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Offline stokester

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K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« on: October 18, 2019, 10:00:38 PM »
Richard Backus the founding editor of Motorcycle Classics has a K75.

Motorcycle Classics K75
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Offline natalena

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Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2019, 08:54:02 AM »
He doesn't sound super enthused, but the brick may just grow on him.
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Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2019, 04:28:14 PM »
Ditto Natalena:  An auto sales manager friend's frequent refrain:  "There's a car for every butt". 

Many vehicles are appliances, glorified go karts.  My mom a calligrapher  did an art  piece the phrase of which encapsulates my opinion on this somewhat irritating article: 
“Utility equals beauty”.
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Offline stokester

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Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2019, 07:02:35 PM »
Quote from: natalena on October 21, 2019, 08:54:02 AM
He doesn't sound super enthused, but the brick may just grow on him.
Me too.
When I bought my first K75 it was to replace an Airhead for my daily rider.  It took a bit but I found it to be the perfect replacement.
The longer rides made me realize the comfort and long-term bike that the K75 has proven to be with its reliability and maintainability.
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Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2019, 09:58:29 PM »
Do some longer tours -- say, 500 miles on a mildly twisty hilly 2-lane -- and that K75 comes into its own.

But really I can't go too far in praising it. It's my only bike and I don't have much to compare it to.
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Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2019, 06:58:56 PM »
"boring". and as much personality as an air compressor ?, no soul? he needs a Hardly.
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Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2019, 09:23:25 PM »
There is some validity to the K75 being appliance-like.  After several decades of boring dependability I had an indescribable urge to own something that constantly needed fixing, so I bought a Ural.  I have not been disappointed.
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Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2019, 06:50:01 AM »
His other bike is a Laverda.
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Offline Martin

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Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2019, 07:05:23 AM »
I love my boring appliance. Best appliance ever. If I could only get it to do the dishes.
Regards Martin.
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Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2019, 12:44:53 PM »
Ilsa, my K75RT, reminds me of my 73 year old Toastmaster toaster that just keeps on making two perfectly caramelized slices of bread every morning, a time of day when I just can't deal with disappointment.
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Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2019, 03:09:44 PM »
Quote from: billday on October 23, 2019, 06:50:01 AM
His other bike is a Laverda.
Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on October 23, 2019, 12:44:53 PM
Ilsa, my K75RT, reminds me of my 73 year old Toastmaster toaster that just keeps on making two perfectly caramelized slices of bread every morning, a time of day when I just can't deal with disappointment.
He also has a BMW R75/5 "toaster".
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