Kirk/ Mac,
I will look at home in mine magazines-(german), I think there are all
the examples in. I will send them by mail this weekend.
Anthony -
- In R90SWORLDNET@..., "Mac Kirkpatrick" <drbeemer@s...>
wrote:
Mac,
If you have got it, take a look at page 336 and 337 from the
Guggenheim
Museum "The Art of the Motorcycle". A European version Daytona
Orange
wearing rubber stockings. There are other examples too... maybe
Anthony
knows more?
Kirk
Kirk: I have that book, it is in front me now open to page 336/337.
The R90s pictured is owned by Dave Percival of Maine, here in the
US. He now
owns 17 R90ss, and about 95 BMWs in total.
He loaned his restored R32 for the exhibit also, see page 150. Way
beautiful, but I understand it is built up from parts.
Dave has a fabulous collection of BMWs. He and I speak every once in
a
while, the last time about 3 weeks ago. He is a very nice guy.
I was privileged to be able to attend the press opening of the
Guggenheim
Museum in New York City and I looked at this R90s in detail. It is
not a
very good example of an R90s although the picture is a good one. In
my
experience pictures turn out better than what is actually being
photographed.
The R90s in the picture has an aftermarket fork brace. The plate you
see
just below the seat vinyl said something about a prior owner. It was
just
glued in place. This R90s is a US model according to the owner, so
the fork
boots are aftermarket.
This bike is a nice R90s but it was not really great at all. Many
of the
people who attended the Guggenheim exhibit mentioned that it was a
shame
that the R90s example was not that great and said it was a shame to
not have
had a better example to display.
Kirk's R90s in the picture looked much better. The Guggenheim R90s
was a
little worn.
BTW the Ducati 750SS on page 327 is owned by Larry Forstall who
lives about
10 miles from me. I met him one day when I was visiting a car parts
store to
buy an H4 bulb in 100 watt for my K100RS (now sold.) He said that is
not a
legal bulb (55 watt is the maximum allowed), and what did I want it
for? I
told him it was for my K100RS driving lights and he said he owned a
BMW ('84
R100RS "Last Edition"). It turned out had set several land speed
records at
Bonneville. He had VERY thick glassed and I would have never guessed
he
would be into land speed records!!!
He just set another land speed record recently at Bonneville on a
Hyabusa
(sp?), don't recall the speed though. It was high though!
To make a short story long, THIS 750 SS Ducati has ZERO original
miles on
it!!!! Larry owns about four 750 SS Ducatis in total!!!
Best,
Mac Kirkpatrick
Glenmoore, PA USA
