I had given up motorcycling for a long time (from my early 20s until my early 50s.) But I suddenly got the urge to take it up again (call it a mid life crisis, male menopause or whatever) and at the beginning of 2007 I bought a used BMW R 850 R, 2001 model. In fact I was the 4th owner even though it only had 23000 km on the clock when I got it. It´s a great bike and I really love it. And for an