BMW motorcycles finnish import-company got their first bike last week! There’s even a picture about the bike itself.
And also a short text with this picture: “It seems that shape of the bike is a little bit more boxy than we thought!”
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It was a kind of carnival in Vantaa today! Motorcycle store Allright had their “Hemmopäivät” again and there were some tents with nice special prices, lots of good stuff for-sale with very low prices… and ofcourse parking area full of bikes to take a test ride. Kawasaki, Triumph and BMW (With 1 Aprilia) and I chose mainly BMW bikes to have a quick test.
BMW K1600GT is heavy. It’s still very easy to ride if you just get it on the roll… And becouse it’s heavy it doesn’t feel too powerful either. This was the biggest disappointment!
Triumph Tiger 800XcX is very light, nice and easy to ride, nice torque and powerline in the engine. I would rather choose this than 800GS!
BMW S1000RR is smooth, easy and so damn light! Until the RPM meter reaches 8000… after that it’s all about crazyness and speed!! If I would be 15 years younger I would have this for sure!! And I would probably already be dead…
BMW R1200RS was the best ride of today. Extremely good riding position, powerful engine, so much electronics to make the ride easier and so many ways to use the bike! This would be the best bike for me from these 4…
MotorCycleNews took the testride in Spain. They liked it…. Ahh “like” is not really a word to describe all that they’ve experienced!
“From the beginning of our test route near Barcelona there was immediately no doubt that the XR is both a proper, adventure-style machine *– it’s a tall, substantial bike with bars that brace your arms wide behind a meaty fairing complete with hand-adjustable, two-position screen – but it’s also one with the heart of a snarling beast.”
“Plenty of sportsbikes are set to be shamed by the XR, I guarantee.”
“On this experience, the XR isn’t just a bike for all reasons, I’m struggling to think of any reason why you wouldn’t want one. Prices, TBC, are set to start around £13K for the bog basic that no-one will want, the around 15 for the fully-loaded variants.”
This Bike should arrive (TO ME!) after 34 days of waiting!
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/first-rides-tests/2015/may/first-ride-bmw-s1000xr/
My bike at the moment is quite good also for “enduro-riding”. Ok it doesn’t have a big front wheel but it’s no problem for me.
I’ve learned to enjoy riding in gravel as much as in better roads. Here’s a video I shooted today.
I made a big mistake NOT to check my cameras lens-position before I started shooting! Ooops! But okay it can be rotated in moviemaker and this is the result!
Today was BMW motorcycle dealers Season 2015 start! Little bit unlucky that it’s so damn cold (-1 celsius) since it has been very nice weather more than a week before this. But I took my Xmoto and wanted to take a test ride with some of the new models…
I got R1200R which was brand new!
This was a good test ride after Dorsoduro a week ago. These bikes have pretty much the same kind of specs but when Aprilia was giving everything even from the lowest rpm the BMW did the same but little bit softer. This has the same performance but much better suspension! And ofcourse the different riding modes gives the BMW more possible ways to ride it (rainy weather, gravel roads, city-riding, highway and so on…)
With this bike you can really understand why you dont actually need so much horsepower to ride fast! In the curvy mountain roads this might be the best possible bike ever! This is a real gentlemans sport tourer! Unfortunately for me the bike is little bit too low, seat-hight is 79 cm’s.
This bike is for sale in Biketeam.
The weather forecast promised a real nice weather for today so I desided to leave home early. I’m very lucky that I bought myself a new motorcycle suit (Alpinestars Valparaiso) so that even there was some rain I didn’t get wet at all!
First I decided to check the breakwater in Vuosari. It would be such a nice place if only there’s some sunshine!
As you can see all the ice is already gone!
Then I rode to Gumbostrand -village in Sipoo. There is a very strange place where the national museum made some diggings because they actually believed some old guy (Name: Ior Bock) when he was telling that there is some kind of temple deep in the rock. Diggings were made in the 80’s and nowadays the hole is full of water. But it’s still a very strange of formation…
Now few hours after I came back home there’s finally some sunshine. But it’s too late because soon it’s going to be dark.
Tomorrow I’ll ride again!
Bought this today (february 10th!) and took a short ride also (35km’s)
Very easy to ride, very light also (160kg’s)
This is my 8th bike that I’ve had… and I’m gonna ride this as long as the new XR arrives!
BMW G650Xmoto (-07) (my second current bike)
BMW R1200GS (-14)
Aprilia Tuono V4R (-12)
BMW S1000R (-14) (my current bike)
BMW R nineT (-14)
Suzuki GSR600 (-08)
Honda NC700X (-12)
Honda CBR1100XX (-03)
Honda CB600F Hornet (-07)
Triumph Tiger 1050 (-08)
KTM 1190 Adventure (-13)
Honda VFR1200XD Crosstourer (-12)
Aprilia Caponord 1200 ABS (-13)
Suzuki SFV 650 Gladius (-09)
BMW F650GS Sertao (-13)
BMW F800GS (-13)
Kawasaki GTR1400 ABS (-09)
Yamaha XT1200 Super Tenere (-11)
BMW S1000RR (-12)
Triumph 1200 Tiger Explorer (-12)
Kawasaki ER-5 (-04)
Husqvarna Nuda 900R (-12)
BMW K1200S (-06)
Suzuki VX 800 (-91)
KTM 990 SMT (-11)
Yamaha FZ1-n (-08)
BMW K1300 S (-11)
Honda VFR1200F (-10)
Honda X-4 (-02)
Honda CB1300 (-07)
Yamaha BT1100 (-04)
Honda CB1100 SF X-Eleven (-02)
Yamaha FJR 1300 (-04)
Honda CB1300S (-06)
Yamaha V-Max (-99)
BMW R1150R (-01)
Suzuki GSF-1200 F Bandit (-03)
Suzuki GSX-1100G (-95)
Yamaha FZ6-S (-99)
Yamaha XJ600 (-82)
Harley Davidson Sportster 883 (-95)
Suzuki GS 500 (-91)
Yamaha RD 350 (-84)
Honda cb 750 Four (-77)
Yamaha Virago 535 (-91)
Suzuki LTD400 (-85)
Kadulla on jo useaan otteeseen nähty vilauksia BMW:n uudesta pyörästä kaudelle 2015. Pyörässä on todennäköisesti sama tekniikka kuin S1000R -mallissa lukuunottamatta jousitusta joka tulee olemaan ilmeisesti huomattavasti suuremmilla jousitusvaroilla kuin nakuversio S1000R:ssä. Pyörä tulee kilpailemaan suoraan Ducati Multistradan kanssa “urheilullisen seikkalilupyörän” tittelistä maailmalla.
Tälle on tulossa mallinimeksi ilmeisesti S1000XR tai S1000F
Jos siis tekniikka on samaa kuin S1000R:ssä on tässä tehoa selvästi enemmän kuin Multistradassa ja ajettavuuskin vähintään yhtä hyvä.
Saa nähdä julkaistaanko uutuus jo Kölnin messuilla nyt syyskuussa vai vasta Milanossa marraskuussa!
Tänään vein oman Puudelini takuukorjattavaksi. Tuulettimen moottori vaihdetaan. Tilalle otin ison Gessun ja pöristely alkoi!
Ensin vähän totuttelua lentokentän ympäri. Sitten tuli käytyä syömässä Burger Kingissä. Sitten suuntasin eturenkaan kohti Tuusulan/ Vantaan rajalla sijaitsevaa soramonttua.
Melkein heti löysin paikan josta on pisin pudotus montun pohjalle. Sanoisin että yli 40m! Edellisen kerran olen ollut tällä montulla n. 15-vuotiaana, eli tossa ihan pari vuotta sitten. Pikkasen on paikat muuttuneet tässä vuosien aikana!
Löysin kuin löysinkin reitin alas montun pohjalle ja siellähän tuo lampi vielä löllötti (eli sijaitsi!). Silloin kauan sitten tuossa lätäkössä on tullut käytyä usein uimassa!
Iso Gessu tuntui menevän mihin tahansa! Uskomaton vääntö, joustava moottori ja yllättävän helppo tasapainoilu pyörän sarvissa sai tuntemaan oloni aivan kuin olisin tehnyt tätä pitkään ja osaisin melkein kaiken! Ainoa ero oikeasti taitavaan kuljettajaan verrattuna lienee se että minä hikoilin kuin vanha norsu! (ajoinhan soranorsua!)…
Helppo tuohon metsässä ja soralla ajamiseen on rakastua! Hieno fiilis kun pyörä etenee voimaa uhkuen paikoista joista itsellä saattaisi olla jo vähän vaikeuksia!
BMW R1200GS (-14)
Aprilia Tuono V4R (-12)
BMW S1000R (-14), nykyinen pyöräni
BMW R nineT (-14)
Suzuki GSR600 (-08)
Honda NC700X (-12)
Honda CBR1100XX (-03)
Honda CB600F Hornet (-07)
Triumph Tiger 1050 (-08)
KTM 1190 Adventure (-13)
Honda VFR1200XD Crosstourer (-12)
Aprilia Caponord 1200 ABS (-13)
Suzuki SFV 650 Gladius (-09)
BMW F650GS Sertao (-13)
BMW F800GS (-13)
Kawasaki GTR1400 ABS (-09)
Yamaha XT1200 Super Tenere (-11)
BMW S1000RR (-12)
Triumph 1200 Tiger Explorer (-12)
Kawasaki ER-5 (-04)
Husqvarna Nuda 900R (-12)
BMW K1200S (-06)
Suzuki VX 800 (-91)
KTM 990 SMT (-11)
Yamaha FZ1-n (-08)
BMW K1300 S (-11)
Honda VFR1200F (-10)
Honda X-4 (-02)
Honda CB1300 (-07)
Yamaha BT1100 (-04)
Honda CB1100 SF X-Eleven (-02)
Yamaha FJR 1300 (-04)
Honda CB1300S (-06)
Yamaha V-Max (-99)
BMW R1150R (-01)
Suzuki GSF-1200 F Bandit (-03)
Suzuki GSX-1100G (-95)
Yamaha FZ6-S (-99)
Yamaha XJ600 (-82)
Harley Davidson Sportster 883 (-95)
Suzuki GS 500 (-91)
Yamaha RD 350 (-84)
Honda cb 750 Four (-77)
Yamaha Virago 535 (-91)
Suzuki LTD400 (-85)
Pyörä on kevyt, ketterä ja helppo ajettava. Se syöksyy mutkaan suihkuhävittäjän lailla ja on mutkassa vakaa ja nopea. Käännöksestä toiseen siirtyminen ei vaadi kummoista vastaohjausliikettä vaan pikemminkin leualla osoitetaan kevyesti uuteen suuntaan ja hetkessä pyörä on kantillaan seuraavassa mutkassa.
Mutkasta ulos tullessa se kiihtyy moottorin uskomattoman voimantuoton ansiosta silmänräpäyksessä haluttuun nopeuteen ja tekee sen määrätietoisen herkästi mutta myös helposti eturenkaan asfaltista irroittamalla… Nyt täytyy opetella keulimaan koska eihän se käy päinsä että joka kerta kun eturengas nousee niin automaattisesti lasken kaasua!
Jotkut ovat kritisoineet pyörää kevyeksi ja levottomaksi matkapyöräksi. Minä ainakin olen sitä mieltä että ihan mielellään tuolla pidempääkin matkaa ajaa! Sporttiset sivulaukut on tilattu ja tankkilaukun kiinnikkeet samoin. Pian on Puudeli valmis pitkälle matkalle!
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