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255As displayed at The Bike Shed1985 BMW 798cc R80RT Café RacerRegistration no. C722 TLXFrame no. 6471987Engine no. 6471987BMW’s first ‘R80’ (nominally 800cc) model was the R80/7 introducedin 1977 as replacement for the 750cc R75/7. Like its predecessor, theR80/7 was powered by BMW’s traditional air-cooled flat-twin enginecoupled to low-maintenance shaft final drive transmission. Followingthe introduction of the R80G/S enduro bike in 1980, the R80 familywas extended further by the R80ST and R80RT, the latter being along-distance tourer equipped with the capacious fairing first seenon the R100RT. New for 1982, the R80RT was updated for 1984,gaining the wheels, forks and ‘Monolever’ single-sided swinging armof the K-Series. Engineered to BMW’s customarily high standards, therevised R80RT was far from cheap and cost approximately 50% morethan Kawasaki’s similarly shaft-driven Z750GT tourer.Large-capacity parallel twins dominate the ‘café racer’ scene, whichmakes this unique example of BMW’s smooth, middleweight supertourer– customised in this quintessentially British style – all themore unusual. The machine is a ‘one off’ constructed to a very highstandard by one of its previous owners, Gary Halett, who acquired itin August 2011. Noteworthy features include R100S cylinder barrelsand heads, balanced flywheel, 42mm Mikuni carburettors, 2-into-1exhaust system, megaphone silencer, solo ‘racing’ seat, alloy wheelrims, a Suzuki front end and Brembo front brake. The current vendorbought the BMW from CRC Motorcycles of Alperton in February 2013.Described as in generally very good condition, the machine is offeredwith purchase receipt, copy old and current V5C documents, sundryinvoices, MoT to 25th February 2015 and HPI check paperwork statingthat it was the subject of an insurance total loss payment in 1991.£5,000 - 7,000€6,400 - 8,900motorcycles | 49