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collectors,1970 bmw R-60-5,original - $3800 (so hum)

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Date: 2011-02-03, 11:43AM PST
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As posted, original condition. runs and drives good. needs fine tuning. 44,222 miles. current title, and tags

So were there white frames available on /5? Not trying to piss on the seller, just curious. It's a neat look, like the white /2s I've seen.

I do not remeber any /5s on the showroom floor with white frames. But we had a very small dealer that only sold a few, and I was a teenager at that time and spent all my time at the Kawasaki end of the showroom.

I like the look too.

Obviously, if it was part of some fleet sale, it could be almost anything. Don't remember any police buying R60's, but, you never know.

I have never seen one. When I toured the factory it was production day for the European market. All colors were coming through, unlike what it would look like for a USA day. The bikes were outfitted with all accessories ordered at the time of sale. The production line was a rainbow of color.

Duane Ausherman wrote: ... The production line was a rainbow of color.

Did you see any paint color other than black on a frame ?
Seems I remember that the long frame bikes could be "special ordered" in any (mono) color –
and that the frame was painted to match.
Was this also true for the Euro /5 ?

I seem to remember the German Highway Patrol bikes had white frames in 1973, but that memory is now 38 years old...

Yes - they did come, in Europe, by special order of the Police paint job, and only if you promised to remove the bike from the country.

I know this by coincidence ... having been stopped yesterday while running an errand by a fellow who admired my R100T and who turned out to have bought HIS R75/5 the same year (1972) I bought mine in Germany. He described his in detail, and told how he'd got the white frame and white tank. Fun coincidence ... sadly he sold his, I still have mine (but it is black).

vanzen@rockerboxer.com wrote:

Duane Ausherman wrote: ... The production line was a rainbow of color.

Did you see any paint color other than black on a frame ?
Seems I remember that the long frame bikes could be "special ordered" in any (mono) color –
and that the frame was painted to match.
Was this also true for the Euro /5 ?

All frames were black, but they were all for private owners, as no two were alike.

John answered the question well.

Also, if some agency/group ordered a quantity, they could get gold plated frames. They just had to pay.

February 7:

Duane Ausherman wrote:Also, if some agency/group ordered a quantity, they could get gold plated frames. They just had to pay.

I'm sorry, but didn't I say that days ago????

February 4:

Major Softie wrote:Obviously, if it was part of some fleet sale, it could be almost anything.

http://humboldt.craigslist.org/mcy/3042543166.html

It's back! And now at $2800.

It may have gotten serviced by my local Airhead guy (how many white/white R60/5s could there be?), and if so, it looks to be worth it.