1984 BMW R80 - walk-around and startup.

[@fauveride]

How could be this clean!

[@bielbills]

What a gorgeous machine! 🤩

[@rafaelmora8219]

Beautiful bike, congrats!

[@shingerz]

Lovely bike mate I've got a 79 r80 7 ex British police it's in similar condition to yours these bikes are brilliant to ride they handle great too nice one 👍

[@Ergaron]

Beeeeautiful. Good to see how someone who sounds as young as you can appreciate such a glorious bike. PS: I'm getting the same bike like you as my first real bike :)

[@JimTimber]

I had one of them in silver (polaris metallic ?) back in London UK in 1991.. mine was from 1988 though and the tail light was different ! Awesome video !!

[@Touren-Sohn]

Wooooooww 66' Mustang GT350H. Nice

[@Redhawk03a]

Super clean

[@cw7422]

Wow. She’s a beauty.

[@ulrichburger9669]

Beautiful bike ❤

[@jdillon8360]

Great bike! I had one and sold it. Should have kept it! Enjoy.

[@TommyJrgensen]

Beautiful 👍🏼

[@zefferan0]

Wow! Enjoy...

[@pookiewookie7679]

What a beauty

[@cw7422]

2 friends of mine a R75 and R90S. I had a Moto Guzzi V7 III Special and a Harley Sportster.

[@MorningNapalm]

Beautiful bike, although I would have gone with shiny black and pinstripe for the rear fender too, personally. Other than that, I have no complaints :D

[@steppenwolf5956]

Lovely bike 👍

[@piusbayo7278]

Now that sounds like BMW >

[@honestjohn6222]

Looks Great !

[@briangtester2536]

Carburetor tops are not chromed originally, just aluminiuim...

[@griso107]

Beautiful 👌

[@chrisjung3538]

Magnifique 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dabcorn]

Hey, you didn't choke it? This a cold start? ... To avoid (embarrassingly) running out of fuel, you might want to only turn on ONE fuel valve at a time - it does have the cross-feed, right?

[@mysticapprentice]

pretty sure both fuel valves have on/off/reserve positions though...

[@fireoil]

Damn, the led headlight i buy for my r 1200 r have two stage light. one dedicated for braking. I thought it was rare but it's just a tribute an already 30 year old design

[@d2nt3]

wow thats so beautiful. How much does a restored r80 cost?

[@russellstafford9770]

Darthpotato94 thanks mate. Beauty is somewhat in the eye of the beholder at this point. For a good runner, you’ll be at around 5-7k AUD.. frame off resto like this will be closer to 10k AUD.

[@d2nt3]

@@russellstafford9770 wow thats a lot of clams.

[@michaelduffy2375]

Everything is more expensive downunder, my cousin sent me a picture of a frozen pizza for $20 aud in Melbourne

[@coobye]

@@michaelduffy2375 Your cousin got ripped off.

[@coobye]

@@russellstafford9770 Not this year though. Prices have gone stupid in 2020.

[@peterdriver7816]

800s did have that seat I owned one

[@briangtester2536]

Sounds sound! :-)

[@p.istaker8862]

Nice to see that you haven't butchered it and given it the laughable title of cafe racer/scrambler.

[@abayasugen8446]

So true, im so over the cafe racer bikes and scene, they are the guys that ride about 4 times a year

[@freakysteve140281]

Same here. There are some nice ones out there but there must be an attrition of like 1000 ruined bikes for every well executed one.

[@ScramblerS1]

Nice bike! Last time I bought the same R80. I know it's sound stupid but during ride I have to use the clutch when I want to change gears? Thanks in advance for help.

[@dabcorn]

R U kidding? Get off the bike and briskly walk away, now!

[@maxbrettargh232]

'84 and wire spoked wheels!

[@classicbikeenthusiast3595]

Max Brettargh 😜

[@dabcorn]

the "snowflake" (modified design of course!) wheels are much easier to keep clean. But, I guess there are wire spoke geeks!

[@briangtester2536]

Rear seat misses the BMW bezel, so it is refurbished!

[@classicbikeenthusiast3595]

All good points. Very disappointing. I also noticed that the tyres weren’t original so I’ve actually set that bike on fire and put it out of its misery.

[@sabbottart]

I wish they'd release a modern version of this like Kawasaki did with the 900rs.

[@naveengopinath]

i hope they dont

[@zenrider_9622]

Ur rocker arms need adjusting, and since its restored it's probably not the valve guides unless whoever restored it didn't rebuild the engine. But definitely sounds like something in the valvetrain, I think I've heard diesel engines that wasn't that bad lol. I could be wrong I'm not very familiar with airhead boxers.

[@classicbikeenthusiast3595]

It’s an airhead thing ;)

[@zenrider_9622]

@@classicbikeenthusiast3595 gotcha, that's pretty wild but thinking about it I guess it does make sense because some older two-strokes sound like the have constant pinging or piston slap.

[@briangtester2536]

Valve cover are '70's posers aftermarket! (80 have edges.. HAR)

[@briangtester2536]

be ware of parts painted black!

[@briangtester2536]

Valve covers are not original, edgy ones are from the 80's, and they are allright (unlike the ugly, plastic airfilterbox)

[@briangtester2536]

Looks like a Frankenstein to me, sorry!

[@munawarazad413]

Engine doesn't sound healthy.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

Is the riding position comfortable? I assume the boxer configuration would make forward controls impossible?