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Location: DeLand, Florida
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I just don't get it. What's wrong with the R1 with the CBR 1000 and ZX1000R? I guess BMW has what it takes to make another I4 that's just another Japanese clone: Regular forks, I4, chain, etc. Seriously what is the point?
Porsche was ready to drop the 911 thing thinking that it was time for a change. Look what happened to the almighty 944, 928, etc. The Carrera is still what they are all about, in the real-world market. Finally the sons-of-*****es saw the light and took the boxer 6, made it "modern" and got ahead of the game once again.
Hopefully BMW will see the light and steer the company in a wiser direction. Every time they get ADD on the boxer, they introduce some grand-fix for the decade, be the longitudinal 4, in-line 4, parallel twins, and singles. Now they got 100% Japanese on the twist, fantastic!
I guess they have the financial power to take any venture as they wish.
***** all you want but one of the reasons Harley still sells well is because they stay true to their heritage, as ****ty and juvenile as it might be: "Look at me I'm a bad boy, and you will hear me 10 miles away!".
BMW can really build anything with any number of wheel, no question about it.
I just wish they would build a real 21 century boxer just like Porsche did it when they revised the 911 concept, their true heritage.
This S100RR might be the **** but to me it's just another Japanese I4 made in Germany this time. It's funny to finally see who's copying who.
Too bad Honda dropped the ball on their RC51, helluva machine and engine they had there. Also too bad Suzuki dropped the TL project, lots of potential there as well.
Me now liking the Buell partially made in Austria!
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