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Steve in Golden
Posts: 3093 Joined: Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:30 pmLocation: Golden, CO USA
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by Steve in Golden Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:17 pm
justoneoftheguys wrote: Yeah, with all that electronics on it, it had better NOT engage the starter if it's already running!
Especially since, on at least one wethead GS (mentioned earlier in the thread, complete with well-deserved chastisement from Softie) the starter mechanism seems to be rather fragile.
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=877412
dougie
Posts: 2540 Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:19 pmLocation: Burlington Ontario, Canada
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by dougie Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:57 pm
New BMW bikes -Definitely overpriced.
I've spent most of my money on women, motorcycles, and beer.
Sibbo
Posts: 5637 Joined: Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:18 amLocation: Oz , half way up ,sitting on a wet spot .
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by Sibbo Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:26 pm
Except the G650 Cross Country ... I'm seriously tempted , I test rode a 2009 model the other day and it was VERY nice.
"You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know"
Major Softie
Posts: 8900 Joined: Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:46 pm
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by Major Softie Mon Apr 22, 2013 6:55 pm
Sibbo wrote: Except the G650 Cross Country ... I'm seriously tempted , I test rode a 2009 model the other day and it was VERY nice.
Sibbo, I'm not even sure that was released here in the States. It does look nice though.
MS - out
Sibbo
Posts: 5637 Joined: Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:18 amLocation: Oz , half way up ,sitting on a wet spot .
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by Sibbo Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:57 pm
It's essentially a stripped down F650 GS, it weighs 136 kg / 300 pound dry. It's light, very light and runs 50 hp so of course BMW discontinued it !
"You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know"
Chuey
Posts: 7632 Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:56 pm
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by Chuey Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:28 am
Oh man, I read that whole thread on advrider. I tried to join that forum a couple years ago and somehow, it wouldn't let me do so. Evidently, it was some kind of cornputer glitch. Rob Valdez tried to help me with it. It was not meant to be. It doesn't have the charm or depth of this place.
ME 109
Posts: 7307 Joined: Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:00 amLocation: Albury, Australia
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by ME 109 Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:35 am
Chuey wrote: It doesn't have the charm or depth of this place.
I tend to bob around on the surface amongst the flotsam.
Lord of the Bings
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by Deleted User 62 Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:13 am
ME 109 wrote: Chuey wrote: It doesn't have the charm or depth of this place.
I tend to bob around on the surface amongst the flotsam.
"No man is an island. He's a peninsula...!"
Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand
Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand