Yes, I have to admit it, I'm an airhead. But it isn't as bad an affliction as you might think. "Airhead" is a very affectionate term for older (think last century) BMW motorcycles whose cylinder heads are cooled by air as opposed to the newer BMW motorcylces whose cylinder heads are cooled by oil or water.
I ride with a group of bmw enthusiasts in Queensland and we call ourselves the ozairheads. I'm also a member of the historical motorcycle club of Queensland and would love to combine the two groups so I could call myself a histerical airhead like my family already does!
The airhead group in Queensland is a great bunch of people. We are strongly anti club which means our gatherings aren't ever involved with meetings, minutes or motions. We prefer to ride, eat food and drink beer. Hooray!
The airheads were started by a passionate and sociable airhead rider named Glenn who often rides Colonel Klink (R75/5) to our gatherings. Other noticable members are Mark who has a collection of /6 models mostly and provides his shed for our maintenance days and sausage sizzles, Graham who is a master of carby tuning and loves to speak almost as much as Mark but thankfully both have lots of good stuff to say. I must also mention the fellow we all call wrong way, lets just say he finds the most scenic routes we've had the pleasure to be lost on.
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Hey, Tony!
Cool bikes! I used to bring home a Triumph basket case each winter to build, and then have it done and for sale during the summer. Neighbors would see me coming into the driveway, the bike parts in my pickup truck, and ask what I was doing. I'd always tell them "I'm doing my Christmas chopping!"
I don't have a scanner yet, but someday, I'll scan in the pix from my album. There is a Triumph single, vertical twins, and even a Trident triple! These days, I ride an old Harley Shovelhead, but am kind of drawn to the new Triumph Bonneville America.
Keep the rubber on the road!
BB
Hey Tony, Your garage looks like mine! I have an R100, and a Harley Fxrt, plus the R75 in a half torn down state.. Good Luck with your affliction..
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