beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
Still think that the BMW Cruiser is a really good looking motorcycle; Power Was Poor!
I bought my 1996 R1100GS in October of 1995 and it's still around with 110,000 miles on it; and shows no signs of getting tired. I was excited when the R1200C came out and I was going to add one to my collection, that is until I tested one.
I still think that this a great looking BMW motorcycle, with a lot going on for itself.
I join the majority of the other posters here, in the seat of the pants view, that it was underpowered; and it had no reason to be, if BMW had their thinking cap on!
Motorcycle Consumer News is the most accurate and truthful magazine out there, they take no advertising and they tell it like it is. On page 29 it shows the real deal, regardless of talk about torque, and the R12C is a lot slower than my R11GS.
In MCN Volume 39 of January 2008 the R11GS runs the 1/4 at 12.53 at 104.20 and the R12C is at 13.61 and 93.79. In the real world of American Southwest roadways where the Arizona Republic Newspaper publishes that the "average" speed on Interstate 10 is 85 mph this makes a huge "real" world of difference.
The truest roadworthy factors are 0-60 mph and Power to Weight Ratios for bikes:
R1100GS is at 4.27 seconds and 1:7.59; R1200C is way behind at 5.22 & 1:10.23!
The R1200CLC stinks at 14.80, 87.09, 6.53 and 1:14.16. H-D Electra Glide's faster.
What's so sad is this didn't have to be this way. Still don't understand BMW logic!
I bought my 1996 R1100GS in October of 1995 and it's still around with 110,000 miles on it; and shows no signs of getting tired. I was excited when the R1200C came out and I was going to add one to my collection, that is until I tested one.
I still think that this a great looking BMW motorcycle, with a lot going on for itself.
I join the majority of the other posters here, in the seat of the pants view, that it was underpowered; and it had no reason to be, if BMW had their thinking cap on!
Motorcycle Consumer News is the most accurate and truthful magazine out there, they take no advertising and they tell it like it is. On page 29 it shows the real deal, regardless of talk about torque, and the R12C is a lot slower than my R11GS.
In MCN Volume 39 of January 2008 the R11GS runs the 1/4 at 12.53 at 104.20 and the R12C is at 13.61 and 93.79. In the real world of American Southwest roadways where the Arizona Republic Newspaper publishes that the "average" speed on Interstate 10 is 85 mph this makes a huge "real" world of difference.
The truest roadworthy factors are 0-60 mph and Power to Weight Ratios for bikes:
R1100GS is at 4.27 seconds and 1:7.59; R1200C is way behind at 5.22 & 1:10.23!
The R1200CLC stinks at 14.80, 87.09, 6.53 and 1:14.16. H-D Electra Glide's faster.
What's so sad is this didn't have to be this way. Still don't understand BMW logic!
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