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what type of BMW bike should i get?
- Thread starter noielt
- Start date
January011901
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I usually like to get a good one.
It's That Guy
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It depends on how you plan to use it. Standard? Touring? Sportbike? Do you want something big and heavy or small and light? Do you plan to ride mostly in the city? Long rides in the country? All weather or just nice weather? Road only or road/dirt? Two-up or just you? Need lots of luggage space? This is why they make a whole line of bikes, not just one bike. This is why Baskin Robbins makes 31 flavors. 8^)
Since the BMW car you have is a sports car, you might want a sports bike. But sports bikes today are very single-purpose. You can go for a long trip in your car but you can't on a sportbike, it would be very uncomfortable after an hour or two.
BMW bikes are wonderful but way expensive. They used to be 'The Rolls Royce of motorcycles' but that was decades ago. The Japanese have made huge advancements in the last 30 years or so. I think a Honda is just a better deal for the money. Just in the segment of enormous heavy touring bikes, for instance, the BMW is about $10,000 more expensive new, but 10 years old the Honda Gold Wing is worth more! But Beemers are very beautiful, and more exclusive, and they turn heads!
If you are new to riding you certainly don't want to go out and buy a shiny new bike to learn on. You're going to be hard on your first bike. You're going to abuse the clutch and there's an excellent chance you'll drop it once or twice before you get the hang of it. Get a Japanese bike, maybe 5-10 years old, perhaps with already a few scrapes and bruises on it. After six months or a year you can sell this old beater for about what you paid for it, and by then you'll have a much better idea of what you really want.
This is ESPECIALLY true if you want a single-purpose sport bike (BMW is coming out with a worldbeater next year, something like 180 HP at 350 lbs.) The Japanese have dominated this market for a long time. But walk through your local M/C junkyard and you will see a dozen of these bikes, with the forks bent way back or one side ground off, with less than 5,000 miles on them. 8^<
Since the BMW car you have is a sports car, you might want a sports bike. But sports bikes today are very single-purpose. You can go for a long trip in your car but you can't on a sportbike, it would be very uncomfortable after an hour or two.
BMW bikes are wonderful but way expensive. They used to be 'The Rolls Royce of motorcycles' but that was decades ago. The Japanese have made huge advancements in the last 30 years or so. I think a Honda is just a better deal for the money. Just in the segment of enormous heavy touring bikes, for instance, the BMW is about $10,000 more expensive new, but 10 years old the Honda Gold Wing is worth more! But Beemers are very beautiful, and more exclusive, and they turn heads!
If you are new to riding you certainly don't want to go out and buy a shiny new bike to learn on. You're going to be hard on your first bike. You're going to abuse the clutch and there's an excellent chance you'll drop it once or twice before you get the hang of it. Get a Japanese bike, maybe 5-10 years old, perhaps with already a few scrapes and bruises on it. After six months or a year you can sell this old beater for about what you paid for it, and by then you'll have a much better idea of what you really want.
This is ESPECIALLY true if you want a single-purpose sport bike (BMW is coming out with a worldbeater next year, something like 180 HP at 350 lbs.) The Japanese have dominated this market for a long time. But walk through your local M/C junkyard and you will see a dozen of these bikes, with the forks bent way back or one side ground off, with less than 5,000 miles on them. 8^<