobody will suspect you're too young to ride a BMW
JohnnyBoxer said:
AAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bloody Hell, Johnny! TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!
Carbo
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I may try and test ride an Adventure if I can wrangle it! Wish me luck please...
Sorry folks but no more posts from me for a few more days cause I'll be away from my comp. Thanks for the warm welcome it's been fun. Take care and keep up the BMW loyalty!
ps I used to work in a Kawasaki shop
Sorry folks but no more posts from me for a few more days cause I'll be away from my comp. Thanks for the warm welcome it's been fun. Take care and keep up the BMW loyalty!
ps I used to work in a Kawasaki shop
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Bilks
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lOYALTY ?........
HAVN'T JOINED THE MASTER RACE QUITE YET !
at least the rising sun warms you up - and normaly makes for a nice day !
sorry,
Bilks, (not dancing to their tune ! - Spandaw Ballet !)
HAVN'T JOINED THE MASTER RACE QUITE YET !
at least the rising sun warms you up - and normaly makes for a nice day !
sorry,
Bilks, (not dancing to their tune ! - Spandaw Ballet !)
kamae
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age limit
listen mate theres sheep and theres sheperds,obviously youre a sheep.
listen mate theres sheep and theres sheperds,obviously youre a sheep.
pint6x
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I reckon this is a wind up. If you're seriously planning a trip like you say you are, you should take the best tool for the job, which would be a GS.Carbohydrate_unsatr8 said:
If you worry about what others think, stay at home and buy a plastic crotch rocket instead.
I bought my first B*W when I was 22 - why ? cos they were doing an excellent finance deal on them. I'm now 40 and on my fourth B*W.
I suspect you haven't actually tried one yet - do this, and make a decision based on whether you actually like the thing or not - and stuff what anyone else thinks.
6X
Spanish Bob
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carbo whatever...
well done mate - must be a record breaking first thread. I am 36 and like most people don´t give a rats what other people think about BMW. The GS is a bit different to othe BMs and there are just too many overland pages with GSs to list. I also have a R100RS motorsport (1978). I can´t say I like BMW is general (especially as they seem determined to make all the clubs theirs and I´ll be fucked if I´ll participate in any of them). There are other BMs I would buy (they dont make any of them now). I had a R1100R which frankly was pretty good. I suspect that if they continue down the path they are going then my next BM (please God an R1150GSA) will be the last.
I am 36, ride on road and off and don´t like my bike being dirty but not enough to clean it. If you are overlanding any GS is fine, most overlanders seem to prefer the R100GS or R80G/S bikes over the 1100 or 1150 models (simplicity). First thing to do is buy adventure motorcycling by chris scott and make your own mind up.
If cash is an issue try www.mobile.de, they are cheaper in Germany.
cheers
bob
well done mate - must be a record breaking first thread. I am 36 and like most people don´t give a rats what other people think about BMW. The GS is a bit different to othe BMs and there are just too many overland pages with GSs to list. I also have a R100RS motorsport (1978). I can´t say I like BMW is general (especially as they seem determined to make all the clubs theirs and I´ll be fucked if I´ll participate in any of them). There are other BMs I would buy (they dont make any of them now). I had a R1100R which frankly was pretty good. I suspect that if they continue down the path they are going then my next BM (please God an R1150GSA) will be the last.
I am 36, ride on road and off and don´t like my bike being dirty but not enough to clean it. If you are overlanding any GS is fine, most overlanders seem to prefer the R100GS or R80G/S bikes over the 1100 or 1150 models (simplicity). First thing to do is buy adventure motorcycling by chris scott and make your own mind up.
If cash is an issue try www.mobile.de, they are cheaper in Germany.
cheers
bob
chiefkeefe
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Traded in an Africa Twin for my first Beemer, an R100GS, in 1992, at the age of 28 (not twenty-eight, it's in hexadecimal - let's see who paid attention in Maths - oh, all right, my daughter says that it's the same as 40 in real money - I guess that at 51 this makes me an old b*gger).
Loved the GS to bits - literally - so had to replace it. It had had a hard life, having been owned by the Kent plod (I believe) and had gone once round the clock without losing its good looks. Wish I could say the same about me.
More recently, I realised I was less than happy with my K1100LT - bland, too sanitised and too licence-threatening - so I swapped it for a CS (said in hushed tones) which I absolutely adore. I hope to add a GS at some stage, wife and job permitting.
What does that say about me? (Don't answer that!)
Loved the GS to bits - literally - so had to replace it. It had had a hard life, having been owned by the Kent plod (I believe) and had gone once round the clock without losing its good looks. Wish I could say the same about me.
More recently, I realised I was less than happy with my K1100LT - bland, too sanitised and too licence-threatening - so I swapped it for a CS (said in hushed tones) which I absolutely adore. I hope to add a GS at some stage, wife and job permitting.
What does that say about me? (Don't answer that!)
Mick_rw
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Age not relevant
Hello Carbohydrate_unsatr8
I am pleased to say I amd 54, yes FIFTY FOUR, but dont worry I dont ride a GS, LOL
Enjoy the GS, I would love one...
Mick
Hello Carbohydrate_unsatr8
I am pleased to say I amd 54, yes FIFTY FOUR, but dont worry I dont ride a GS, LOL
Enjoy the GS, I would love one...
Mick
timmy
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Well all that's been said about the GS being unique, it's true.
The GS 1150 is unique amongst the BMW fleet ( and the majority of bikes i would imagine) for having the single most uncomfortable seat going. IT'S A PILE SHIT.... the crappiest perch Ive ever used.
Now I dont know about you lot but to spend £9000 on a bike that's perported, marketed to be the ultimate tourer-cum-do-it-all, bike and then discover that you cant ride any more than 50 miles without your arse feeling like it's gonna drop off, is plain unacceptable.
Do we put this bike on a pedastal, and brush under the carpet the fact that one of the most important elements of the bike - namely its joke-of-a-seat- is useless, or do we let BMW know?
I am disheartened to the point of not wanting to use my spankers new GS for any long jouirney. Which is what i bought it for.
Yes perhaps i am being negative, and i have read a lot of the threads about the seat of this bike. And yes it probably is the state of play that we hand over our wad - the largest wad I've ever handed over for 'the ultimate bike' - only to find that we then part with even more money to sort out what fundementally, should have been sorted out from the start.
The seat is disgraceful, the rest of the bike is ace. But I'm gonna write a letter to BMW stating this to see wot they say. Which will probably be FA.
I dont wanna part with more cash to fix something that IMHO should be fixed. But i will probably have to in order to keep this bike that i love.
So, you may ask, if i love this bike so, why am i ranting?
BECAUSE THE GODDAM BLOODY SEAT SHOULD BE GODDAM SORTED AFTER 9 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT.
Yours truely let down and pissed off
Oh FTR: I'm 37!
The GS 1150 is unique amongst the BMW fleet ( and the majority of bikes i would imagine) for having the single most uncomfortable seat going. IT'S A PILE SHIT.... the crappiest perch Ive ever used.
Now I dont know about you lot but to spend £9000 on a bike that's perported, marketed to be the ultimate tourer-cum-do-it-all, bike and then discover that you cant ride any more than 50 miles without your arse feeling like it's gonna drop off, is plain unacceptable.
Do we put this bike on a pedastal, and brush under the carpet the fact that one of the most important elements of the bike - namely its joke-of-a-seat- is useless, or do we let BMW know?
I am disheartened to the point of not wanting to use my spankers new GS for any long jouirney. Which is what i bought it for.
Yes perhaps i am being negative, and i have read a lot of the threads about the seat of this bike. And yes it probably is the state of play that we hand over our wad - the largest wad I've ever handed over for 'the ultimate bike' - only to find that we then part with even more money to sort out what fundementally, should have been sorted out from the start.
The seat is disgraceful, the rest of the bike is ace. But I'm gonna write a letter to BMW stating this to see wot they say. Which will probably be FA.
I dont wanna part with more cash to fix something that IMHO should be fixed. But i will probably have to in order to keep this bike that i love.
So, you may ask, if i love this bike so, why am i ranting?
BECAUSE THE GODDAM BLOODY SEAT SHOULD BE GODDAM SORTED AFTER 9 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT.
Yours truely let down and pissed off
Oh FTR: I'm 37!
gutsi
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I'm 27, bought my 1100 GS at 26 and don't know of a better all rounder. Then again I couldn't give a toss what anybody else thinks.
oh and I also grew a beard (but it is a very silly beard)
oh and I also grew a beard (but it is a very silly beard)
