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.