BMW

[groily]

I thought the clonky transmission was far more of a pain in the proverbial myself

I told my BMW owning friends that my A10 had a better gear change

Ain't that the truth! Is there a clonkier? Suppose there must be, but haven't encountered it yet. Much better on the K series I replaced the twin with, with fewer heavy lumps spinning round though - 100K miles in 3 years on one of them (100RS), and I enjoyed every mile, even if folk think they were a bit boring. Boringly reliable though!

[Colsbeeza]

Thanks Mike. I do like the looks. The motor was modelled on the R50S, so sportier rather than a sidecar tug. I have saved that image for when displayed beside BMW's. The Lilac is also clunky and difficult to engage. The sliding gears have 6 dogs on each, and hard to get speeds right to engage. I have been toying with the idea that next stripdown I may cut 3 of them off.
Col

[muskrat]

G'day Fellas.
I don't know much about the old ones. A mate asked me to bring his 1200RS (I think) 400kms home. Lucky I had about 300kms to get used to the servo brakes before I got to the Clyde Mt. The servo takes about 1/2 a second to respond. At my speeds that's a lot. Braking into corners I'd squeeze but felt nothing so squeeze harder  . Nearly lost the front a few times 
Cheers

[Greybeard]

... The servo takes about 1/2 a second to respond. At my speeds that's a lot. Braking into corners I'd squeeze but felt nothing so squeeze harder  . Nearly lost the front a few times 
Cheers

That sounds mad;  a motorbike needs instant reaction. Are they all like that?

[muskrat]

G'day GB.
I haven't (and don't want to) ridden another.
The few older BM's I've ridden I felt the bars were that narrow I could twiddle my thumbs and sat bolt upright.
Cheers