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1989 BMW R100GS PARIS-DAKAR
Bikes

PHOTOS BEN GALLI
WORDS GUY ALLEN
REFURB TIME

Guido gets to grips with the new toy he rode

home from Alice Springs to Melbourne

on’t know about you, but there’s
some weird reltuctance to sort
things out after a big trip on
Da motorcycle. Maybe finally
unpacking the luggage and sorting
out the bike is an admission that the
warm inner glow of the journey is
finally over. That was pretty much
the case with the recently acquired
1989 BMW R100GS Paris-Dakar – it
took a couple of weeks to get serious
about sorting it.
As you may have spotted two issues
ago, I bought the thing sight-unseen
out of Alice Springs in the Northern
Territory, flew in and rode it home
to Melbourne. And yes, there were
one of two little wrinkles along the
way. By far the most serious was the
thing had a top speed of 110km/h and
was drinking petrol like a Top Fuel

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