Was over in Lincoln on Sunday night, for work the next day, and saw these couple of Beauties parked up in the Premier Inn car park. Superb pair of bikes in cracking condition, thought you'd like to see them.....
There's a couple of Beauties!
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Beautiful! Ta for posting.
A 46 year old design. Still looks modern today, and very functional (apart from getting your arms caught in the fairing if moving the bike around in a tight space and the shite turning circle 
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)Very nice. Nieve locks though.
I would sooner look at those, for 20 mins................. than wait for my Tesla to charge up at a motorway service station
dibs. Gold one please.
(Bit optimistic with those locks at a Premier inn).
(Bit optimistic with those locks at a Premier inn).
Second dibs on the gold one. Absolutely lovely.
Neither of these bikes has the rubber boot that seals around the fork leg as it comes through the fairing. Is that a model year thing, or are they just absent on these bikes?
Good spot!
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Nice bikes and pics, thanks for sharing those 
In these days of battery angle grinders, a triplet of 'inferior' locks is probably going to do OK. I would have locked the pair together and to the reception door frame or (ideally) round the Stella pump at a Premier Inn though!
In these days of battery angle grinders, a triplet of 'inferior' locks is probably going to do OK. I would have locked the pair together and to the reception door frame or (ideally) round the Stella pump at a Premier Inn though!
The best airhead engine I has was a 78 100RS. Absolute gem of an engine and that fairing turns a rattly old slug into a rocket ship (maybe a bit of an exaggeration 
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Found the old thread of the rebuild here https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/220790-Time-for-a-new-project
)Found the old thread of the rebuild here https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/220790-Time-for-a-new-project
They fitted them with gaiters so no fairing seals
Aha. Thank you.
My 81 RS had them but they were for ever coming adrift
The pearl white one belongs to me, rebuilt it 4 years ago. They are both registered in 1983 and run like new. My friend, Paul has the beautiful gold one, he clocked up 100,000 miles about 12 miles from Lincoln. We had a 1500 mile week trip round Yorkshire Moors, Dales, Lake District and wales. Could not have wished for a better bike to be on.
The best airhead engine I has was a 78 100RS. Absolute gem of an engine and that fairing turns a rattly old slug into a rocket ship (maybe a bit of an exaggeration
Found the old thread of the rebuild here https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/220790-Time-for-a-new-project
I actually prefer yours!
You and me both. I had a metallic red one, a fairly dark red. Gold wheels and Brembos, 1981 bike. I sold it with 334,000 miles on it and it was fine. Still on the original clutch and the valves hadn't dropped off either. Never cruised faster than 80mph to make the fuel go further. Went to lake Como (bellagio) for the day once - left here in Uttoxeter friday, got to Bellagio hotel in time to get a drink but the food was finished. On the water photographing features for various boat magazines about the classic motor boat rally and individual boats. gala dinner (dinner suit in RH pannier!) at Villa d'Este the Saturday night. Sunday mornign waved the boats off after breakfast and hit the road at 10.00 Italian time - was home in my bed here in Uttoxeter by 03.30 that same night.
My geography teacher had one of these in the late seventies, and I had a poster of one on my wall
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