From maineam2 at gmail.com  Tue Jun  2 11:55:18 2020
From: maineam2 at gmail.com (Nik Rende)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 11:55:18 -0400
Subject: My new luggage.....
Message-ID: <5e9a88fc-09ae-4733-2344-23ed00dde947@gmail.com>

For those who don't do the Facetube Airhead Beemer page, I added some 
new panniers to my RS over the weekend.? They are from Acmemoto2 in NC.? 
Made in the US by Scott and Suzanne Olofson.? I saw them at the RA last 
year and have been badly desiring them ever since, especially after 
packing my old OE BMW bags for the two week trip.? The mounting plate 
Acmemoto2 includes does not destroy the old mount so the OE bags can be 
reinstalled.? Scott had the bags on his R75 but said he had to make 
custom standoffs to clear the shocks.? He also reported that he 
relocated the rear turn signals to the reflector mounts on the sides of 
the license plate since they wouldn't clear either.? I found that simply 
shortening the stalks they are mounted on with my Dremel, I could fit 
them in a relatively stock fashion.? The bags come with one custom oiled 
canvas tool bag.? It mounts in the lid.? They make removable luggage as 
well.

AcmeMoto <https://www.acmemoto2.com>

Hope you're all well and getting some riding in during this great 
weather.? I am STILL waiting for my tank.? Ande has been diligently 
working on getting down to bare metal but it's been a process.? It 
almost looks like the original coating from BMW was simply covered over 
at some point with another coating.? :(

Nik
Maine A/M

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From maineam2 at gmail.com  Tue Jun  2 15:06:12 2020
From: maineam2 at gmail.com (Nik Rende)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 15:06:12 -0400
Subject: HOLY MOLY BATMAN!!
Message-ID: <dc0187d0-63e7-dfc5-0027-3a7629340cdd@gmail.com>

Don't know how many of you peruse Bring-A-Trailer but this little 
crumpet showed up today.....

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1992-bmw-r100rs-motorcycle-2/

TWO MILES!!!? TWO!? A brand new R100RS!? Sure all the rubber needs to be 
replaced but what a small price to pay for a BRAND NEW R100RS!

I'm going to watch the auction to see how much it goes for. Should be 
interesting.

Nik
Maine A/M



From maineam1 at yahoo.com  Tue Jun  2 19:48:29 2020
From: maineam1 at yahoo.com (Jim Fisk)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 19:48:29 -0400
Subject: HOLY MOLY BATMAN!!
In-Reply-To: <dc0187d0-63e7-dfc5-0027-3a7629340cdd@gmail.com>
References: <dc0187d0-63e7-dfc5-0027-3a7629340cdd@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <EFD443A0-361D-4AF5-8F67-EC92F8C87D67@yahoo.com>

Almost as nice as mine?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 2, 2020, at 15:06, Nik Rende <maineam2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ?Don't know how many of you peruse Bring-A-Trailer but this little crumpet showed up today.....
> 
> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1992-bmw-r100rs-motorcycle-2/
> 
> TWO MILES!!!  TWO!  A brand new R100RS!  Sure all the rubber needs to be replaced but what a small price to pay for a BRAND NEW R100RS!
> 
> I'm going to watch the auction to see how much it goes for. Should be interesting.
> 
> Nik
> Maine A/M
> 




From maineam1 at yahoo.com  Tue Jun  2 19:48:29 2020
From: maineam1 at yahoo.com (Jim Fisk)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 19:48:29 -0400
Subject: HOLY MOLY BATMAN!!
In-Reply-To: <dc0187d0-63e7-dfc5-0027-3a7629340cdd@gmail.com>
References: <dc0187d0-63e7-dfc5-0027-3a7629340cdd@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <EFD443A0-361D-4AF5-8F67-EC92F8C87D67@yahoo.com>

Almost as nice as mine?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 2, 2020, at 15:06, Nik Rende <maineam2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ?Don't know how many of you peruse Bring-A-Trailer but this little crumpet showed up today.....
> 
> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1992-bmw-r100rs-motorcycle-2/
> 
> TWO MILES!!!  TWO!  A brand new R100RS!  Sure all the rubber needs to be replaced but what a small price to pay for a BRAND NEW R100RS!
> 
> I'm going to watch the auction to see how much it goes for. Should be interesting.
> 
> Nik
> Maine A/M
> 




From maineam2 at gmail.com  Fri Jun  5 18:24:43 2020
From: maineam2 at gmail.com (Nik Rende)
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 18:24:43 -0400
Subject: The Air Store
Message-ID: <60abbff5-a26c-e745-15eb-a39dcec76a4f@gmail.com>

So... As most all of you know Dave has been running the Airstore for, 
like, forever now and is retiring.? Well, Ernie Baragar in Reno NV is 
taking it over for him!? This is great news for sure as it's a hell of 
an undertaking and commitment.

Nik
Maine A/M



From maineam2 at gmail.com  Mon Jun  8 08:09:37 2020
From: maineam2 at gmail.com (Nik Rende)
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 08:09:37 -0400
Subject: So...... The new R1800
Message-ID: <587ead31-0ed8-00d3-6089-c86f051086fa@gmail.com>

I read Wes Flemming's article about it.? I've certainly been following 
it's development, first as a skeptic - why the HELL would BMW, purveyor 
of all things high tech take 70ish year old engine design and make a new 
version of it, and make it AIR COOLED at that?? I figured it was hype.? 
But I was wrong and here it is. I've been seeing pictures of it in the 
back of a resto-mod pickup doing tours of events and shows and such and 
showing up everywhere on social media.? In reading Flemming's article, I 
find out that BMW went all millennial and produced a YouTube series with 
some dude from the left coast late last year to tease about the bike and 
give folks a sense of where the R1800 (I do with they'd have gone with 
just R18) came from.? Now that I've seen some episodes and gained some 
insight into how the R18 came to be (I'm just gonna call it that), I see 
what BMW is trying to do.? It's not your father's (or, yours I guess) 
R1200C for sure!? This bike is definitely more in the RnineT /2 homage 
vein - another recent BMW Motorrad offering that turns my dials.? The 
styling cues from the R5 are unmistakable.? The shape of the frame as it 
leaves the steering post and arches out slightly before rounding the 
bottom of the engine.? The top rail running down directly to the final 
drive where it wraps around, the only addition is a vertical brace half 
way likely owing to the larger overall size for rigidity. The shape and 
look of the tank with its black paint and white pinstripe.? The open, 
nickle plated drive shaft.? The inverted forks and the solo swing seat.? 
The timing cover.? Even that hideous exhaust was available on the R5, 
albeit not quite as pronounced.

I get it.? All of it.? And the fact that I missed the whole social media 
event and blitz isn't surprising as it is clear where BMW is heading 
with this.? The series drips authenticity and heritage which are 
millennial watchwords.? It wasn't aimed at me and that's fine.? I like 
the bike.

The is no question that it's an airhead.? When the Airheads was founded 
in 1991 and the last airhead rolled off the line in 1995, we never would 
have envisioned another one.

But, is it an Airhead?