BMW 2012 lineup
No significant changes in the 2012 lineup, the lineup will only come dressed in some new colors plus a Trophy edition 800GS.
The good news is that the K1300R and the K1300S are here to stay -or at least until 2013-, still the rumors of a 1600cc naked bike are very strong and its said that the bike is 13hp less powerful than the four-cylinder “K” !!
The K1300S will be available in Titan Silver Metallic and in Sapphire Metallic Black, the K1300R will only come in Acid Green Metallic.
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I’ve Got the Power !
Filed under: Aprilia, BMW, Cars, Crazy Stuff, Kuwait, Local, Racing, Reviews, Video, YouTube
This is a video we shot last year, we had a demo Aprilla RSV4 Factory, a demo BMW S1000rr and a fully moded BMW E60 M5.
We were experimenting with the RR trying to find out what can it do, so we asked our friend on the RR to stop and only start accelerating when we – me on the RSV4 and my friend in the M5- pass by him at a speed of 100kmh.
Now the thing that we did not know that the RSV4 was on the “R” mood which stands for Road and only pumps out 140hp while the “R” mood on the RR is the race mode that unleashes all the 180 horses.
Enjoy
Getting Social
2 weeks ago i posted about BMW new social website and now its Ducati’s turn as they’ve also launched their own social community website, the platform is a bit simpler than the one of BMW and similar to Facebook but BMW’s platform provide much more useful content thats customized to the user profile.
Check them out, BMW , Ducati .
It’s here
And ready for the showroom.
Posted from my iPhone.
Meet n’ Ride
Last week BMW Motorrad launched a new online social network to help bikers from all around the world socialize and share experiences regardless of what brand their ride is.
The website is a social networking tool similar to Facebook, that should help bikers plan tours by accessing a wide to a range of tools, BMW says that the aim of the community is to provide a platform for people to share the love of riding to find each other, arrange trips, and spend more time than ever out on the road.
All you need to do is to create a profile, and your ready to find your friends, make new ones, arrange group rides, share your experiences, pictures and recommendations.
http://community.bmw-motorrad.com/en/
2011 World SBK kicks-off at Phillip Island
Filed under: Aprilia, Biaggi, BMW, Carlos Checa, Ducati, Leon Haslam, Video, WSBK, YouTube
Tonight at 4am -Kuwait local time- the first round of the 2011 world super bike championship kicks-off at Phillip Island.
Carlos Checa set the quickest lap ever recorded around Phillip Island on his Althea Racing Ducati 1098R -1 minute 30.882 seconds-, thus grabbing the first Superpole trophy of the year, Biaggi came second on the Apprila, and Haslam forth on the S1000 RR.
I believe its gonna be an intense race, with the three aggressive boys at the poles.
BMW Race Camp
BMW is organizing a 3 day – March 10 to March 12- intensive race camp at PARKMOTOR CASTELLOLI Spain, the organizers are promising lots of track time and long runs, the camp is limited to 60 riders maximum on a first come, first serve basis.
They are also offering the BMW Race Calibration tool for customizing the injection, ignition, traction control, shift response HP shift assistant, speed limit for pit lane, etc..
The New Green
I have been asked many times about the new Kawasaki ZX10-R, but all i could say was that Kawasaki USED to “Let the good times roll”….especially that they issued a technical recall on the ZX10-R a month after it the launch.
I did not get an invitation to the launch at Lossil in Qatar last Nov, so i haven’t ridden the green yet, and i can only quote whatever is circulating around the net and what the journalists that rode it has to say.
MCN did a group test last week between the ZX-10R, S1000RR, Honda Fireblade, Yamaha R1 and Suzuki GSX-R1000, and the above video should summarize it.
S1000RR vs Ariel Atom
Filed under: BMW, Cars, Crazy Stuff, Extreme, Fast, Racing, Video, YouTube
Its a 12min video, but u can skip directly to 5:30 to watch the RR vs Atom part, but u’ll miss the Lamborghini vs Atom part.
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