Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] motorbikes (was death threats
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:43:55 +0100
References: <20001127131718.26332.qmail@web1103.mail.yahoo.com> <f05010408b6482c494fc0@[195.64.100.180]>

Hi Christer,

Clearly the boxer BMWs are the M series, and the K-bikes correspond to
the R. Within these, I am not sure how to assign. The 75/6 is maybe the
M3? and the K1200 would be the R8.

Nathan

Christer Almqvist wrote:

> Nathan,
>
> I recently took my 1974 BMW 75/6 which I bought in 1992 for 12,000
> french francs to the BMW  repair shop in Hamburg for a general
> overhaul which they will do during the winter months when repair
> business is slack. It is the first garage visit it has had since I
> bought it. BMW here have all spares in stock or can get them
> overnight. I am just hoping you will not be proven right when you
> talk about expensive addiction, so far it has been pretty economical
> to run.
>
> Last Saturday I had to scrape the ice off my BMW R80 before I took it
> for a spin. Off the saddle that is.
>
> To keep this on topic, what Leica would be the eqivalent of the 75/6?
> I guess the R80 would be an M5
>
> Chris
> --
> Christer Almqvist
> D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or
> F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France

- --
Nathan Wajsman
Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland

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In reply to: Message from Nathan Wajsman <belgiangator@yahoo.com> (Re: [Leica] death threats)
Message from Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net> ([Leica] motorbikes (was death threats)