| Author | Message | ||
     Jaimec |
I like it!! http://www.bmw-motorrad.com/com/en/fascination/nin eT/main.html Now, if only they come out with a replica cafe cowling like the one that used to adorn the R90s... | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Yeeh. Lots of great things being made right now. | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
I like it | ||
| Aesquire |
Jaimec, the Roland Sands concept bike fairing? Sweet!!! ( have to dig through the site a bit, it's under the "garage tab" ) Maybe a Rifle fairing? Add quick release locking pannier frames and you got a nice sport tourer in the classic mold that converts to that naked bike. | ||
| Crashm1 |
OMG they went backwards to actual forks. Interesting bike but I've never been a real big fan of their boxer motor, it makes me think MotoGuzzi for some reason. | ||
| Jaimec |
The Guzzi motor always makes me think of a boxer that got dropped from a great height into a ditch not quite wide enough to clear the cylinder heads... | ||
| Jaimec |
Aesquire: Almost, but not quite. That is a frame mounted fairing:  I'm thinking more along the lines of this:  | ||
| Aesquire |
Yes! that and the R100RS are what I think a BMW should look like. ( It's like......who was YOUR first Doctor? )  | ||
| Reepicheep |
Love the bike. How much? I couldn't suffer through all the dancing unicorns and blinking lights on that stupid site to see the actual details about the bike. | ||
| Jaimec |
Don't think a US price (or even availability) has been announced yet... | ||
| Macbuell |
Nice. I've always been a fan of the boxer engine and a cool looking cafe racer surrounding that engine sounds sweet to me. I really like it with the aluminum tail cover. | ||
| Maxbuell |
Tubes !!! | ||
| Jaimec |
The first thing I'd do is get rid of that ridiculous-looking muffler. Just because Harley does it doesn't mean EVERYONE has to do it. I'd opt for the street-legal Akropovic muffler which is already in their catalog for that bike. | ||
| 86129squids |
 Just scanned the site, the last pic has a bunch of "hooligans" on that bike... maybe they'd just got done with a HD photoshoot of the latest "Sinister Black" whateverbike. I do like the machine, and the approach to customization... of course I like my '77 R75/7 best of all! With TITLE IN HAND. As it sits, got about $1700 in the thing. WOOHOO! | ||
| Buellkowski |
Reminds me of BMW's previous attempt to go American-cool with the R1200C 15 years ago. | ||
| Jaimec |
That thing was a horror. This is a throwback to the days when one could buy a general purpose motorcycle and make it into anything you'd want. I miss those days. Everything today is so damned "specialized." | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
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| Tootal |
Interesting, a naked and semi-naked café racer/hooligan bike coming out about the same time as an EBR sport bike. Maybe not in the EXACT same style but still unique enough to pull sales from Erik. Makes you wonder if BMW doesn't feel a little threatened? That's the best thing from BMW I've seen in a long time. If my garage was bigger I'd still have my dad's 1960 R69. | ||
| Jaimec |
There is no comparison whatsoever between the R Nine-T and the 1190RX. Trying to make one is really stretching it. Other than two wheels and two cylinders the bikes have little else in common. | ||
| Thumper74 |
I REALLY like that! | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
I have to say it, FINALLY a BMW that floats my boat. | ||
| Nik |
So BMW made a Griso? | ||
| 86129squids |
"So BMW made a Griso?"  I just sharted myself! IMHO, the Ghezzi/Brian stuff is the coolest- seriously capable machines, with old-school motors, juiced a little. Jaimec, I'm with ya. I get really bored with anything produced later than the early 90's. The most interesting bikes seem to come from the late 60's through the '80's. Just imagine: CX500/650 Turbo. GPZ750 Turbo. Seca 650 Turbo. And, my Holy Grail, the XN85. Plus, the '80s saw the last of the street legal 2smokes, the RZ350. Used to own one, built out a little.  And, anyone besides me get a chub about the GTS1000? Today we won't see "factory turbo" bikes, nor any good 2smokes, except for Gschuette's. Mebbe he can get on EBR's payroll and hook us UPP. Time to dream... OK, geek off for now. Wait, trivia ?: Which of the above bikes beat the 10 second quarter mile? | ||
| Jaimec |
As I recall, only the GPz750 Turbo broke into the 9s. I loved the GTS1000. Got a chance to ride it two years in a row at Americade when Yamaha hired me to be one of their demo ride escort leaders (I did it three years in a row; the third year it was just Royal Stars they brought). That was early 90s if I recall correctly. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I'm still sad that Harley killed the XB9 turbo project... a turbo XB9SX would have been a remarkable little bike. | ||
| Hootowl |
A turbo might still be in the cards. Small engine, good fuel economy. Lots of power when you want it. Perhaps they'll design one for Hero. | ||
| Jaimec |
One would wonder why? There isn't a racing class in the world that would allow it to compete so what would be the point? | ||
| Tootal |
There is no comparison whatsoever between the R Nine-T and the 1190RX. Trying to make one is really stretching it. Other than two wheels and two cylinders the bikes have little else in common. Really? The sport bike evolved from the café racers. Factory's saw what folks were doing to their machines and decided to build them with lower bars and small racing fairings. Then the sport bike got more technical and lost some of the simplicity of old. But this new BMW, although it's looks brings back memories, is a sophisticated café racer and with the Ohlins suspension, high tech engine and big brakes I believe it has more in common with the RX than you think, it's just in sheep's clothing! | ||
| Jaimec |
That's like saying the XB12Ss was in the same category as the 1125R, Tootal. VERY different bikes. Heck, my C650GT has more in common with the 1190RX than the R Nine-T as it has liquid cooling, a full fairing and chain drive... | ||
| Slaughter |
http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/bmw/bmwboxer.h tm   |
