Gotta say I saw the demo bike at last years bike shows, here are the 4 variants available to joe public. if you have a soft spot for cruisers, retro and vintage this production has all three. I personally think it is the dogs bollox and i wish them well with it.
The marketing.... well, you decide. I think a bavarian attempt of not wanting to look stereotypical (lederhosen, steiners and alpine horn thingys) but in actual fact looking stereotypical glancing aside to HD who just do this thing better!
It was cringeworthingly enjoyable
Fiat Panda.
Fiat Scudo (with speedblock, pipe carrier, reversing sensors, reversing camera, tow bar, some new rust and Fake Plumber logo)
started out with nothing, still have most of it left.
Had a laugh at the point in the video where macho man is stting in front a shop window which has; "DON'T BE A DICK" written on it.
Open shaft looks like a great place for the tassle's on yer chaps to be pulled into
Are body tatoos & facial hair a requirement before you can ride this "awesome" machine? Think one would need to practice their "man hugs" before being allowed in the Motorrad Dealership to put down their deposits.
I'm sure the R18 will float some peoples boats but I think it's vulgar
Not for me, but we are all different and if you like that sort of thing BMW will obviously be pleased to make your wallet considerably lighter, but the video is like a hipster propaganda message
Al.
White/red BMW R1200R Sport
Shiny Red Honda Civic
Shiny Silver MR2 vvti Roadster. Going to be sold
White Peugeot Boxer Camper Conversion.
Battle scarred Suzuki Burgman 125,(Mrs Als) going to be sold
Suzuki VanVan 125
I'd rather have a Triumph Rocket 3 than one of those.
I'm obviously too old to be cool, cause my beard is grey and I don't have any tramp stamps either.
I was due to be going to the launch in Austria for this, but that got scuppered with the current crisis.
It's a heavy old beast. I guess BMW found the seam of heavy duty metal that HD use They've also priced it in the HD vein too.
Whilst I'm not a custom fan I quite like it, as opposed to the R1200C which was just yuck …. the cherry on top is the guys in the HD showroom below us hate it … I think we'll draw a few of their customers away!
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1, '05 K1200S
Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you've been up to!
1999 R1100s (mandarin) '
2018 DL 250V Strom
2019 CB125F Honda.
MZ301 Saxon Fun ( currently retired)
'03 Bullet 65 project..
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They've also priced it in the HD vein too.
