I'll go first - Really enjoy offroad-BMW's

Ride your BMW off the perceived safety of tarmac? Let the verbal/written adventure begin...
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Chris in BC
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I'll go first - Really enjoy offroad-BMW's

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I have always enjoyed riding offroad and camping. The airhead has always worked well at this, being reliable, able to carry all the gear and fun to ride.

1974 - Crossing the Sahara - 1974 R90/6
1974 - Crossing the Sahara - 1974 R90/6
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1978 - The Andes in Peru   - 1974 R90/6 (different bike from Africa)
1978 - The Andes in Peru - 1974 R90/6 (different bike from Africa)
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My friend Duncan - 1978 R80/7 - road tires - Backroads in BC, Canada
My friend Duncan - 1978 R80/7 - road tires - Backroads in BC, Canada
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Ok, seems to be a 3 picture maximum
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hey, your pictures don't work...
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Matt wrote:hey, your pictures don't work...
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They used to be here. Did they get deleted from the forum's database?
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There's been some "technical difficulties".
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When you get it fixed, one of us moderators can clean up these superfluous posts. (God spellchecker is great!)
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Well the pics are there now. And boy are they working for me. That BC pic of that rocky track. Now thats optomistic. I must say, whatever marque one was riding in those days, make Adventure Riding these days pale in comparison.
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R65 Rob wrote:God spellchecker is great!
We have a spell checker! Hallif$#*lulia. Where is it?
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the pix are there now. Great pix BTW.
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I thought they were tough Machines, but!!!!....maybe I should stop thinking about buying a R100GSs!
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Chris in BC wrote:I have always enjoyed riding offroad and camping. The airhead has always worked well at this, being reliable, able to carry all the gear and fun to ride.

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Your photos bring back memories of similar exploits.I don't know if you know Phil "Fuzzy" Funnell, but back in the '70's, he used to have rides called Funnell's Follies.This was long before "Adventure Motorcycles". For instance,we would ride off road to east of Vancouver,to the top of Camel Mountain to the CBC (?) repeater tower and camp in the most remote places. On one ride we had to put a rough bridge together using saplings and rope to get across a small river. I was riding my '72 R60/5 with "S" bars and Krauser saddlebags. Needless to say it was an experience not to be forgotten.

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