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- Nov 24, 2016
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I got my recently acquired 84 R80RT running and took it for a ride yesterday. Usually it takes me four or five rides to start to get comfortable on a new bike, but I just couldn’t warm up to it. My 71 750 /5 feels so much lighter with more tractable power. Less buzzy, no stash compartment lids vibrating like a coming train. Now it’s ( the RT) on eBay and will be gone soon. I’ve owned a couple of R100’s that I really liked, but neither was an RT. I took the Norton out afterward and ripped around the empty streets at 4500-5000 rpm. Sooo much better and a young (20 or so) woman at the store said she liked the bike and wanted to see my others. I told my wife and she snorted with laughter. That never happens with a BMW. I’m interested in thoughts about the best airheads. I had an R90S that I didn’t keep long either. Tall first gear, hard on my wrists and too valuable to knock over. I think the R75/5, R90/6 and standard R100 dual front disk models are my favorites.