I bought this BMW R69S virtually 42 years ago from its second owner.It is a triple matching number R69US. It had 9,000 miles on it. I utilized it for commuting and exploring for many years. Normally doing hundreds of miles per day all over the south and as far north as New York State. In the mid-nineties I acquired a later BMW and let this one sit. A couple of years ago I got one of the regional BMW Gurus to wake it up. Now tires were set up, carbohydrates gone through, fluids altered and I rode it some more.