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morbidelli17 · 03-01-2021, 07:53 AM

I have a very nice book on an iconic BMW motorcycle, the R90S, built in the 1970s. The section on maintenance and upgrades strongly recommends against building performance into the bikes. If you do so (I am paraphrasing), the author says, you wind up with an unreliable bike that still won't perform half as well as anything modern. Maintain it, upgrade the bits that are clearly better (ignition, etc.) Then let the old lady age gracefully and enjoy what the engineers had built at the time, the author suggested.

I have a stock 1999 Boxster, and I intend to apply that principle to my car. Maintain, polish and (lightly) restore. Suspension bits will be the extent of my performance enhancements, and that's basically going to be limited to better bushings. Pretty much everything else is going to be stock or stock-equivalent replacements.

Your car is awesome and has a clean provenance, enjoy it no matter what you do!

M

03-01-2021, 07:53 AM	#6
morbidelli17 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: West Coast Posts: 35	I have a very nice book on an iconic BMW motorcycle, the R90S, built in the 1970s. The section on maintenance and upgrades strongly recommends against building performance into the bikes. If you do so (I am paraphrasing), the author says, you wind up with an unreliable bike that still won't perform half as well as anything modern. Maintain it, upgrade the bits that are clearly better (ignition, etc.) Then let the old lady age gracefully and enjoy what the engineers had built at the time, the author suggested. I have a stock 1999 Boxster, and I intend to apply that principle to my car. Maintain, polish and (lightly) restore. Suspension bits will be the extent of my performance enhancements, and that's basically going to be limited to better bushings. Pretty much everything else is going to be stock or stock-equivalent replacements. Your car is awesome and has a clean provenance, enjoy it no matter what you do! M Last edited by morbidelli17; 03-01-2021 at 10:15 AM.