1 New member Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:02 pm
fastdave
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Hi all,
Names Dave, email fastdave, for back in the old days 1985 to be precise, I had a double telephone line, enabling me to get a blinding 128Kb internet speed! - boring really, nothing to do with my 128 ban!
Anyway, I am the proud owner of an eccentric mechanical inbalanced device - yes, a BMW K100 1987, with a Watsonian sidecar - an amazing and technically well named machine, for it is strange to ride. It goes very well in a straight line, till you brake, then, depending on which brake you use, it swings or pulls to the side - when you accelerate, it drives from the rear, forcing the sidecar down - very important, for if you slow down on a left turn, good chance you'll tip her to your side. Honest, it's scary till you get used to it - they wouldn't be allowed nowadays!! but of course, departments of transport could never admit something they didn't know!
Hey, when I need a quick trip in the fresh air, I have a little Honda 125, and my '91 Honda VFR 750 FL sits in the drive, waiting patiently on a refurb, although it works perfectly.
This BMW is impressive - I see they do them up as street bikes, etc, but being a purist - I'll keep this forever.
I am a mechelec engineer of very long standing, drifted in to HV electrical, as an AP (Authorised person - write safety programs for Maintenance), and enjoyed everything I did - now getting used to doing as I please.
Dave.
Names Dave, email fastdave, for back in the old days 1985 to be precise, I had a double telephone line, enabling me to get a blinding 128Kb internet speed! - boring really, nothing to do with my 128 ban!
Anyway, I am the proud owner of an eccentric mechanical inbalanced device - yes, a BMW K100 1987, with a Watsonian sidecar - an amazing and technically well named machine, for it is strange to ride. It goes very well in a straight line, till you brake, then, depending on which brake you use, it swings or pulls to the side - when you accelerate, it drives from the rear, forcing the sidecar down - very important, for if you slow down on a left turn, good chance you'll tip her to your side. Honest, it's scary till you get used to it - they wouldn't be allowed nowadays!! but of course, departments of transport could never admit something they didn't know!
Hey, when I need a quick trip in the fresh air, I have a little Honda 125, and my '91 Honda VFR 750 FL sits in the drive, waiting patiently on a refurb, although it works perfectly.
This BMW is impressive - I see they do them up as street bikes, etc, but being a purist - I'll keep this forever.
I am a mechelec engineer of very long standing, drifted in to HV electrical, as an AP (Authorised person - write safety programs for Maintenance), and enjoyed everything I did - now getting used to doing as I please.
Dave.