u/christophewellington

I purchased this 1997 885 'Steamer' Tiger in 2013. Spent a lot of £ having it professionally rebuilt as you now see it's current cindition. In 2020 I agreed to part with it to someone close to me for an agreed price so long as they gave me first option on buying it back at the same price if ever they decided to move it on. Four years later 2024 they forgot the agreement and sold it to a national dealer. I was angry. Here's the weird thing. Some weeks after that, by chance, I spotted it for sale in a local dealer. I bought it back at less than the price I agreed with the guy I sold it to in 2020. Is that karma? It has been with me for two further years. Should I sell it or keep it?

Without doubt the best looking motorcycle I've owned, judged by comments from other bikers. But I'm not getting any younger so, after five years riding together, she's gone to an appreciative new owner for them to enjoy as much as I have.

Mini-E. One of only fifty prototypes made. Left hand drive, no rear seats as the space was needed for the battery compartment. BMW put fifty of these experimental cars on British roads for a six month trial driven by the public to test how robust their early electric drive trains and control systems were. This is in the UK, January 2010 and "The Big Freeze". There weren't (m)any mainstream EVs on the market, maybe a few first generation Nissan Leafs. It was a brave move by BMW with huge reputational risk should the cars be seen to fail. It tested the tech which went into the first gen I3 and I8. It's the grand daddy of many of their EV range today. Was anyone involved in these pilots?

I'm stuck between the left half of my brain saying "Why?" And the right half saying "It (sort of) makes sense, particularly to know it's a mobile confectionery store.