R1232

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A vintage bike with a R1200 motor.... I am impressed...lots of class...really nice. But probably a cost above ....maybe $30,000.???
I wonder what the ride is like?

http://www.bmwmoa.org/news/general_inte ... sign_flair

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i wonder how bad ass it sounds with those pipe :)
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I wonder how that thing handles? I bet it is a little more than scary.
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Will that take a scout fairing?
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Wonder how it stops !
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ErikM wrote:Wonder how it stops !
Brakes? We don't need no steenkin' brakes!

You probably have to drag your feet to stop it.

Edit: Oops I didn't look at the photo very well before posting, looks like it doesn't have the stock brakes, so maybe it does stop!
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The article mentions front brakes are to be on the production model. I think the original model of 1923 had a clamp on the drive shaft for a rear brake with 8.5 hp.. :lol:
A front drum, rear block per wikipedia ... is a block brake akin to a clamp on the drive shaft?
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