Project BMW
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. POLITICIANS often call for resignations of rivals for cheap point-scoring without looking at the monster awaiting in the wings. When restoring a previous bike some time ago, I had a really difficult time sourcing parts with only one, somewhat rude supplier, who mocked you if you didn’t have the intimate knowledge they did of your model. I restored rather than bought new parts and oh, how I wished for more, better sources.
“That doesn’t stop you looking at the price of a shiny new exhaust, new paintwork, new wheel rims, new foot rubbers and even a brand new loom.”
With BMWs we do have many more and better sources – rejoice! In the UK we have a couple of large and several smaller suppliers, all friendly, all efficient and all there to help, with more spread around the world. And there lies a problem, albeit one more preferable to the previous issue – that of temptation, and as a consequence, cost! All those parts, those shiny, new parts, waiting for credit card details for your machine to be shinier than ever before! The bills for the BMW R100(R)S continue
