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    Project BMW

    Jul 26, 2021 4 minutes
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    I WOULD REALLY LIKE THIS R100 ON THE road by October. Allowing for the newly-opened world filling up weekends and general middle-aged laziness and apathy in the evenings, this means I need to press on. The plan is for an autumnal ride up to Skye with my friend Mikko on his R100 – optimistic I realise, but one needs a goal, you know.

    THE FRAME. OH, THE DAMN FRAME

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    I’d checked the wheel alignment before spreading the bike all over the county, so was happy of straightness. It was in good order, too, but the surface rust was too much to put up with, even though I’m going for a

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