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Offline brooze72

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BMW retro/cruiser?
« on: September 23, 2013, 06:47:03 PM »
Walking down the street tonite I spotted this BMW that looked  like an airhead.  Closer inspection revealed it as a new GTL1200, maybe with the liquid/air cooled cylinders?  Or maybe I have the letters in the wrong place.  Quick google search doesn't show any pics of what I saw.  Jugs were chromed fins & stick out in the breeze old school, factory side bags & funky molded top box with a part lower fairing & a bolt on cruiser style windscreen.  Overall it's kinda retro/cruiserish.  Maybe BMW is trying to one up Honda's retro CB1100A or CB1100 meets NCX?   If so, it needs some work IMO, sorry cell phone was dead or I woulda snapped some pics.  Anybody seen one?
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Re: BMW retro/cruiser?
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2013, 06:59:29 PM »
Maybe the one James Bond Rode?
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Re: BMW retro/cruiser?
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2013, 07:12:21 PM »
Not really, but it does have a chrome airhead! Guy on the bike looks like an airhead too!
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Re: BMW retro/cruiser?
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2013, 07:20:13 PM »
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Re: BMW retro/cruiser?
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2013, 07:26:31 PM »
Yea, that's closer for sure, right engine but the rest is very different.
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Re: BMW retro/cruiser?
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2013, 09:09:58 PM »
Quote from: HotCarl73 on September 23, 2013, 06:59:29 PM
Maybe the one James Bond Rode?


I hear them called Rhine Hogs.
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Re: BMW retro/cruiser?
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2013, 04:07:33 PM »


This is what you're looking for....


http://www.unitgarage.com/kit_r120_r



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Re: BMW retro/cruiser?
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2013, 07:12:25 PM »
Yea Bert, that was pretty much it.  Had colour matched bags & lowers with a clear flat cruiser style windscreen.
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Re: BMW retro/cruiser?
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2013, 01:47:06 PM »
Brooze72, the bike in question is a BMW R1200C Phoenix or Montauk. Probably 1999-2001.I have one that's a 2001.

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Re: BMW retro/cruiser?
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2013, 09:44:23 AM »
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Re: BMW retro/cruiser?
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2013, 12:44:39 PM »
That's it exactly, 70CB750, thanks
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