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Happy new (to me, at least) bike day!
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 5:13 pm
by Grey Thumper
Lots of firsts for me when it comes to this one; first bike over a liter, first shaft drive, first air-cooled engine, first twin, first bike with weird front suspension. I'm lovin' it all, just the same.
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 5:17 pm
by jaskc78
nice lookin' bike. let me know what you think of it, i love BMW cars and am wondering if they were able to convert that same driving enjoyment to motorcycles. nobody i know around here rides a BMW bike so information is somewhat limited.
thanks!
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 5:42 pm
by CaptCrashIdaho
You ROCKSTAR...er ROCKSTER!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 8:58 am
by mgdavis
Sweet!
FYI, BMW has been making motorcycles since 1923. They didn't start producing cages until 1928. You might say that their experience in motorcycles made their cages tolerable.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:54 am
by jaskc78
but i've been driving BMW cars since 2000 and have never ridden a BMW bike. had a 93 325i and a 1999 540i sport package. 540i sport package liked to cruise at 130mph, which makes for an expensive ticket so i sold it before i found out how expensive that ticket would be.
oh, and in case anyone is wondering, when BMW says in their owners manual that a car's top speed is 139mph, they mean it. hit 140 in the 325 with a slight tail wind somewhere in nebraska. never did top out the 540 but i have no doubt that it was indeed limited at 155mph. it still pulled nicely at 130 with some accelerator pressure, and that 6th gear in it meant 30+ mpg at 85mph on the freeway out here in AZ.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:46 pm
by jstark47
Isn't that about the same model that LionLady rides?
Congrats on your new ride!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 2:00 pm
by Gummiente
OOooooOOhhhh... NICE!!!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 2:02 pm
by fireguzzi
me likey
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:53 pm
by king robb
That is hot thumper, very hot.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:55 pm
by Grey Thumper
Thanks one and all! It's a heavy mother of a bike, so I think I'm back to parking lots and doing figure 8s most of the time for the next coupla weeks. Low speed stuff is pretty easy though, I guess because the twins keep the weight low and wide.
jaskc78 wrote:nice lookin' bike. let me know what you think of it, i love BMW cars and am wondering if they were able to convert that same driving enjoyment to motorcycles.
Well, this is my second Beemer so far; they're kinda quirky, more eccentric than their cars, IMHO. They make a lot of odd engineering choices; flat twins (BMW and Ural are the only mass producers I can think of that use the layout), there's the weird feel of Saxon-Motodd or Hossack forks, plus they don't exactly have the prettiest range of bikes around. All in all, they're definitely an acquired taste, but I admire their . . . stubbornness is the word that comes to mind.
jstark47 wrote:Isn't that about the same model that LionLady rides?
Congrats on your new ride!
Yup, seems like it's the exact same model, cop colors, asymmetric headlights and all!