Complete with spacious open lounge, roaring open fire and fine dining. Generous accommodation . Snow trips (seasonal) Trout fishing, drinking beer with cobbers, cooking top shelf stuff from an extens...

I was going to go for a ride, hmmmmm, maybe tomorrow....

Well, it starts right here with a well balanced stand. This ‘81 stand is undergoing surgery to make it shorter, similar to the ‘upgrade’ stand offered by BMW. I’m going to remove between 10 and 15...

Absolute money pit, but it's been such a good adventure tool....

Uncompromised access to the bike's controls and I think best position for maximum strength at the RS bars. Best recoverability options too I think....

Crispy skinned brown trout comin' up next time. It's all about being prepared, on an airhead....

I used a small led and a couple of diodes. Thin wires under the screen trim. Powered off each front indicator. Good for old geezers like me....

Made specifically for getting 'to and from' the outback, in style....

I think the best all round sports tourer on the road. Hugely capable whether it’s on the scent of sports bikes in the mountains, or covered in serious camping gear in the mountains or the outback And...

It's an accomplished adventure machine....

A polish with every oil filter change, seeing I can't get the thermostat housing off with the Staintune exhaust mounted. Look on the bright side....

They even liked my old bike boots. This thrush came to me one day when I was working on my RS in the shed. It landed on the concrete shed floor about four feet away from me and just stood there lookin...

Just as capable off road. And so nice to pilot when it's grossly overloaded with camping gear....

10 minutes it was. 300 k stretch between Hay and Ivanhoe, Australia. It's like the ocean out here. Flat, everywhere to the horizon. My brother was on his RS, both built '81. It was good to get out for...

The red RS is my brothers, so these RS have seen a lot of off road campaigns together. Most always covered in camping gear. What a legend of a bike for it's ability to ride this sort of stuff (and muc...

Handling is good across the range, choose 2 or 3 on the Ikons and that's it. When it weighs half a tonne it handles the curves great too. Like racing a Kenworth I think. Every bit an adventure bike....

These Australian 9/81 build RS were likely born on the same day in Germany. I think 17 builds apart by vin. Seriously capable off road touring machines, for a road bike....

Nothing like needing nothing at a campsite, five star accommodation and restaurant. Solid as a rock on the curves too. Another trip into the Snowy mountains with my mate Charlie, on his 90/6, after...