Glory Days

Glory Days

This entry is part 14 of 20 in the series Adventure Rider Issue #46

Chris Harris’ 1986 BMW R80 G/S Paris Dakar Bike and rider are both classics

The R80 G/S’s 797.5cc air-cooled boxer twin was shoehorned into the compact frame of the R65 road bike, fitted with long-travel suspension, conventional off-road size wheels, and BMW’s Monolever shaft drive and single-sided swingarm.

BMW is just two years from celebrating 100 years of making motorcycles.

In that time its most iconic model lineage would surely have to be the GS adventure machines.

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