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I had an R75/5 and R90/S. They were OK, reasonably well made, but the engineering was very Tutonic ...



Greybeard,
I had a R90/S for about a year and you are right.
However, I have had my RT1100 since 1996 and would think that, upon examination, you will find that the engineering on models from 1994 onwards are pretty elegant (excluding perhaps the turn signal buttons, of course).

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