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Where Do BMW Boxer Twin Engines...
scootz - 16/7/10 at 01:38 PM

... go to die?

There's only a handful of them on eBay and most are pretty sorry looking lumps!

tomgregory2000 - 16/7/10 at 01:42 PM

they dont die

scootz - 16/7/10 at 01:44 PM

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!

Miks15 - 16/7/10 at 01:48 PM

i think there pretty tough... theres gotta to be a reason they chose them on long way round and down.

zilspeed - 16/7/10 at 02:10 PM

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.

graememk - 16/7/10 at 02:14 PM

thers a guy in sleaford who converts them to be used in microlights, so that might be wher they all go.

kipper - 16/7/10 at 02:22 PM

try BMW MOTORWORKS,
Hudersfield.
Denis

MK9R - 16/7/10 at 03:18 PM

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!

phelpsa - 16/7/10 at 03:27 PM

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]

scootz - 16/7/10 at 04:27 PM

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!

thunderace - 16/7/10 at 06:22 PM

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.

Xtreme Kermit - 16/7/10 at 06:32 PM

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?

norfolkluego - 16/7/10 at 08:03 PM

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

franky - 16/7/10 at 09:17 PM

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!