OK, you asked! I was out driving my tow truck years ago and had recently gotten my 54 T110 and I needed a headlight. As I was driving up the road I saw just the top of this headlight sticking up above the weeds and I thought "HOLY CRUD!! There is my headlight!!" So I whip the truck around and fly back to see if it was right and if it was for sale. I start walking over to it and as I get a little closer I get disappointed, I think " Aww, it's only and old BMW." I get a little closer and the seat has no vinyl left and the foam is shot. It has some home made saddle bag brackets on it that look terrible, the gas tank has no badges and is just laying on top of the bike. The front fender is also just laying on it. So at this point I am thinking this is junk. Oh it had sparkly red grips on it too. So for the heck of it I walked up and pushed the kick starter and the engine spun smooth as could be and then I took notice of that Earls front end and I thought"That's just ugly enough I think I want it!". So I found the kid who owned it and he said it was his dad's and he left it to him but he didn't want it anymore because he had a new HD. Ironicly his father had traded a Panhead for it back in the day. So I asked him how much and he thought about it and said "How about $500?" I told him I would give him $300 due to condition. He declined and I left wanting that bike. For the next 2 weeks I had the phone in my hand about 100 times to call him and just give him the $500. So finally the phone rang and it was him, he said "Give me $400 and it's yours." I couldn't get there fast enough! When I got there it turned out he had a new seat, the tank badges and everything that was missing except the front fender strut in a box he gave me with it!! So I get it home and clean the carbs, points, and put fresh oil in it. Then I fueled it up and fired it up and it ran sweet as can be. So I took the bag brackets off, put it back together and I have been riding it ever since. It is registered to this day, about 30 years later and it still runs and even has those original points in it! All I have done is change the oil and put tires on it. I think it does need new carbs now about 30 years later and every rubber part leaks because they are hard as a rock. Always been a great dependable bike, I have had it in other states and western PA a few times with never a hick up. It is slow and under powered so I only ride it when I am out alone. When I say slow I can hold 85 mph on the highway as long as it isn't up hill all day and it is smooth as silk but it takes a bit to get the rubber band wound up. It only makes 26 HP at 5600 RPM. I love it though, it's a fun dependable bike to put around the mountain on.
