Another new member

[Saintex]

I guys,

Well I've finally joined the club. I'd seen the ads for the R100RT's and RS when the first came out, problem was I couldn't afford them and the fact that I was 13 didn't help either.

Always liked the darned things so last year I started the search and finally found a one owner 1986 R80RT in good nick for a realistic price. The guys had never sold any of his BMW's. Here she is with he sisters.



Here's a close up.



For $2500 I couldn't realy past it up. Sure she's got 168,000k but...
Didn't like the side stickers, the highway foot pegs and the weird tailpipes so that's the first thing that went.

A year later we took her out for my first real ride of the season. With my brother and a buddy we left Ottawa for Cape Breton via the eastern US states.

Here I am with her on the Cabot trail.



Mindless to say she performed flawlessly, My brother freaked out that I took a 4000km ride on a 30 year old bike I had just bought but he knows nothing.

So ther it is .Iwill have questions but a quick search already told me that it's OK for my speedo to read 20k's over, that the bouncing needle means it's probably shoot and that I have the wrong rear tyre. I think Ill go for a Bridgestone Sptifire.

Cheers guys.

[SteveD]

Welcome.

[Bamboo812]

Pretty bike!

[Duane Ausherman]

With proper maintenance, it can be a reliable as when new, or sometimes, even better.

[Saintex]

Thanks guys,

One thing that I'd like to replace are the pipes. I know originals are rare to none existant, but what are the options?
These seem too short to me.

[Bamboo812]

Well, for one thing, it looks like your mufflers are mounted upside down (wrong side) I think they should angle down. It may be they are aftermarket, and needed to be mounted that way to clear the bags? See what I mean?

[Duane Ausherman]

Those are too short. Find something that is quiet. It makes a world of difference when touring.

Still, it is beautiful.

[Saintex]

Well, for one thing, it looks like your mufflers are mounted upside down (wrong side) I think they should angle down. It may be they are aftermarket, and needed to be mounted that way to clear the bags? See what I mean?

Bamboo, good catch. Pretty obvious for the picture you got. Weird though, if anything mounting them that way would give less clearance for the bags.

Duane, I agree they are too short and that bugs me but I'm too new to boxers to know what I can get a a replacement.
Any ideas?

Thanks again guys.

[khittner1]

I think it's the muffler brackets on the back side of the mufflers that are mounted 90 out that are making the OE mufflers look weird.

[jagarra]

Maybe swapping mufflers and flipping brackets will move them down.