1979 BMW R-Series

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This is my 1979 BMW R100s that I have decided to sell. It's been a great bike, I've had it 8 years and put about 20,000 miles on it. It's best ride it when you can put a whole day into it. Backroads are best, I avoid freeways, the path less traveled and all that. My biggest day was about 700 miles, I'm pretty fresh after 400.I don't know much about the original owner. He took the bike cross country in about 82 or 83 and ran it out of oil. He sold it to the second owner with a broke motor. This is the guy I bought it from, he build most of it, and did a really nice job. I have done my best to continue with good choices when it comes to fix it time. The bike is along way from stock. All of the performance parts are well seasoned, and operating correctly. It's a hoot to ride, it's got 104,000 miles and it's running as good or better than any time I have owned it. Here is a list of what has been done to it, Starting with an R100s R100s heads with the big exhaust valves and header, the Bing carburetors.CC Products big bore cylindersLightened flywheelDual sparkplug heads Dyna gen1 electronic ignitionEURO MOTOELECTRICS Solid State charging system (no more diode board, ya!)Progressive front fork springCC Products billet top triple clamp. (its a fork brace that holds the top of the fork, it's slick) The second owner started with bike that had 15,000ish miles on a 3-4 year old bike. He put the big bore cylinders on it and built the engine and suspension. One thing that he did do was remove the oil cooler. The bike really only needs it when the temp is near 90 and you want to run 80 on the freeway, it has the power, but can get pissy and hot. He ran it for a bunch of years. He said that when he lived it northern California it was his only transportation. When I got it there was 87,000 on the clock. The mechanical stuff was solid, it had some electrical issues. I'm an electrical engineer and a lover of old German stuff, not a problem. Eventually the charging system gave me grief. I repaired the stock system. At that point I had gotten real friendly with the bike, and I really think the ONLY place bmw came up short was the charging system on the bike. Then it happened again. The volt meter was bouncing and I was sure some other old component or another had failed. That's when the EURO MOTOELECTRONICS came into the picture. I like how the installation went. It came together well. It was installed to spec and works fantastically. Now heated cloths are possible. Funny thing is, the voltmeter still bounces, it was the voltmeter that was bad, the charging system was still working. I left it just because it makes me stop and think. (And smile) The bike is not a show bike, it's a runner. I got a KLR650 a while back, last year I only rode the BMW a couple times. I have a VW Bus that needs a motor, and there is only room for one old German machine so I am afraid it's time I find Diether a new home. I have a video of it from a cold start to a ride around the block, contact me and I'll send you a link. Shipping is on you