Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
Get the Honda or Kaw, those are bikes one can find parts for almost anywhere in the world. The beemer is easy to work on once you get past the german engineering intimidation factor. Sadly support in the states is few and far between, unlike other brands.

Can you post a pic of the 72, haven't seen one in a few years, especially a back to stock unit. I'm tired of looking at my friends 57 & 65 panheads.
The german engineering doesn't intimidate me as much as the cost of parts and difficulty of maintenance. Both the honda and klr are water cooled. I have never had or even been around a water cooled bike. It seems like that might just be another level of complexity. I am hoping to go sit on a few examples this weekend and hopefully narrow the search some more.