1978 Bmw R100rs

[Rub]

According to some my '80 R100RS is badly abused. In order to keep up with my wife's modern Honda VFR I had to breath on it a little. It has a big bore kit (1050), sport cam, ported large valve heads, triple valve springs, titanium collars, light wrist pins, light flywheel, modified airbox, modified exhaust, dual plugged, ignition booster, fork brace, billet top tree, and a braced swingarm. It will pull 8500RPM in high gear. It is also still very streetworthy and has been coast to coast in that guise. I have put over 50,000 mi since the conversion and it still runs great. Purists claim it won't be any good to ride, it will break, etc. All my bikes have always been modified and this one is no exception.
Robbie

[Buzz Kanter]

A few weeks ago I bought a 1979 BMW R100RS (a bike I have long admired and ridden with when I had a R90S in the late 1970s) on ebay. I bought it, flew to Texas and rode ti back 2,054 miles to Connecticut.

The bike had almost 70,000 miles on the odometer and it give me excellent service on my long solo ride back - even through the very high temperatures, flash floods and more. Over the 6 days it took to get home (including stops at Barber and Wheels Through Time museums) I logged 2 days of over 700 miles each.

I am enjoying this bike a lot and it is bringing back some great memories of the old airhead BMWs I used to ride 30 years ago.

[Rub]

Good for you on your ride Buzz,
My old RS is still the fastest/smoothest/most comfortable bike for long trips. I don't ride it nearly enough with the other stuff , but it never fails to impress me!
Robbie

[chiefj48]

I just picked up a '77 R100S Original Paint bike with 59kmiles, and it runs great!!! the bike has alot of soul, and i just can't seem to stop riding it!!!
this is my first BMW, and i am impressed with it!!! very very nice bike!!!

[Bobber59]

Got an '81 R100 myself. Has 97,000 miles on her and people still ask how she stays so clean! I flew into Long Beach at about 8 pm the night I bought her. After a half hour of conversation with the very reluctant-selling owner (I think he didn't want me to leave on her!)...I started her up and rode straight through to Seattle...if I remember correctly, 23 hours of riding with one catnap thrown in some where north of Sacramento! Into the wee hours of the night, I did some 90-100 MPH stretches on deserted route 5 ...and you talk about smooth and steady handling!

This is my third BMW (Had a great K1100RS and my first BMW was an R75/5) ....you can't knock these German motorcycles...45 years in the saddle, most impressive motorcycle I've ever owned!

Bobber59
'55 Ariel Sq4, '42 UL, '50 FLH, and trusty '81 R100 BMW

[LouieMCman]

I know what you mean Neil, I have a '72 toaster tank (best looking Beemer ever built by the way) for the last 20 years and have only done oil changes and valve adjustments. I ride it about 2000 miles a year as a spare bike and it just keeps running. It is some what of a gutless wonder because it is an R60, I take it to the blue ridge once a year for a long weekend run, usually about 500 miles. I ran into the Alabama BMW club one year at the Blue Ridge MC campground and some guy ask me how it ran in the mountains. I told him it ran great DOWN the hills, but kind of SLOW UP them. I'll dig out a picture to post....
Onlt a few more years and yours will be an antique Neil..