Auction my R80RT?

[horacepro at aol.com]

 My R80RT with fairing is underpowered at highway speeds?
So how come whenever I took it out on the highway I'd find my speed kept creeping up to 90?
Ed Bianchi
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-----Original Message-----
From: Will Andalora <will_andalora at hotmail.com>
To: mdairheads at casano.com <mdairheads at casano.com>
Cc: paairheads at casano.com <paairheads at casano.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 15, 2021 11:29 am
Subject: RE: Auction my R80RT?

#yiv1613420877 #yiv1613420877 -- _filtered {} _filtered {}#yiv1613420877 #yiv1613420877 p.yiv1613420877MsoNormal, #yiv1613420877 li.yiv1613420877MsoNormal, #yiv1613420877 div.yiv1613420877MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;}#yiv1613420877 a:link, #yiv1613420877 span.yiv1613420877MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv1613420877 .yiv1613420877MsoChpDefault {} _filtered {}#yiv1613420877 div.yiv1613420877WordSection1 {}#yiv1613420877 I am forwarding the post to the MD Airheads list as well.   For anyone that hasn’t ridden an R80, I highly recommend them. I’ve been riding my R80/7 for ten years and it really is the smoothest engine BMW made.   I personally do not like riding behind a fairing and the R80 is a little underpowered to push that large fairing at highway speeds.  Easy enough to pull off and make a nice naked R80 that is well suited for one up touring and even two up with a bit more shifting.   The 37/11 low gearing rear drive makes the bike quick in the mountains and it will sit at +/- 5200 rpms all day pulling 80 on the interstate if you are into that sort of thing…   Best,   Will            Sent from Mail for Windows 10   From: Craig Barnhart
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 7:04 AM
To: horacepro at aol.com
Cc: paairheads at casano.com
Subject: Re: Auction my R80RT?   Hi Ed,    Have you advertised to the MD Airheads?    Also I have heard from one MD Airhead that The best vintage and classic cars for sale online | Bring a Trailer worked well for him.    Craig    On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 1:21 PM horacepro--- via PAAirheads <paairheads at casano.com> wrote: 
All,    I have been trying to sell my 1984 R80RT for maybe a year now.  I've gotten a number of emails asking for photos and descriptions and two visits by potential buyers.  Not much in the way of results.  This despite the fact that -- at least in the opinion of Tom Cutter of the Rubber Chicken Garage -- I am offering it at an attractive price.    I am getting to the point where I just want to get this done.  I do know that bikes get auctioned off on eBay.  I wonder if anybody here knows how well that works.  I'm not looking to make a killing.  I'd just be happy to get the bike sold for a fair price.  Informed opinion would be welcome.    I've attached a written description -- in Word format -- and a bunch of photos in case anybody here has an interest.    Best, Ed Bianchi 717-649-5251    
      
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