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Title: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: Dennis de Vries on July 16, 2014, 01:54:06 AM
Hello to all, Dennis here from the Netherlands.
I recently bought my first K bike, first Beemer to for that matter.
It's a K75RT from 1990 with near to 360k km showing on the odo but still running sweet.
I have been bikeless for the last oh, say 6 years, so still a bit rusty but it's all coming back quite rapidly as the bike just fits me like a glove.
Rider comfort, good upright seating (my back likes that) not to quick (nervous) handling and an engine which doesn't hit you in the back with a big bat but is always there when you need it, no matter the revrange it's in at that point, it just goes.
Yep, we're going to get along just fine

Other than that, the basics... Yes I'm married, happily to i should ad, and we have 3 kids.
Took our son for a brief spin on the back lately (first time for him) and now he keeps asking when we go out riding again.... I think he's bitten :2thumbup:
The girls will have to wait until we have fitting helmets for them as to big a helmet is just as bad as no helmet (and we are not allowed to ride without a helmet here, should one want to opt for that...)
I'm a truckdriver by trade, long days working but home every night after I've been doing the long(ish) haul for about 8 years, seen a lot of Europe in that time...
Now for the shorter trips, but home every night, so our kids know their dad for real, not just a voice on the Phone who mommy says is that man in that picture that drops by every sunday....

Ow and I'm 41, so finally decided is was "old enough" for a Beemer  :hehehe (Sorry but here in Holland a Beemer is still considered an old man's bike)


Eehm..... That's about it i think, for now....

Greets, Dennis
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: roninvt on July 16, 2014, 07:27:34 AM
Welcome Dennis de Vries..post some pics of your bike
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: Bokobob on July 16, 2014, 08:04:36 AM
Thank you for you very interesting introduction.....welcome to the forum.....Ain't no bike like a K bike in my estimation.
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: Dennis de Vries on July 16, 2014, 08:13:57 AM
Eehm.... That would require taking it for a photoshoot first, then....  :yes
Will do, just not jet, have to clean her up a bit first. In the mean time, try picturing an all white RT, black wheels, motor and Touring hard bags, a bit dirty and scratched up from the years....
Oh wait, just remembered, i posted 2 on Facebook the day i picked her up!

(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/dazony/motor/BMW%20K75RT/BMW2_zps5d4cd760.jpg) (http://s41.photobucket.com/user/dazony/media/motor/BMW%20K75RT/BMW2_zps5d4cd760.jpg.html)

(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/dazony/motor/BMW%20K75RT/BMW1_zps6664468a.jpg) (http://s41.photobucket.com/user/dazony/media/motor/BMW%20K75RT/BMW1_zps6664468a.jpg.html)

Yep, that's her  :yes
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: roninvt on July 16, 2014, 11:59:43 AM
nice pix
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: drut on July 16, 2014, 12:46:33 PM
Welcome,enjoyed your post.Nice bike & as for the "old man's bike" a well ridden one can surprise quite a few.
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: Dennis de Vries on July 16, 2014, 01:21:07 PM
Yep.... Happened to me 18 years ago....
R80, sunbleached jacket, long grey beard and impossible to keep up with on my Kawi Turbo back then...
Boy how that man could ride
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: WayneDW on July 16, 2014, 10:43:26 PM
welcome!
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: Green Monster on July 18, 2014, 09:42:56 AM
Welcome fellow K-biker!  Nice looking ride!
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: Dennis de Vries on July 18, 2014, 02:52:45 PM
Thanx! It sure is a nice ride indeed, fits me like a glove :D
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: racinrich on July 20, 2014, 10:44:14 PM
welcome,nice pix, ride it like you stole it , give no quarter !!! :mm
Title: Re: Let's do the polite thing first....
Post by: Dennis de Vries on July 20, 2014, 11:05:56 PM
Ride it like i stole it? Have we met before? :D