New BMW - "sportbike"

[Randy]

https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=24142

 

[Warchild]

Yeah, calling most any beemer a sportbike is a bit of a stretch, perhaps with the exception of the K1200RS/K1200S series...

but, what the hey..... moving to sportbike forum...

 

[RadioHowie]

That's a real big chunk of ugly.

 

[Rogue]

Yeah, calling most any beemer a sportbike is a bit of a stretch, perhaps with the exception of the K1200RS/K1200S series...

but, what the hey..... moving to sportbike forum...

Yea but they have been sporty in the past... BMW won the first AMA SuperBike series in 76'!

I still wouldn't buy one though.

 

[Woodstock]

That's a real big chunk of ugly.

+1 uke:

 

[C&C]

Kinda looks like they didn't fully install the bodywork, that, or they had a left over jet ski and bolted it to one of their motorcycles.

 

[Ghost Dog]

So this is the new motor series - the "F" parallel twin?

 

[nusman68]

Looks like the offspring of a tortured-origami-artist-turned-KTM designer.... :bad:

12:1 compression? Get comfortable putting 93 octane in that dude...

 

[DucatiSS]

Let's just hope it's got a little poop to it....I test rode some beemers a little over a year ago, one of which was the f650 single. Talk about disappointing! I realize the restrictions they put on the exhaust for emissions and all...but still!

On a seperate note, when I was at the motogp and they had a display of the new 1200s motor and everyone was oohing and ahhing over the damn thing I pointed to a part of the motor and said "HEY LOOK, MADE IN JAPAN!!!.............................Just Kidding"

You should have seen the jaws drop :bleh: I thought the BMW rep was going to ask me to leave, but even he started laughing!

Cheers,

Bryce