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Greetings from Brazil Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:39 am
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Hello to everyone from sunny Brazil,
Just to give you some background info, I’ve lived in Brazil since 1993 but I’m from the North of England.
I've recently acquired a K100RS ABS with the ‘official’ side cases and a Givi topbox. Over here bikes and cars are really expensive, one of the times I miss living in the UK. I paid almost US$12,000 for this bike, for the same money I could have bought an at most two-year old ‘lesser’ marque but since I also have a pair of Mercedes-Benz I’m used to inflated prices by now! One of my MBs is a ‘youngtimer’ 1992 300E (w124) and the other a classic 1976 280S (w116).
In Brazil, it is not uncommon to find owners of older MBs with BMW bikes too. This is the second time I’ve bought a BMW, although I had not wanted to get one this time round as the support for them is quite poor over here. But, once bitten by the BMW bug, just like Mercedes-Benz, you just have to return to the marque!
I was running a 2010 Honda as a daily rider but found it to be an expensive machine to keep and poor performance after much searching I had decided to buy a 2008 Suzuki 750. However, after a brief moment of inspiration I decided to look for an older BMW as I really do not find newer bikes that interesting. Luckily I found this particular K100RS in almost showroom condition. Struck up a deal and have been happy since. My only bugbear is that I just don’t get to ride her enough even though I cover about 400 miles a week.
My first BMW was a R75/5 which had been a revelation, this K is just fabulous especially when you consider that 27 years after its original launch onto the market it is still a modern machine.
Just to give you some background info, I’ve lived in Brazil since 1993 but I’m from the North of England.
I've recently acquired a K100RS ABS with the ‘official’ side cases and a Givi topbox. Over here bikes and cars are really expensive, one of the times I miss living in the UK. I paid almost US$12,000 for this bike, for the same money I could have bought an at most two-year old ‘lesser’ marque but since I also have a pair of Mercedes-Benz I’m used to inflated prices by now! One of my MBs is a ‘youngtimer’ 1992 300E (w124) and the other a classic 1976 280S (w116).
In Brazil, it is not uncommon to find owners of older MBs with BMW bikes too. This is the second time I’ve bought a BMW, although I had not wanted to get one this time round as the support for them is quite poor over here. But, once bitten by the BMW bug, just like Mercedes-Benz, you just have to return to the marque!
I was running a 2010 Honda as a daily rider but found it to be an expensive machine to keep and poor performance after much searching I had decided to buy a 2008 Suzuki 750. However, after a brief moment of inspiration I decided to look for an older BMW as I really do not find newer bikes that interesting. Luckily I found this particular K100RS in almost showroom condition. Struck up a deal and have been happy since. My only bugbear is that I just don’t get to ride her enough even though I cover about 400 miles a week.
My first BMW was a R75/5 which had been a revelation, this K is just fabulous especially when you consider that 27 years after its original launch onto the market it is still a modern machine.
1986 k75, 1985 K100rt, 