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Race Dog
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2006
- Messages
- 3,557
- Reaction score
- 9
- Location
- Gauteng 1150ADV
- Bike
- BMW R1150GS Adventure
Many of you may remember our old friend BeemerMan (RIP), he made a hefty contribution here in the Garage section of the forum in his time.
I was fortunate to get the R60/6 he had when his wife was cleaning out after his passing.
At the time the old girl was looking very sad, the heads were off, both pistons broken. Headlight stripped and wires everywhere. This is teh bike when he was trying to sell it:
The bike stood for a long time, pissing oil and fluids everywhere in my garage while i was thinking.
I pondered on what to do with the bike and spent many months building a pinterest board just for the 60 onoriginal, customs, wierd, etc.
I have vintage and classics and love old originals, but this bike did nothing for me as original.
Eventually i decided the bike is going custom. Here is the 2 bikes that gave the direction.
and
It was going to be a cross between a tracker and a cafe...
I was fortunate to get the R60/6 he had when his wife was cleaning out after his passing.
At the time the old girl was looking very sad, the heads were off, both pistons broken. Headlight stripped and wires everywhere. This is teh bike when he was trying to sell it:
The bike stood for a long time, pissing oil and fluids everywhere in my garage while i was thinking.
I pondered on what to do with the bike and spent many months building a pinterest board just for the 60 onoriginal, customs, wierd, etc.
I have vintage and classics and love old originals, but this bike did nothing for me as original.
Eventually i decided the bike is going custom. Here is the 2 bikes that gave the direction.
and
It was going to be a cross between a tracker and a cafe...
