I don’t know how many marques have odometers that allow you to roll up 100,000 miles and then keep going, but BMW does. Here’s a pic of the odo on my 1990 K75 BMW. After many miles as a solo ride the bike…nick-named Coda… was transformed into a tug for our sidecar outfit.

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Since then it has hauled us all over the mountain west pretty much effortlessly. We cruise the interstates at about 70 mph with enough left to pass at a good clip when necessary. Pretty respectable performance for an old 750. Considering the fact that I’ve seen K75s with more than two hundred thousand miles on their odometers I’m counting on many more happy miles.

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