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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVGry7-gZkg

Just watch is all I can say.


Hayden

Hayden wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVGry7-gZkg

Just watch is all I can say.


Hayden

Holy cow! I can't get my 100 lb lighter bike to do that ... at least with me still on it.

Good grief, that sounds good! This is the one that got me all worked up a while back, yours is better with more engine music, less soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbc_Vk8duuY

Yea, if you notice he was jumping that thing just as far as the 2 stroke. I lost it on the paddle tire. That was just funny stuff. It does sound dam good doesnt it!!

T

Hayden wrote:Yea, if you notice he was jumping that thing just as far as the 2 stroke. I lost it on the paddle tire. That was just funny stuff. It does sound dam good doesnt it!!

T

Didn't you loan me your 650L down in cass arkansas?

Did you have the KLR that broke the brake peddle?? If so.....yep that was me. I sold the XRL the other day to a guy in Hutch. Run'in the XRR now for trail stuff.

T

Take a look at this BMW. I like the hill climb he does. Reminds me of a place at the School Creek area years ago they called Big Red.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6wkjOo9 ... ed&search=

HOLLY CRAP He made it. OHHH Dam that was good. Of corse if I had it given to me to ride also I would treat it like that.

T

If I did my math right 183kph is equal to 113.7mph. I now know what I wnat for my next dirtbike!

Math is correct. Those guys make that bike work like a small dirtbike, but that thing is a beast. Man I want to be a better rider.

Btw, a lot of people don't know this, but you can go to Google and enter "183kph in mph" without the quotes and it will do the math. That's right, you can use Google as a calculator.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/feat ... calculator

troy wrote:Btw, a lot of people don't know this, but you can go to Google and enter "183kph in mph" without the quotes and it will do the math. That's right, you can use Google as a calculator.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/feat ... calculator

That is so cool!

Well it looks like BMW is getting a little more serious about a smaller off road bike:

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/24april07_bmw_g450.htm

Rumor has it that BMW is set to buy out Husqvarna and the two companies have been working together on this project.

I want one.

troy wrote:I want one.

Riding a BMW "dual sport" almost daily I think I would get a Husky or KTM for off-road pursuits ...

That said, this bike looks interesting:
- The front sprocket and the swingarm pivot are apparently one and the same. I am not sure what this does for manuverability / handling, but it will keep the chain at a constant tension, no matter the compression of the rear suspension. Nice.
- The frame is very minimal, with no under-engine support member. I wonder if the engine is part of the frame as with many of BMW's road bikes (K series at least). I don't see evidence of it in this picture, but the frame doesn't seem large enough. The engine is a big hunk of metal that has a lot of strength, so why not use it. No under support means more ground clearance BUT less engine sump protection.
- I see some Husky influence in there.

It does appear the engine is part of the frame structure. Attaching a skid plate could be tricky--but somebody will develop a good solution--probably BMW themselves will have one as an option.

This bike looks completely different from past BMW machines---and my untrained eye sees some Husky influence as well.

Here is a clip of some testing going on in Germany. Note that they are pulling into the Husky tent and are followed by an H2 and a two stroke Husky. Hmmm it could be a done deal between BWM and Husky. Dang it the price of parts just went up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZcqEqUzIAY


Also, looks like the pumkin patch is talking about it too. Good photo of the CS/pivot point here.

http://ktmtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=217634

Does this count for a hill climb?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht3DMDx1 ... ed&search=

Savage wrote:Does this count for a hill climb?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht3DMDx1 ... ed&search=

wow

troy wrote:

Savage wrote:Does this count for a hill climb?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht3DMDx1 ... ed&search=

wow

I think I saw KC and his DRZ in this one. Man that 14 CS makes all the difference!

LOL...yeah, that was me at the very end on my DRZ....the only one to make it!!!


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