[However, in all fairness, I have to say that air cooled Porsches sure sound way better than the water buffalos...]
Of course they do - they're a boxer twin times 3 !
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[However, in all fairness, I have to say that air cooled Porsches sure sound way better than the water buffalos...]
As I said, I just can't see them keeping the oil cooling as well.
Some of us have long legs and short torso and some of us have a long torso and short legs. Can we trade?I too think BMW will do just fine with a water cooled Boxer.
I hope they will take advantage of a new engine to rething how they design and package the R bikes. I hope they get bact to their roots where bikes we under 500lbs...some where well under that.
I hope they also make their bike toward a more average human scale...ie the average male/female rider of 5'5' to 5' 10" can sit on the bike with their feet flat on the ground. This would help their sales IMO...and make the bikes more of a pleasure to own.
I also think they should work hard to get their center of gravity lower like the had in the days of the R100s etc. This would make the bike more agile at speed and less top heavy
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This means the GS bikes an the road bike would really have different frames
I too think BMW will do just fine with a water cooled Boxer.
I hope they will take advantage of a new engine to rething how they design and package the R bikes. I hope they get bact to their roots where bikes we under 500lbs...some where well under that.
I hope they also make their bike toward a more average human scale...ie the average male/female rider of 5'5' to 5' 10" can sit on the bike with their feet flat on the ground. This would help their sales IMO...and make the bikes more of a pleasure to own.
I also think they should work hard to get their center of gravity lower like the had in the days of the R100s etc. This would make the bike more agile at speed and less top heavy
.
This means the GS bikes an the road bike would really have different frames
To quote the faithful...
"It Ain't A Harley !"
That phenomenon has been around for decades. I used to be part of the HD crowd, and when the EVO came out, the die-hard Shovelhead guys wore t-shirts with the three monkeys saying : See no EVO, Hear no EVO, Ride no EVO.
At exactly the same is true for the BMW crowd. Why are we having part of this discussion? Because there quite a few people who wish BMW would still build Airheads....and nothing else. Why was the flying brick almost a flop?