A great looking machine!! One of the "C" 's? Shame they discontinued them.... I loved their style. (which isn't always easy to saw for bmw!) Got any other pics?
Mine in Street Fighter mode:
And in travel digs:
Happy motoring
Thanks!
Yup, it's an R1200C. I think it was too groovy-looking for BMW. They had to stop making it. I always liked the style of your bike too. Classic, clean, tough-looking.
Here's another shot of the 'C'. I changed the bars right away to lower ones. I couldn't get used to the high bars that came with it. It's really fun to ride.
The yellow bike was my old one. A reissue of an old drag bike, the Eliminator. That one was fun too.
"There is a place for me somewhere, where I can write and speak much as I think, and make it pay for my living and some besides. Just where this place is I have small idea now, but I am going to find it" Carl Sandburg
Just last night, for the first time in weeks I had time to just relax and think (work and stuff sux), and I suddenly realized that I've been without a motorbike in this forsaken upside down country for the past several months! It was as if I awoke from a dream, sweaty, upset...
I just keep telling myself: you don't miss your GSadventure, you don't miss your GSadventure.
Just last night, for the first time in weeks I had time to just relax and think (work and stuff sux), and I suddenly realized that I've been without a motorbike in this forsaken upside down country for the past several months! It was as if I awoke from a dream, sweaty, upset...
I just keep telling myself: you don't miss your GSadventure, you don't miss your GSadventure.
But... but, I do, I dooooo!!!! :cry
Hey Erik, my antipodean colleague!
Hang out and enjoy that wonderful country. You'll return soon and we'll help you get set up with a GS. Look on the bright side: they've improved the gearing ratio in the '08s.
We'll have you back up in no time. Meanwhile, enjoy the clean air, ocean views, pleasant people and mediocre coffee!
"Press the shutter when you are sure of success." —Kim Jong-il
Hang out and enjoy that wonderful country. You'll return soon and we'll help you get set up with a GS.
promise?
Look on the bright side: they've improved the gearing ratio in the '08s.
We'll have you back up in no time. Meanwhile, enjoy the clean air, ocean views, pleasant people and mediocre coffee!
Indeed, it goes in spurts, this longing for a bike. There's plenty to do and see, and riding in the city isn't really all that much fun, so most of the time, I'm ok being bikeless for a while.
I do love that all-red adventure for 08
and by the way, where do you get off callng the coffee mediocre? have you been to crapbucks lately? blech, i'm glad the aussie's are more european about their coffee - quality, not quantity (like back home, where you order in gallons). speaking of which, i'm off to the newsroom cafe for my morning hit.
Great thread. It's looking at photos like these that make me happy to go to work everyday.
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Don't take this as spam but if anyone needs any parts send me a message and I'll see what I can do.
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Nice bike Simone!
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Yup, it's an R1200C. I think it was too groovy-looking for BMW. They had to stop making it. I always liked the style of your bike too. Classic, clean, tough-looking.
Here's another shot of the 'C'. I changed the bars right away to lower ones. I couldn't get used to the high bars that came with it. It's really fun to ride.
The yellow bike was my old one. A reissue of an old drag bike, the Eliminator. That one was fun too.
Heck, anything on 2 wheels is fun!
cheers!
Trish
'Zactly. Lot's of riders miss that!
Here's my daily ride:
And my ride for long trips:
Although, sometimes the gixxer works for long trips:
Started out on a CB360T:
Then outgrew it and got an SV650S and added a Sharkskinz fairing:
. . . Then after crashing it, I painted it blue:
. . . Then after crashing it again, I got a V-Star 650. It didn't perform too well in our Canadian climate though
We should have a moto photo session some place.
And I see somebody's got a supa moto too
Rhyolite ghost town, Death Valley, CA
Hwy 12 outside Escalante, UT
Klipstien Canyon Road, a detour off of Cerra Norieste Road, not far from my home.
I've had some other bikes, but this is my current love.
This is the best idea I've heard in quite a long while. We could even celebrate your belated birthday!
NEW Smugmug Site
Just last night, for the first time in weeks I had time to just relax and think (work and stuff sux), and I suddenly realized that I've been without a motorbike in this forsaken upside down country for the past several months! It was as if I awoke from a dream, sweaty, upset...
I just keep telling myself: you don't miss your GSadventure, you don't miss your GSadventure.
But... but, I do, I dooooo!!!! :cry
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If it doesn't clash with "work" I'd shoot it for expenses/fee
I'm kinda new to this bike thing..
Next Race - MotoGP Donington
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Hey Erik, my antipodean colleague!
Hang out and enjoy that wonderful country. You'll return soon and we'll help you get set up with a GS. Look on the bright side: they've improved the gearing ratio in the '08s.
We'll have you back up in no time. Meanwhile, enjoy the clean air, ocean views, pleasant people and mediocre coffee!
NEW Smugmug Site
Wonder if we've run into each other.
Facebook Page
Flickr
Dude, ur on GTAM, aren't you?
Sportbiker_kev, here.
*waves*
Indeed, it goes in spurts, this longing for a bike. There's plenty to do and see, and riding in the city isn't really all that much fun, so most of the time, I'm ok being bikeless for a while.
I do love that all-red adventure for 08
and by the way, where do you get off callng the coffee mediocre? have you been to crapbucks lately? blech, i'm glad the aussie's are more european about their coffee - quality, not quantity (like back home, where you order in gallons). speaking of which, i'm off to the newsroom cafe for my morning hit.
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Could you make this thing look good?
I ride dirt on a KDX 200 2-stroker
In addition to my freelance photography I am the Parts and Accessory Manager at a Honda Triumph dealer in New Jersey.
Don't take this as spam but if anyone needs any parts send me a message and I'll see what I can do.
:ivar
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Mine is the cherry red one
Note the sheepskin on all three
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And I get deeper and deeper
The more I see the more I fall no place to hide
You better take the call I get deeper and deeper...The Fixx
I dig the Buell headlights.
Me to.
Here are some shots of some of my Buell buddies.
Nikon D4, Nikon D3, Nikon D3
Nikon 14-24 f2.8, Nikon 24-70 f2.8, Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR II, Nikon 50 f1.8, Nikon 85 f1.4
Nikon 300 f2.8 VR, Nikon 200-400 f4.0 VR II, Nikon 600 f4.0 II, TC-1.4, TC 1.7, TC 2.0
(1) SB-800, (2) SB-900, (4) Multi Max Pocket Wizards