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Back in the day my brand new 1972 model 750cc combat Interstate cost me £550.
A 750 BMW would have cost around £1200............
Both had Lousy brakes, both could be scarily unstable at speed, the BMW had proper Halogen lights and a half decent charging system with reliable electrics.
I went RTW on BMWs in the late 70s, almost standard road bikes, suffered one wheel bearing, one gearbox endplate arm and one gearbox pawl spring. The Norton did its main bearings and dropped a valve on me in Israel.
Funnily enough today my BMW 90/6 is the bike I did 6000 miles round eastern Europe last summer, off to Greece and in a months time. Still working on the Norton!
A 750 BMW would have cost around £1200............
Both had Lousy brakes, both could be scarily unstable at speed, the BMW had proper Halogen lights and a half decent charging system with reliable electrics.
I went RTW on BMWs in the late 70s, almost standard road bikes, suffered one wheel bearing, one gearbox endplate arm and one gearbox pawl spring. The Norton did its main bearings and dropped a valve on me in Israel.
Funnily enough today my BMW 90/6 is the bike I did 6000 miles round eastern Europe last summer, off to Greece and in a months time. Still working on the Norton!