For you BMW R90S fans

[LongRanger_imp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clw64ntcIVo

[redbirds_imp]

Love those old air heads. A coworker years back had two R90S Bimmers, one in smoke black and one like the video. Thanks for the link.

[the Ferret]

Love looking at those old Beemers, never cared for riding them. Wife and I test rode one just like in the video, bought a Kawasaki KZ 1000 instead.

[4 Paws_imp]

Really enjoy the thought of owning an older airhead or a flying brick. Might give in to temptation.

On my first solo long distance ride I was in WVA fueling up my ST1100 when a couple on matching new airheads pulled up beside me. During our conversation he (both were doctors!) said he wished he had bought the ST but others had pushed them to the BMW's. Made my day.

[Django]

Thanks for posting this link.

This was a German instructional movie made by BMW. We happened to see it, when we were around 16 years old and we were really impressed by that rider, e.g. how he turned his bike in the garage on the main stand.

Looking back now, this full leather suit had really an awefull color...

With such a R90S in the seventies, you were really king of the road. There were only very few cars on the road, which could compete in acceleration or top speed.

[Chapomis_imp]

Great video, interesting captioning

[redbirds_imp]

Thanks for posting this link.

This was a German instructional movie made by BMW. We happened to see it, when we were around 16 years old and we were really impressed by that rider, e.g. how he turned his bike in the garage on the main stand.

Looking back now, this full leather suit had really an awefull color...

With such a R90S in the seventies, you were really king of the road. There were only very few cars on the road, which could compete in acceleration or top speed.

Those BMW's had the best designed center stands ever. My R75 was so easy to place on the stand a child could do it. The stand was also located at the balance point allowing the removal of either wheel and the bike would rest on the mounted wheel. A blessing when repairing a roadside puncture on the front.

[the Ferret]

That WAS a great feature redbirds. Impressive and smart engineering.

[Chapomis_imp]

I liked that center stand spin, wonder if I could pull that off with an R1200RT ... ? Anyone know what the R90S weighed ?

[redbirds_imp]

473lbs wet. About the same as an R75.