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Since I've been posting a few pics today and this question of beauty came up - esp. in relation to the BEAUTIFUL BMW R75/5 - I thought I'd better post a pic of one (ie my Black Beauty).

Narry a granna cycicle be laid an eye upon...
Sorry if the pic might be a little blurry - it was taken while the bike was idling.

Wayne J in MA wrote:The 1970 R75/5 didn't come with side covers, didn't have the black on the engine emblems and had silver intake tubes but I have seen many that people changed afterwards. It's like the toaster tanks. I saw an ad recently for a 1971 "all original" that had a toaster tank and side covers. I guess the owners interpretation of "all original" is different than mine.

Don't get me wrong, I think people can change their bike to anything they want. Some of these bikes evolve over the years and will do more as parts become harder to source. My '78 sure isn't completely stock.

I made no claims that this was an completely original machine. What point are you trying to make? I do know that this bike is a 1970 R75/5.

Wayne J in MA wrote:The 1970 R75/5 didn't come with side covers, didn't have the black on the engine emblems and had silver intake tubes but I have seen many that people changed afterwards. It's like the toaster tanks. I saw an ad recently for a 1971 "all original" that had a toaster tank and side covers. I guess the owners interpretation of "all original" is different than mine.

Don't get me wrong, I think people can change their bike to anything they want. Some of these bikes evolve over the years and will do more as parts become harder to source. My '78 sure isn't completely stock.

"Completely Stock" - I gave up that concept 2 engines and 1 gearbox ago...

[quote="DucatiPete"]Since I've been posting a few pics today and this question of beauty came up - esp. in relation to the BEAUTIFUL BMW R75/5 - I thought I'd better post a pic of one (ie my Black Beauty).

Handsome machine!

So Ducati Pete: do you agree with my attitude toward the 916?

Zombie Master wrote:I made no claims that this was an completely original machine. What point are you trying to make? I do know that this bike is a 1970 R75/5.

Sorry that it came across that way. I should have just left it without the extra comments.

My point was supposed to be that I loved the bike and how much it was like my bike other than a few differences. Mine was made in 9/70 which is a 1971 model year bike same color scheme.

I helped a friend with an '88 Suzuki and I sure thought the plastic covering helped the looks of that thing.

Zombie Master wrote:I read so often about what are considered to be beautiful motorcycles. For example Ducati's 916 comes to mind as a modern classic. Yet for me, any machine that is covered in plastic, has no mechanical presence. I need to see some evidence of engine casings, header pipes, triple clamps, ect, to be moved by the visual presence of a machine. Am I alone here?

I agree that the 916 IS a modern classic, despite it not displaying much in the way of "engine casings, header pipes, triple clamps, ect,". But I reckon the PROFILE and DESIGN that it has will stand the test of time for it to be regarded as a BEAUTIFUL motorcycle (in the eyes of the perceptive beholder ).

However, I'm a bevel man and I like to see 'em out there in the open for all to see - along with chrome headers, contis, clip-ons, and rear-sets. My 1973 Sport is a bastard to ride - hard and uncompromising - but boy is it BEAUTIFUL to behold! (to me )

Well that's what i reckon anyhow.
pete

The Sport is a luverley bike to behold, but it's a bit like the orange Lav750 of the same era. Arse breaker seat and hip stiffener positioning.

The GT750, on the other hand, is just as gorgoeus, and in it's day reasonably affordable.

I had one just like this, but a plain red tank.