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Chucaro
31st July 2012, 03:00 PM
I love them and used to have several R series including my last R1150GS but I never expected for the brand to take so seriously the sport category.
Looking for the first time (after few years) the WSB races I was surprised how well they are doing beating the other brands on the last two races :eek:
I just wonder if the inputs on the development of them by our own Troy crser have something to do with it?
Very impressive machine the only nit it is that the tail shaft is missing :D

http://image.sportrider.com/f/36751324/146_1202+2012-bmw-world-superbike-team-introduction-02+.jpg

gusthedog
31st July 2012, 03:12 PM
Colin Edwards has a BMW engine in his CRT Suter chasis Motogp bike too. He mentioned that the power delivery was fairly severe though :eek:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/08/1670.jpg

Pedro_The_Swift
1st August 2012, 03:33 PM
If you like that Arthur,,
you'll love this--
just rolled off the line--
BMW HP4

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/08/1833.jpg

vnx205
1st August 2012, 04:09 PM
At Wakefield Park earlier this year, Brayden Carr's BMW scored best on the dyno. The top line in this graph is his BMW.
http://www.formula-xtreme.com.au/xtremema.nsf/6e7929353ac5e7c2ca256fe8007b498c/d6803fd4ad37e88dca2579e80005b6f4/ResBody/0.1A6?OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg

Chucaro
1st August 2012, 05:49 PM
I just wonder how what I have to do to convince my wife to get one for the weekends.......:angel:

Nah, it does not have a tail shaft :D

dmdigital
1st August 2012, 05:55 PM
I just wonder how what I have to do to convince my wife to get one for the weekends.......:angel:

Nah, it does not have a tail shaft :D
Same problem here and you're so right about the tail shaft.

Pedro_The_Swift
4th August 2012, 12:10 PM
just what is so inefficient about belts???

shorty943
5th August 2012, 08:31 AM
Colin Edwards has a BMW engine in his CRT Suter chasis Motogp bike too. He mentioned that the power delivery was fairly severe though :eek:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/08/1670.jpg


Hmm, Shane Suter has come up in the world, I remember racing against him years ago on speedway, before he went into road racing and the world champs.
He was damned fast.

Pedro, belts are fine as long as it's not the Harley versions, seen lots of them strip teeth on the entire belt length.

Almost agree with the sentiments about the missing shaft on BMW's though, almost. The first wife didn't like it much when I used the kitchen oven to do a little heating to fit a new set of diff gears once:(
Traded it in on a better wife :D Current model did her first laps around Nurbergring, sitting on the battery box of her fathers touring car at age 10, she's got a much better attitude to "fun".