scootz
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 01:38 PM |
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Where Do BMW Boxer Twin Engines...
... go to die?
There's only a handful of them on eBay and most are pretty sorry looking lumps!
It's Evolution Baby!
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 01:42 PM |
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they dont die 
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scootz
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 01:44 PM |
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That's what I'm starting to think! Do BMW bikes not get written-off whenever they get a scratch on them like every other bike on the
planet!
It's Evolution Baby!
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Miks15
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 01:48 PM |
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i think there pretty tough... theres gotta to be a reason they chose them on long way round and down.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 02:10 PM |
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BMW riders are not the same as normal bikers.
We have a guy local who is a bit of a BMW guru, Boxers specifically.
I remember him doing a twin plug conversion on one a zillion years back.
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graememk
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 02:14 PM |
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thers a guy in sleaford who converts them to be used in microlights, so that might be wher they all go.
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kipper
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 02:22 PM |
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bmw
try BMW MOTORWORKS,
Hudersfield.
Denis
Where did that go?
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MK9R
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 03:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
That's what I'm starting to think! Do BMW bikes not get written-off whenever they get a scratch on them like every other bike on the
planet!
my mate has dropped his GS1200 a few times plus been knocked of by a van, and the bike hardly got a scratch, bloody excellent bikes! And the GS is
faster than any superbike in the real world on real UK roads!
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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phelpsa
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 03:27 PM |
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They don't sell in huge quantities and their values hardly drop at all. My dad paid more than list price for his R1200GS in 2005 because of the
waiting list. Even now you'll pay more for a 6 month to year old one than a brand new one! The people who buy them are the sort of people that
like to keep them in one piece.....
[Edited on 16-7-10 by phelpsa]
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scootz
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 04:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kipper
try BMW MOTORWORKS,
Hudersfield.
Denis
Cheers Denis!
I spoke with a chap there called 'Nord'... font of useful knowledge!
He confirmed that lots go off to become airplanes!
It's Evolution Baby!
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thunderace
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 06:22 PM |
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become airplanes!
tell me more
i had my bmw r850r for 4 years and sold it a few weeks ago for more than i paid for it ,the bike is bullet proof the only fault i ever had was burn
the oil trying to see how fast it could go.
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Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 06:32 PM |
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Is the problem that because it is a boxer, with a pot sticking out each side, when you drop it - it takes a pot off and kills the engine?
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 08:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
become airplanes!
tell me more
i had my bmw r850r for 4 years and sold it a few weeks ago for more than i paid for it ,the bike is bullet proof the only fault i ever had was burn
the oil trying to see how fast it could go.
'trying to see how fast it could go'
No you didn't - 'they' monitor everything you know
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franky
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 09:17 PM |
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I bought one of the back of the long way down stuff. BMW bought it back off me after 2000 miles as it had 2 gearboxes then when the final drive thats
suppose to be sealed for life leaked on my tyre enough was enough
They had it back so thats where a good amount must go!
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