1978 BMW R-Series

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Due to past difficulties, I will not accept bids from bidders seeking delivery outside of the United States, nor from bidders with eBay feedback scores of less than 10 or eBay membership of less than one year.I bought this bike in 1996, with about 22,000 on the odo. Unfortunately, the original bodywork was long gone. The bike is no longer a true R100RS, sporting that beautiful bodywork that makes this model such a classic. The bike is largely unrestored, with a few cosmetic defects - pin striping worn through, wear on the saddle, a damaged rear seat cowl poorly repaired and some scratches on the front frame down tubes where crash bars were removed (see pictures).After getting the bike running and safe to ride, initial mods were San Jose BMW's 38 mm Mikuni carb conversion kit, dual plugging heads, Dyna ignition and alloy upper triple clamp. Over the years, I've replaced the clutch, rebuilt the gearbox (including the BMW shift kit), refreshed the top end with Ed Korn installed unleaded fuel valve seats and new valves, bored cylinders to the first oversize and installed new +1 OEM pistons and rings along with light weight wrist pins, replaced rusted out mufflers with new OEM mufflers, replaced front and rear brake lines and had Palo Alto Speedometer go through the instrument cluster and rebuild the speedometer.I have done some light touring on this bike but mostly ridden it commuting in recent years. It runs fine on 91 octane gas, with no pinging. It has always been garaged. While not a true classic, this is a nice old bike that I will be sad to part with. Included are some tune up parts (oil change kits, spark plugs, push rod seals, head gaskets). I have a stock seat cover, should you wish to fix the seat wear. Some airhead special tools, too.