| 2007 Suzuki Bandit 1250
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I bought this one from a guy in MO (while my leg was still healing;
see below)... and for a small fee the guy even delivered it. A new
page of the story begins... hopefully this page will have better ending
than the two previous motorcycle.
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| The
Rockster (The Rockster is Dead, Long Live the Rockster) |
| I bought it
in early August of '08... a great replacement for the one below... 2004
BMW Rockster, 80 Anniversary Limited Addition, #112.
Unfortunately I waded this one up 4000 miles later on the back roads
of WI in May of '09. No photos of the messed up bike, I was too
busy being carted to the ER to get my broken leg looked at.
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| 2004 BMW R1150R Rockster with 20,000
miles on the odometer when I got it. This thing has quite the
story that goes with it; The Salvage
Experience. But, with all said and done, it was a great bike
until the accident. It's got that unique BMW soul.
Here is the before and after... The "after" being after
getting rear ended and sandwiched in California on July 13, 2008... 2000
miles into the trip, one day after my Birthday... The bike was
totaled...
 
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This
was the New Kid On The Block... Not mine any more...
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Well, after much deliberation I decided to plunk down
some cash and buy this brand new 2004 CBR1000RR. This is a
picture of it just after it rolled off the delivery truck on
1/29/2005. The hard part was waiting until the riding season
started. There was snow on the streets then, so I drove it from
the end of the drive way into the garage! That gave it a total of .5
miles on the odometer. I sold it 1/29/08.
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| The Old BMW R850R |
Here's a picture of the '96 BMW R850R. It
was a steal when I bought it used back in 1999. I previously had
an '80 Suzuki 750 and before that a '75 Yamaha 650. The Yamaha was
actually my first bike back when I graduated High School.
When I bought the 850 I wasn't really looking for a
bike, but there it was sitting on the side of a road with a for sale
sign on it. I'd never heard of an R850R (which I guess doesn't say
much for BMW's advertising) but it didn't take long before I was really
impressed with the bike. The BMW patented Para lever (I think
that's what they call it) shaft drive, the anti-dive front suspension,
oil cooled heads, etc.. As an engineer I can really appreciate
stuff like that.
After much deliberation I sold it in June of 2005.
I'll probably regret that some day (in fact I regretted it enough to buy
the Rockster... didn't I) because I'm sure this will be a great
classic. But the CBR took up my riding time, and there's no
greater injustice than a motorcycle that sits around unused. Maybe
when I've had enough of the CBR I'll come back to a BMW (now those were
prophetic words).
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