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How can this happen? Why did this happen? Is the designer the CEO's favorite nephew?
Why do we need all this crappy plastic junk?
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Instead of better designed motorcycles, all we get is more plastic.
04R1150RS said:When BMW went to CANBUS, is the last time I looked at BMW as a bike I'd buy as this is entering into their car realm ...
Yeah, well I remember when Boy George used that approach. Didn't like him either !!It happens by plan and for good reasons.
If a new bike isn't shocking it's boring.
New sells. Old not so much.
Good example - I still hate them!Most notable example of all this occurred with the "Bangle Butt" BMW cars--everyone hated them at first but eventually they became all time best sellers, copied by many (Honda?).
I'd question that. I don't recall anyone copying the GS front fender treatment? And no one ever copied the Pontiac Aztec either!This is BMW--other makes will copy them. It won't be the other way around.
You're comparing the 916 to a GS? That might work except for the simple fact that everyone pretty much agrees that the 916 is the sexiest motorcycle ever built and the GS is the ugliest.Ducatis look lots wierder than they used to, as well, and they're doing better than ever, too.
THAT I do agree on! Old curmudgeons like me do not influence modern design, even though we should!!Most of us get old and find the world passing us by a bit--it's nothing to complain about, in reality, and we'll just be ignored in any event. Don't worry, be happy.
The current models of Triumph Tiger Explorer and Tiger 800XC, Ducati Multistrada 1200, and the upcoming Honda Crosstourer all copy the GS front fender treatment.I'd question that. I don't recall anyone copying the GS front fender treatment?
The current models of Triumph Tiger Explorer and Tiger 800XC, Ducati Multistrada 1200, and the upcoming Honda Crosstourer all copy the GS front fender treatment.
I've gradually come around and my tastes have shifted.
And that's the point.
When you're a designer of great renown and have what it takes to be hired by the likes of BMW, you're the one that sets the trends that the rest of us "come around to."
If all you can do is repeat the past, you don't get hired.
Except maybe by a certain maker of American assembled motorcycles.
All I can say to that is "to each his own". So these great designers can come up with nothing better than the Pontiac Aztec and GS BMW's? And I suppose great composers are responsible for modern rap music as well.And that's the point.
When you're a designer of great renown and have what it takes to be hired by the likes of BMW, you're the one that sets the trends that the rest of us "come around to."
If all you can do is repeat the past, you don't get hired.
I used to think that BMW motorcycles were the ugliest things on two wheels...
Then I rode one, and I've not turned back...
Whose name(s) shall remain anonymous, but begins with "T" and ends with "L", perhaps?
If BMW designed a basic off road motorcycle then they couldn't charge >$20,000 for it. More tech to keep people from working on them like the good old run for ever easily maintained by someone w/ basic mechanical skills airheads.
When BMW went to CANBUS, is the last time I looked at BMW as a bike I'd buy as this is entering into their car realm which means to me, don't own a BMW after the warranty goes out as it's gonna cost some serious cash to repair.
While new BMW's maybe for some, not for me as I like to keep things for a long while. I've got two BMW's a R1150RS and G/S, the G/S will be the last to go...if ever.
If you think about it an old G/S ain't the prettiest bike either, until you own one. It's was designed for a purpose, to be ridden as a DS bike, function over form.
You know,I agree that so many new BMWs are kind of ugly. I plan to stick with my 04 RS until something new comes out that is at least as good looking. I'm still kicking myself for selling my grey 82 RS. Now that was a beatiful bike!!