HELLO!

Thank you very much for looking.

There are lots of pictures below the text, so please scroll down to view. Below ALL the text...

I specialise in non-dealer standard BMW bikes and the odd (usually) Italian bike when I can get them. I've been on eBay for over 15 years and in the trade for a lot longer than that.

There are full details about the bike below, but of course please feel free to get in touch if you want to discuss anything.

The bike will be as I got it, or has been washed by myself before the photography as part of checking the machine over.

I always ride the bikes and clean them myself to check and make sure this is as full a description as possible.

Bike is sold as a working, ride home machine unless stated otherwise and sold as spares repair.

ALL AUCTIONS RUN TO THE END to give everyone the same chance to bid, unless they are classified ads or have a buy it now.

UK delivery happily arranged, £180 to most locations, bit more for Scotland I am afraid.

I and the bike are in NORTH DORSET, SP8

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

I am absolutely delighted with this, and will defiantly consider keeping it if not sold now..

One of 1000 of the first year of the RS " comeback " after being out of production while BMW concentrated on the flat fours and triples, this was a US registered bike from new in California, before being imported last year after a massive and no expense spared restoration.

Very pleasingly on the original clocks, just run in now...

Full service and MOT by BMW at just over £ 500 last year, it's done 200 miles since then.

Hopefully priced right. Not cheap, but great value.

BASIC DETAILS:

Reg Number: E516 ODE

Reg Date: 01/01/1988 or 5/11/2023...

Mileage: 86405

MOT: 23/10/2024

Documents: V5, some notes and info

Keys: 3 keys

Books and manuals: None

SPECIFICATION AND EXTRAS:

Panniers!, Heated grips! er, that's about it really, unless you count a stainless exhaust.

SERVICE HISTORY:

Nothing with the bike, just the notes on the BMW service bill. That will be available after you get a V5 in your name, from BMW.

I have, of course, fitted a brand new battery...

FAULTS AND ISSUES:

Everything visible should pictured below...

Funnily enough, nothing at all really!

Bike has a touch of corrosion on a couple of fasteners etc, for a bit of patina, but that's the UK for you.

Only issue which needs sorting, and I will do if I get a chance is the " pillows " that seal the faring around the top of the forks. I think they need relocating into the grooves, and possibly a bit of light gluing...

TEST RIDE:

Rides very well! All works as it should, no issues I can tell.

Really very good! And enough go brakes and handling to be totally safe in modern traffic too.

It's also very comfortable!

CONCLUSIONS:

A splendid bike all round really.

Even the colours where better back then! Remember this will be a Berlin built bike when BMW where massively more expensive than the rest, and where very much the upmarket quality option...!

Put your own jokes in here about the current stuff...

Anyway, pictures tell you all you need to know. It is a very special example.

There are similar bikes about, but this is hopefully a bit cheaper too...

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Please let me know if you have any questions at all: e-mail via eBay, directly on bidforbikes@gmail.com or you are very welcome to call me on 07968 488 869.

I am in DORSET SP8, near Shaftesbury.

I try to describe the bike accurately, but as usual, a deal is dependent on you finding the bike as described and being happy with it.

A thirty-day full refund is offered if you are not satisfied. I am always happy to discuss any issues with the bike to try and sort out a mutually acceptable solution.

You are welcome to call if you would prefer to talk about the bike. My number is 07968 488 869.

I am in the south west, NORTH DORSET, close to the A303, the M3 and about an hour from Bath, Bristol and Southampton, or two 1/2 hours drive/95 miles from London.

I am also convenient for a mainline railway station (Gillingham Dorset) with direct services from London Waterloo to Exeter and I would be happy to collect you from the local railway station if you wish to travel here by train and then ride the bike home.

Bike delivery in the UK is £180 to England or Wales, a bit more to Scotland.

Payment on collection or delivery by bank transfer or cash please. NO deposit required.

I am selling this bike as a TRADER and I do this as my full-time occupation, with thirty-plus years' experience in the trade.

The bike IS NOT registered to me but will be on a dealer S.O.R.N. Most of my stock is purchased directly from official dealers, so the bikes have been checked by the dealer as well as myself.

I will always ride and check the machines before sale, and they are fully able to be ridden home, unless otherwise noted in the ad, in which case they will be listed as spares or repair/project.

I have a very fine professional old school local workshop who do work for me, so anything done on the bikes is done by an expert!

ALL BIKES ARE SUPPLIED HPI CLEAR.

The bike is for sale here only, and will ALWAYS run to the end to give everyone the same chance, unless it has a buy it now or is a classified ad, or I discover a problem with the machine subsequently!

Please bid as usual.

I can never give you a 100% guarantee as to the bike's prior history as I have not known it from new, but I can share my opinion as to the bike's appearance and mechanical condition, history and how it rides after a lot of BMW experience and over 1500 sold! 

Thank you again for your interest and good luck!

Steve.