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Originally Posted by John Holmes III
BMW= Bring My Wallet 
Parts are dealer only items, and are very expensive. The low resale value of post 1974 models doesn't help much. They require special tools to work on also. My dad had to buy a new $400.00 caliper because BMW does not supply a rebuild kit.
OTOH, a Harley Sportster will keep it's value much better, and you can buy a nice used one for around 4k. Parts are inexpensive and you don't need very many special tools. I can still buy caliper pistons for my 1986 Sporster, from the dealer for around thirty dollars. A simple chain drives the rear wheel, the engine is bullet proof. No fickle carbs to synchronize, no radiator to service. |
You can see by my avitar where my heart is. JH has a good point. If you do the Sportster route, don't go earlier than '86. Before that, it was AMF stuff. I had a '78 iron head that my wife accused me of being married to because I spent so much time working on it. Was fun though.
OTOH, as "cults" go, and a bullet proof machine with easy to find cheap parts that will run forever, those old Honda 750s are making their way back. NO I am not a Honda fan but If I were looking for something like you are, I would give them a look.