BMW Release Pics of 170bhp Bike

[Posh Tourer :P]

same thoughts here WT, they APPARANTLY already do good touring bikes. If tey wanted to make a change to perception it should be a track focused weapon of mass destruction, full titanium everything, turboed. 200hp and 100kg.

they are saying, 'we want to be like the jappers' ok then, you'll never be better.

this bike looks to be aimed at people who want something with the huge power of the jappers, but with a difference. It seems to closely resemble a blackbird, but with shaft drive, an inline four engine, and a new style front fork arrangement.

BMW is not about intimate feedback from every bump, its about capable bikes that will handle the bumps. I know my beemer is a bit boring to ride in terms of feedback, but I go straight over the bumps that TS is skirting around....I'm waiting to hear the road test reports until I form any opinion.

Hopefully it wont be a big flop like the K1... which incidentally looks better in the flesh than in pics...

[Cajun]

better not show the father in law this info he will wanna trade his k1200rs in so he can try and keep up with me and the wife.

[jrandom]

Hopefully it wont be a big flop like the K1... which incidentally looks better in the flesh than in pics...

Well, it must have looked BLOODY AWFUL in the pics then.

[Cajun]

only certain type of people buy bmw
and they are very fussy at what they like and don't, they like tons of little toys and buttons to push, want to able to carry everything and the kitchen sink on there bikes with them.

[Hitcher]

Fascinating. I be thinking that said machine will not come cheap...

[FzerozeroT]

BMW is not about intimate feedback from every bump, its about capable bikes that will handle the bumps. I know my beemer is a bit boring to ride in terms of feedback, but I go straight over the bumps that TS is skirting around....I'm waiting to hear the road test reports until I form any opinion.

Hopefully it wont be a big flop like the K1... which incidentally looks better in the flesh than in pics...

I loved the K1, especially the front mudguard! But if they are trying to make a 'Japanese Challenger' then they are trying to change perception of who will be buying BMW's.

At the mo' BMW buyers are only certain type of people buy bmw
and they are very fussy at what they like and don't, they like tons of little toys and buttons to push, want to able to carry everything and the kitchen sink on there bikes with them.

'suits', 'soft', 'reliability freaks', (no offence PT, thats the word on the street) and even though having ridden BMW and loved heated grips, electric screen, that key flicky thing to insert, dual fuel taps (turn one off for better milage ) i couldn't see myself on one.
Why I made the comment about Buells, 'hey thats a bit of me, and a harley engine, thats pretty cool'

Harleys are still there, same as the BMW touring bikes will be. But it doesn't look as if the new bike is going to be a cat among the pigeons, and if BMW are trying to create the perception that it will be and it flops then we will have another K1 on our hands. :disapint:
Same as BMW have the 318 compact for mums, I want an M3 CSL on two wheels.

[Devil]

what a waste of bandwidth. They have the video of the complete lap around the nordschleife and its got shitty music over it so you cant hear the bike and fucking graphics in the way of the speedo!
ASSMASTERS> GIVE ME MY 17MB BACK!

[Cajun]

I loved the K1, especially the front mudguard! But if they are trying to make a 'Japanese Challenger' then they are trying to change perception of who will be buying BMW's.

'suits', 'soft', 'reliability freaks', (no offence PT, thats the word on the street) and even though having ridden BMW and loved heated grips, electric screen, that key flicky thing to insert, dual fuel taps (turn one off for better milage ) i couldn't see myself on one.
Why I made the comment about Buells, 'hey thats a bit of me, and a harley engine, thats pretty cool'

Harleys are still there, same as the BMW touring bikes will be. But it doesn't look as if the new bike is going to be a cat among the pigeons, and if BMW are trying to create the perception that it will be and it flops then we will have another K1 on our hands. :disapint:
Same as BMW have the 318 compact for mums, I want an M3 CSL on two wheels.

hahaha i know FzerozeroT father in law has one, and its good to ride in middle of winter with heated handgrips but boy its hard work pushing it thru corners harder work than the ol gsxr1100 i had. and they eat tires, the fronts last just as long as a rear. we ended up putting dunlop 208 on father in laws bike, to make it turn better, but it eats them like no bodys business

[Coldkiwi]

why is it that BMW are incapable of designing a bike that looks half decent?? They all look like some parts bin frankenstien project to me. the R1100 boxster is the best looking of the bunch but still looks like its got some nasty case of elephantitis causing its guts to hang out.

i don't doubt their engineering expertise for a minute, but why can't they at least hire an italian to do the styling!?... and use a proper bloody engine format?

[pete376403]

why is it that BMW are incapable of designing a bike that looks half decent?? They all look like some parts bin frankenstien project to me. the R1100 boxster is the best looking of the bunch but still looks like its got some nasty case of elephantitis causing its guts to hang out.

i don't doubt their engineering expertise for a minute, but why can't they at least hire an italian to do the styling!?... and use a proper bloody engine format?

Like Pininfarina did on the Morbidelli V8?
(see ugly bike thread)

[Posh Tourer :P]

A proper engine format? like the one used by subaru ie horizontally opposed? Or perhaps the one used by many large jappers, the inline four? ok the boxer is a weird format compared to most other brands of bike, but it has all sorts of advantages, like low CG and being well balanced. Its iconic, which is why when they dropped it in 1990, they bought it back quicksmart in 1996?? with the R850R. Its like harley dropping the v-twin
I agree that beemers tend not to look the greatest, but this bike looks alomst exactly like the blackbird.... the main difference being the tank... and perhaps the shaft drive

[White trash]

A proper engine format? like the one used by subaru ie horizontally opposed? Or perhaps the one used by many large jappers, the inline four? ok the boxer is a weird format compared to most other brands of bike, but it has all sorts of advantages, like low CG and being well balanced. Its iconic, which is why when they dropped it in 1990, they bought it back quicksmart in 1996?? with the R850R. Its like harley dropping the v-twin
I agree that beemers tend not to look the greatest, but this bike looks alomst exactly like the blackbird.... the main difference being the tank... and perhaps the shaft drive

i hate to disagree, Posh, but I reckon it actually looks far superior to the Blacksparrow.

[Hitcher]

A proper engine format? like the one used by subaru ie horizontally opposed? Or perhaps the one used by many large jappers, the inline four?

Most probably the BMW north-south inline 4. The rear-most cyclinder on these things tends to coke up, so it's not the greatest in-line 4 setup for a bike by any means.

[Posh Tourer :P]

WT: I quite like the looks of this bike except maybe for the tank, but in general, beemers arent stunningly beautiful bikes in the sense that some jap sportsbikes are. I like the looks of the odd old beemer because... well... I dont actually know, they just look different and distinctive with the rounded rocker covers....
Hitcher: This bike uses a E-W inline four, very compact and low according to the post by wkid_one. I see why the rearmost cylinder would tend to coke up, and I think that while the K-series was a good idea in terms of expanding their range, the desire to not copy everyone else maybe gave them a little too much creative licence in terms of engine format

[Aucker]

why is it that BMW are incapable of designing a bike that looks half decent?? They all look like some parts bin frankenstien project to me. the R1100 boxster is the best looking of the bunch but still looks like its got some nasty case of elephantitis causing its guts to hang out.

i don't doubt their engineering expertise for a minute, but why can't they at least hire an italian to do the styling!?... and use a proper bloody engine format?

Disagree- looks nice! Probly very unaffordable for me though