The Airhead Boxer has nothing to do with Ned Ludd and much to do with Glenn Curtis of Curtis Aviation who said “Any part that you leave out can’t break.” I have 158,000 miles on mine. Fork seals and bearings front and rear, voltage regulator, a couple of carb rebuilds, clutch and throttle cables, front master cylinder rebuild, and brake pads. How many on yours?
“Any part that you leave out can’t break.”
NICE QUOTE!
14,000!!!
Long ago I was a partner in a motorcycle shop and met a wrench that worked for the BMW dealer on the Northside of Chicago.
He had a bike he did not care for and we made a trade.
This was to be my retirement bike, I knew it would hold it’s value so it stayed on the side.
I even let a gearhead friend ride it for a couple of years to keep it in shape and fully maintained.
On the 6 June 2012 whilst riding the pedal bicycle an evil car ran me down, I slept for two weeks, 20 days hospital...
I didn’t drive a car for a year.
I take it out once in a while just local.
I used to put 5-6K bicycle miles on and a couple hundred on the BMW! Now ~3k on the bicycle.
Reliable like an ax!