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I'm thinking of going to the BMW bash the first week of July at Garmisch-Partenkirchen,My question is would it be do-able on my R 65? ,the mileage is about 1160 miles one way, what kind of MPG can i expect,what kind of cruising speed can the bike handle.
I'm nearing the end of a restoration so i still haven't riding the bike so i don't know what a boxer will be like,I had a k100 but that's a different beast.
Alba Gu Brath,

Sorry that I don't know the R65. I've ridden my R90S that far and my R100 based bikes further than that and they all did very well. I don't see why the bike wouldn't be fine for that trip. In the end, it will probably depend mostly upon the work you did to the bike.

Have a great trip.

Chuey

derek, THEY ride on the OTHER side of the road. At least with a moto, it not as big a problem as with a motorcar!
In the hills here in SC, our 1980 R65 got around 54 mpg (US gal) Of course, that had a lot to do with if we had to be in traffic or a lot of highway. It would go up to 120 kph nicely but we also had a small windscreen to help, there.
It ran fine on "regular" gas which is about the same here as on the continent.
I think it is not a LEFT-LANE bike, however. Your K100 is (or was) if you still have it.

I think you should be fine

orJustoneoftheguys Rob could answer better


I could ride my LWB 800 to a 1000 miles in a day

recently changed to SWB that was a answer I was looking for

derek1922 wrote:I'm thinking of going to the BMW bash the first week of July at Garmisch-Partenkirchen,My question is would it be do-able on my R 65? ,the mileage is about 1160 miles one way, what kind of MPG can i expect,what kind of cruising speed can the bike handle.

Here is your answer. If he can do this, your R65 will be absolutely fine.



http://www.thepostman.org.uk/

Relax and enjoy the trip, the bike will eat it for breakfast if you have it set up correctly.

Cheers Darryl

I see what you mean Darryl,thanks for the link.

My '81 gets about 45 miles per puny U.S. gallon and will happily cruise at 90 mph if I don't get caught.

A well-maintained R65 will have no problem covering 1200 miles in two days. But, as the humble owner of a Honda horizontal single (the "Greatest Ever Motorcycle" C70 ---the better-dressed sibling of the CT90/110), an R65 is no Honda single . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLjnqkXNWJs

You will be fine, barring any typical mechanical breakdowns, of course.