[MDairheads] Festival of Fives

[romefelt]

    	....or as long as there is gasoline, there will always be a /5 on the road !
    	
    	

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On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 8:22 PM -0400, "Sailorcto" <sailorcto at gmail.com> wrote:










I guess that was my point, although you said it more eloquently. Who amongst us doesn’t love the simplicity of the /5 headlight?
On Sep 3, 2019, at 19:52, romefelt <romefelt at yahoo.com> wrote:


  
  
  
    
    	I think it’s kinda sad how von der Marwitz received so little credit... his ground up re-design laid the foundation for another 25 years of true Airhead engine production....with continued hurrahs to Bob Lutz for seizing the moment (and the re-design) and taking it to an entirely new level with R90S and to Hans Anton Muth for R90S, R100Rs, R80gs and the R45/65
    	
    	

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On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 5:53 PM -0400, "Sailorcto" <sailorcto at gmail.com> wrote:










That’s it, Seneca Rocks. Rocketman was a great guy, Jeff something. Probably on ADVrider if I recall correctly. 

On Sep 3, 2019, at 14:47, Jim McKinna  wrote:

Re:Festival of Fives

I believe that was Seneca Rocks.

I came late to the party, but.....
I think the guy that organized FoFs went by the name Rocket Man.  I had heard he moved on to another type of  motorcycle.  He was on the BMWBMW forums.  Hmm...  I think he also changed his online name to something else.  Or maybe it was the other way around.  I don’t remember things so well anymore.

I went out to what may have been the last of those events.  Rocket Man did not show but we had a good time.  I heard stories it used to be quite the event.  Certainly a beautiful place to hold a rally.  My son tells me the Princess Snowbird campground has a new bathhouse.

Jim
> On Sep 3, 2019, at 11:15 AM, Sailorcto via MDAirheads  wrote:
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> Interesting. A half a century ago, the /5 was BMW breakaway from the staid traditions of pre-70’s, magneto bikes. 50-years, yet outside of the Festival of Fives (does this still happen in Seneca Falls??), and them being sought after—no fanfare like the RS and GS. 
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> On Sep 3, 2019, at 09:12, romefelt via MDAirheads  wrote:
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> 50 years ago this month, the first /5's rolled off the assembly line in Spandau....The lead motorcycle in September 1969 was a R60/5....
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