BMWs - for old men?

**mynameis** · 20th April 2009, 22:12

Originally Posted by carver

i have ridden a few BMW's, and i was wondering if they make anything decent.
besides the usual adventure barge GS....
anyone ridden any of their latest overpriced tanks?

Originally Posted by Ixion

You're too young to understand.

They're not for children

When you grow up, you'll understand. It's like sex, you'll understand about that one day, it's another thing reserved for grown ups

Bwahahaha pwnd !

**Mooch** · 20th April 2009, 22:17

Yep , they are for old men ....... Like the one I met near the bottom of South America, He'd riden down from BA including some of the gravel roads we'd taken on adventure bikes .... on a k1200rt , at 70 years old. Can't wait to be 70 ! yeah , BMW's are for old men

**MVnut** · 20th April 2009, 22:28

Originally Posted by Big Dave

my 08 bike of the year.

Megamotos rule OK

**Oscar** · 20th April 2009, 23:02

I'm not a big fan of BMW's but I would happily own an HP2 (if money wasn't a factor, in preference to a 950 Super Enduro).

I would also like to get my hands on an R90S...

**BMWST?** · 21st April 2009, 10:21

Originally Posted by carver

so there ya go, are the other ones any better?

well lets see.The r65 was BMW smallest bike goodness knows how long ago.Its like comparing a modern gsxr 1000 to say a old suzuki 450 or 500 twin or maybe a gs550 or similar

Likewise the R850 its the lowest model from abiout 1998 or so...The four cylinder bikes have a bit more go than them,which i guess all your on about but few would dispute the GSXR would be superior in engine performance and outright high speed handling.I doubt even you think that

**Swoop** · 21st April 2009, 11:36

Originally Posted by shards

goes plenty fast enough to get locked up

The bike or the rider?

Originally Posted by Mooch

Can't wait to be 70 ! yeah , BMW's are for old men

It sounds like that BMW is keeping the rider young!

**alanzs** · 21st April 2009, 13:52

Originally Posted by jonbuoy

Confirmed, but not just for old men - for people that have realised riding isn´t all about warp factor 10. I used think they were Ghey, now I´d hapily ride one or even a harley. If your still into riding in 10-15 years come back and read this post.

Right on. I used to be snobby about bikes when I was young. Now, I just like riding, whatever the brand name is. Some machines are better than others, but it's all a thrill...

**Bonez** · 21st April 2009, 16:21

Originally Posted by carver

hmmm...my gixxer aint bad for a few hours in the saddle, i did 15 hours on a yamaha jog once, and once agian on a GS500/DR650 too!

Start the engine next time.

**carver** · 21st April 2009, 22:20

Originally Posted by BMWST?

well lets see.The r65 was BMW smallest bike goodness knows how long ago.Its like comparing a modern gsxr 1000 to say a old suzuki 450 or 500 twin or maybe a gs550 or similar

Likewise the R850 its the lowest model from abiout 1998 or so...The four cylinder bikes have a bit more go than them,which i guess all your on about but few would dispute the GSXR would be superior in engine performance and outright high speed handling.I doubt even you think that

im not comparing those bikes to the gixxer, i think a R850 could be compared to something more like a modern japanese bike of the same price

Originally Posted by Bonez

Start the engine next time.

watch the vid

**short-circuit** · 21st April 2009, 22:25

Originally Posted by carver

watch the vid

Don't watch it - it is crap like all the others.

Plus he'll think he's important (notorious)

**awayatc** · 21st April 2009, 22:26

All old bikeriders have been young once....(or twice)

They must have obviously survived those wild young years....and learned a thing or 2...

Only alternative to growing old is to die young.....

**carver** · 21st April 2009, 22:34

Originally Posted by short-circuit

Don't watch it - it is crap like all the others.

Plus he'll think he's important (notorious)

i agree with you on that!

season two will be worse!

i wrote part of it today!

**Motu** · 21st April 2009, 22:44

Originally Posted by BMWST?

The r65 was BMW smallest bike goodness knows how long ago.

The R65 was based on the R45,which obviously wasn't a big seller.The R65 has the same bore as the R75...so it's a short stroke 750.I think the R65 was available for a very long time on the home market....and there were R65GS versions as well.

Just sticking up for the little fella....

**MaxB** · 22nd April 2009, 00:47

Originally Posted by Motu

The R65 was based on the R45,which obviously wasn't a big seller.The R65 has the same bore as the R75...so it's a short stroke 750.I think the R65 was available for a very long time on the home market....and there were R65GS versions as well.

Just sticking up for the little fella....

And before that there were the R25/R26 250cc models. And more recently that God awful BMW C1 commuter thing, all 125cc of it.

Old mans bike? Meh. When I was 22 I had an R65 when I was in Europe. It had a 3/4 Rickman fairing which was a thinly veiled rip off of the R100RS fairing.

I once averaged (sorry about the units) 90.33mph over 250 miles on a journey I had to make on a bike making 50 rwhp and a top speed of 115mph. And the air temp was 10 degC and the wind chill took it well below that.

The only downside was that at normal travelling speed the bike would have just made it on a tank but at these speeds I was forced to stop for fuel and to thaw out thus dropping the average. Near the end of the trip I filled up to get the receipt and got to my destination cold but fully functional.

The beauty of the smaller airheads was that they were massively over engineered and could be run near the redline all day.