TenHut

germans yes...italians no.

It is not advisable to sit on an italian bike with its side stand out. While for body positioning training students are asked to sit on a static jap bike all the time as no matter how much weight u put on the side stand it doesnt break.

I remember asking Andy Ibbott if I could not practice my body positioning on the ninja 250R. He said "dont worry its not italian...its japanese."

It wasnt his opinion...its the collective opinion of the motorcycling world that japs offer more quality.

Now the germans are at par with japs.

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Parth

I simply don't get it ....... could anyone enlighten me how a squinty-eyed headlamp helps a bike to go any faster than a normal symmetrical one?? I want to know the reason/s (if any) behind this pirate eye setup??

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Haroon

As per one of the magazines, the reason for the squinty-looking headlight is that "the high beam doesn't need a large reflector, so it can be smaller than the low beam, which means less plastic, and less weight: every gram counts when trying to make a lighter bike"

To read that & more on this bike:
2010 BMW S1000RR: MD First Ride

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Parth

That link says that the gills are there to provide cooling. My doubt: isn't this a liquid cooled vehicle? why is air cooling so necessary on a liquid cooled bike? And even if it is necessary, then why only on one side? does air not flow on the other side of the bike too....if air vents(gills) help in the cooling then why is the left side left gill-less

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rennycornelius

This is news to me.
But never mind the side stand, and look at these exotics, i mean the DUCATI 916, simply one hell of an amazing bike.

But still as they say, DUCATI is the FERRARI of Motorcycles.

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hemank

I Love BMW

Omi

Any of these hit the Indian roads yet?


Human brain/nature in general likes symmetry(scientifically proven fact)

The most beautiful girls have the most symmetric faces,

so goes with the bikes,

But IMO it looks beautiful, and yea as Carlitos said, one can keep
EATING his brains out to the reasons they have made it like that.

and yea the bike looks so so aggressive, "RUN!! ITS COMING TO DEVOUR you"

Japs are going to have a hard time, more excellent bikes are rolling out from the middle earth, pricing is an issue tough...

csajal

You know what mate.... as far as I've studied this bike.... the price can be a even bigger shock than it's killer performance.

The bike has two versions -

1) The Base version
2) The Upper version with ABS and Traction Control and some additional Electronics (not able to recall the exact details of the additional electronics now!!)

As against other European make bikes, the Base version is priced at par with it's Jap competitors and the Upper version is also not very far up in the chart. (correct me if I'm wrong)

So, BMW is really hitting the Jap Super Sports Inline Liter Class real hard

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My own thoughts - Throttle

vineeth areth

cool bike with some different styling

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Picky

Some pics from my side.

During a visit to my local BMW / Ducati open house. Unfortunately, there were no test rides that day. Hopefully I should be able to ride one in a couple of weeks.