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    WHITE KNIGHT

    Nov 01, 2017 4 minutes
    WORDS GEOFF SEDDON PHOTOS RUSSELL NEUENDORF

    RUSSELL Neuendorf was having not much luck searching for an R-series BMW restoration project when he placed a wanted ad on Gumtree mid last year. It elicited a response from Peter Butler, who was about to list an R75/5 that he had as a project but never got around to restoring. It was totally original, had done less than 27,000km and its history was known. Perfect.

    The bike was sold new from the BMW export delivery facility in Munich in May, 1973, to Tasmanian Kevin Whittaker, who then toured it extensively throughout Europe. Kevin later shipped it home but rode it rarely before selling it to his close friend Peter Butler

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