I have a '73 R75/5 and a '74 R60/6...I'm the third owner of the R60 that came from the dealer with Wixoms and has spent its life locally. Twenty-five or thirty ago, after tiring of having to downshift whenever I went up a hill, I found a low-mileage matching set of R75/6 jugs, pistons, heads and carbs and it made all the performance difference in the world. I also found a repainted S fairing about the same time and removed the Wixom Ranger fairing.

Last year I decided I wanted to plan a multi-state camping trip on this old gal instead of the newer rides before we both get too old and I wanted to swap the smaller tank for more mileage between fill ups. I had a /7 tank and a couple of /7 saddles so I easily mounted those on the frame.

I have been interested in the Krauser style cases for the airheads, having never really been around them before (except in the guise of K100RS system cases). Recently I stumbled across a really good deal on a set of BMW touring cases, keys and mounts for twin shocks so I snatched them up and replaced the Wixoms on this bike for the first time since it was new. I am astounded at the room in these cases...I can easily place my full-face C5 lid in the cases with a little room to spare. I have had cases on R60. K100, R1100, K1200 bikes and none of them could hold my lid.

So, my 74 R60/6 has R75 performance (almost, no camming was done), and currently has a large /7 tank, an '82 R100RT seat and cowl, a set of touring cases off a later twin shock R100...all without un-reversible changes needed. I could put the bike back into its original configuration in about a half-day.

I am amazed at the versatility of these bikes!

The 1st photo is the original config during a camping trip across the US in 1992

The 2nd one was taken last week