Nothing better than a healthy Airhead and the open road. Have fun and stay safe.

Again,I envy you this journey! The bike is a real gentleman's ride ,it deserves to be cherished. Thanks for taking us along. Safe riding!!

Mine was an 83.  Mile eater extraordinaire

I too would one day like to do a trip like that one day! Travel well and stay safe.

What a splendid idea to get a on a classic Beemer and ride cross country! I owned my '81 R100Rs for 25 years and did epic distance rides...floats like a magic carpet! Only issue was the bars being a bit low for a tall fella, but could usually straighten my back and get enough body above the fairing for the wind to keep me propped up. Very reluctant to sell her, but had moved over to the UK (so I had one there as well).
Fairing holds a water bottle and wet weather gear very well...I put bungees around the panniers to snug them tighter into the bike...made a difference to the buffeting, plus once I didn't do the latches up well enough and one opened at speed...hope you have a great trip! Greetings from Margs...

I am enjoying watching your progress. We have identical bikes. I also own a 1981 BMW R100 RS in Graphite Smoke. Not many of those around.

I have a R100 RT so enjoying viewing your trip on the R100 RS.

A top video, thanks so much for posting. Love the RS, I have an '88 monoshock model in pristine, original condition. Haha, at 70 years of age I certainly know what you mean about 'motorcycle fitness'. Ride safe. 👍

G'day mate, I really enjoyed watching your Brisbane to Perth adventure and love your casual style and beautiful airhead Beemer...what a find! I've just finished watching all 4 episodes and honestly enjoyed every one of them.

I'm a 66 year old Aussie and have been living the past 9 years in Armenia (eastern Europe). Watching your videos really made me home sick for the wide open spaces of Oz, but I do love the mountains here too. Thanks for the effort you've taken to record your trip for us all to enjoy, it's really appreciated! I especially like the fact that you don't ask for subscribers. 3 years ago I started a YouTube channel to record aspects of Armenian life, but it's become somewhat of a chore lately, so at my age I think I'm going to take a leaf out of your book and just make videos for my own pleasure and forget about Subs and views. If folks want to watch then that's up to them.

I also dreamt of buying an older BM and using it as a tourer...tinkering in between rides...but it just never eventuated. So, I'm grateful that I can experience that dream vicariously through your videos. Thanks mate! Regards, Mitch

Gotta watch out for animal crossing, nearly hit an emu somewhere along Stuart highway. It was late afternoon, glaring sun and mind was a bit hazy.

Loved the real life journey. None of that trying to flog stuff or get subscribers stuff. Just a nice guy wanting to live his life. Something I aspire to. Have my R100s and am 62 but still committing to work. Have to shake loose I think.

Yes there's a tension screw for the throttle. As delivered in the United States the hole was tapped and a plastic plug instead of the thumb screw. I think the screw was $1.50 at the dealer in '83 as I recall.😉

I went from Brisbane to Dubbo across Cobar willcania sth Australia into WA across the Nullarbor to Norseman and down south to esperance Albany up the coast around 6 days to Perth

Australia is a big MoFo!

Your fuel taps are on Reserve setting in these shots...the handle down is "run" up is reserve makes no difference until you run out of fuel.

Did you get it from Morgan and wacker in Newstead i did the same trip in the mid 80s mine was an 86 model

Texas Australia? How'd that happen. Enjoyed riding along. Love the bike. Mine's a r850r, 07. Cheers!!

Are there dangerous spiders out there