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Stig / Major Tom

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'51 BMW w/sidecar
« on: May 22, 2015, 06:24:36 PM »
Off to my scooterin' coffee village this glorious morning.....



And look what my Honda scooter (he has a nice old red Honda Reflex SI) buddy brought to show me!







The bike is a 1951 BMW 500 (he also has a mint '51 600) with a proper period German sidecar.
He explained what an adventure it is to ride one of these. What you do to get the car back on the road while going up a freeway on ramp at speed, etc., etc. Sounded scary as h__l ! He offered that he did do a fair bit of unintentional off-roading  until he came to grips with its road behavior. The car is sprung with its own suspension and the bike is specially geared for the car.
He is quite a character.
Good times,
Stig
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Re: '51 BMW w/sidecar
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2015, 10:04:01 PM »
That is really nice, Stig!

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Re: '51 BMW w/sidecar
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2015, 10:18:34 PM »
Love the pics Stig! I had a 1959 R69S myself many years ago while I was in the Navy. It is still my fave bike of all I owned. I had to sell it when our VW bus camper blew it's engine (sigh) and I needed the money to cover the rebuild.  :'(
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Re: '51 BMW w/sidecar
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2015, 06:17:46 PM »
Is that a real passenger seat in the back
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