Today I passed ownership of Brigitta, my 1987 BMW R80 Airhead to her new owner, Alfredo S.
He answered my ad that was posted up back in 2024 and after minimal exchanges of texts/emails and a physical viewing by him, we agreed on a price.
I would say I will miss riding the R80, all the power I could want, reliable and is the motorcycle that gave me the least problems. However, I'm not riding her enough since I started RV camping and she's been overdue to go to someone who's got the time/inclination to maintain and exercise her
I bought her on June 12, 2008 and sold her today, January 7, 2026.
That is 17 years, 6 months, and 26 days that she was mine. I was actually surprised at how long she's been with me.
Alfredo, the new owner, has two more modern BMW motorcycles and promises to give Brigitta a good home.
I put a total of 42,136 miles +/- (she came to me with replacement speedometer/odometer and I replaced it again while under my care back in August of 2014).
Here's my last pics of her, as Al finished strapping her down before heading off to work at Buckley SFB. It was an early morning transaction as you can see, but we've got snow in the forecast and today was the better day to do this.
Thanks Al, I trust you'll have many, many happy miles on the motorcycle.
4 comments:
Great bike for you and suspect a great bike for him. Congrats
I have little doubt Oz....
The new bike curse holds steady, you can thank me for the snow and cold weather. Brigitta will be taken care of and I hope to ride her to the tech day in May... perhaps we'll see you there. I am thoroughly enjoying reading your old blog posts from when you purchased Brigitta. I feel fortunate to have that kind of documentation come with my new airhead. Cheers!
Cheers, Al. I am confident you and Brigitta have many enjoyable miles ahead of you both. I'll be at the tech day if I'm in town.
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