Conquering the soul !

May 25, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
 

A couple of years back when BMW launched the S1000RR no one expected that this bike will dominate the super bikes for that long, the RR is still by far the most powerful production bike on the market its even much more powerful than some 1300cc bikes. But for riders with a twin engine fetish, you’ll need much more than horse power to capture their attention, you need a bike with soul, a bike with a character, a bike with a history, a bike that makes riders reminisce.

I guess BMW doesn’t need me to tell them this, they were smart enough to figure it out them self’s. So they decided to recreate the BMW R 90 S and because they have a lot of money they didn’t bother going back to the drawing boards, they decided to ride on someones else back, someone rebellious, someone that can put some soul in the dead long dead R90S. Read more

The Indian BMW

April 9, 2013 by · 1 Comment
 

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The growing Indian market is attracting bike manufacturers all over the world to get a share of the Indian market, and BMW is no exception as they just announced a deal with the Indian manufacturer TVS. The BMW TVS deal will give TVS access to BMW’s technology to help it compete against Honda and Bajaj.

TVS and BMW will also be jointly developing new models together but all joint bikes will be sub-500cc and will be sold either as BMW or TVS depending on the market they’re going to.

So be careful your next BMW might be actually a TVS with a TVS badge 🙂

The Devil in disguise

October 2, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
 

The 2013 Diavel gets a new paint job. I like the red and the matt black but am not sure about the blue !

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The Civilized GS

October 2, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
 

I never liked or tempted to ride the BMW GS more than now, the new 2013 water-cooled BMW R1200GS is a Wolf in Cheap clothing. The looks of the new GS is very sharp and civilized yet at heart the GS is is still the same ridged bike we used to know.

I’ll leave you with some detailed photos of the bike. Read more

BMW 2013 spy shots

June 12, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
 

Finally some news on the 2013 motorcycle line from BMW, it looks like they are planing 2 new bikes for 2013.

The first is a naked version of the S1000RR with a half faring that looks like a copy of the Aprilia Tuono -which i hate-, and the other one is a Roadster or Cafe Racer style based on the Lo-Rider concept they presented back in 2008.

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RR still the best

May 15, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
 

According to MCN the RR is the fastest and the best on and off the track, but i still think the RSV4 is the most beautiful bike.

The 2013 R1250GS

December 31, 2011 by · 3 Comments
 

Spy shots of the 2013 R1250GS, the bike has a completely new engine and romer has it that the engine will come in 2 versions, air-cooled and water-cooled.

The bike now comes with LED day light that looks really cool, a new exhaust and as we see from the photos the final drive is now on the left side.

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Sold !

December 14, 2011 by · 2 Comments
 

I was at TriStar workshop and i took a couple photos of the 2012  S1000RR,  apparently the whole shipment is already sold.

I like the small details they added.

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How smart is your motorcycle ?

December 6, 2011 by · 2 Comments
 

Traction control, ABS, quick-shifter, tiptronic semi-automatic transmission, tire pressure sensors, daptive headlights, and electronic suspension are some of the technology fitted on BMW motorcycles…and just when we think there is nothing more to be added, BMW surprises us with another innovation.
Dynamic Damping Control DDC, or in other words Active Suspension….the system has been around for some time and has been used on a lot of cars, but never on a motorcycle. Because the way motorcycle suspension works is a lot more complicated than a car suspension, so the innovation is not in inventing the system but is in adapting it to motorcycles.
The smart suspension will react automatically -on-the-fly- to braking, accelerating, and cornering while taking into account road surfaces and your riding style to make sure you’ve got the perfect suspension setting at all times.

The system takes its data from the bike’s ECU, ABS sensors, spring travel sensors at the forks and shock and from tilt and roll sensors. Read more

Kuwait’s first motorcycle racing team

December 2, 2011 by · 1 Comment
 

Arab Riders racing team is Kuwait’s first motorcycle racing team, the guys has been riding motorcycles all their live…they actually don’t remeber when was the first time they rode a motorcycle but what they do remember is that back in 2008 they decided to take their hobby a bit more serious.

I have known Mohamad Al Hadad and Fahad Al Owaish – the 2 guys behind the Arab Riders – for a couple of years and over a cup of coffee we had a serious chat -for a change-, i asked them a couple of questions about the hobby and their recent participation at the Qatar International Road Racing Championship. Read more

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