We had a day when Paul was supposed to be packing up and leaving for AZ but he was spending his time putting the Atlas back together instead. Luke was out there with him and he got a lot done on the disassembly. I was pleased to see him making good use of the digital camera to document things as they came apart, especially wiring for color codes and stuff like that.
Somewhere along the line I found another under $2000 BMW. This one came from the owners of Beemer Hill. It is a little R60 that I kept for just a short while; long enough to realize that I was overextended. I made some very small repairs and adjustments to it; essentially spent nothing on it and sold it for $200 more than I paid for it. I never had an R60 before. The experience taught/reminded me of 2 things: - A pushrod 600cc engine in 1974 didn't have a lot of horses and a few of those horses died since.
- oops, that pinging noise is because you are not burning leaded high-octane in this poor engine.
None the less, having this Duetsch, the German bike, provided us with a couple of historic moments. One was when Paul and I rode Gilera and Duetsch to Morrie's Place in Richmond IL to get some Norton parts. The other was when Luke on Duetsch, Paul on Gilera and myself on Sharona went out to breakfast and took a very short putt around. My first rides with my grown up boys!!
Duetsch, the "German bike" 1974 R60/6 600cc
Norton guy dancing at Morrie's Place.
R60/6 and R100 at Dog n Suds.
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