New BMW G650X (merged) threadfest... - Page 3

barbasma · 10-10-2006, 01:24 AM

the G650 are made by APRILIA...

and soon comes APRILIA V450 and V550 BMW marked... HP1!!!!

Dirt Hugger · 10-10-2006, 03:08 AM

Xchallenge Hard Enduro - sounds promising!

I am drooling already...

rallybug · 10-10-2006, 04:01 AM

From Raptors website:

Dirt Hugger · 10-10-2006, 04:07 AM

Oh yeah!

URL please?

rallybug · 10-10-2006, 04:16 AM

Raptors & Rockets.

Click on the Imtermot 2006 link at the top of that page to see what the other manufacturers are revealing. The main Intermot page says that he has more BMW pictures to put up in the next few hours.

atoms · 10-10-2006, 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bake

If this is all for real, and the F800 in several versions also comes to the U.S., it certainly makes Honda look like a bunch of fools, still cranking out the XR650L and calling that a line-up.

It seems to me like there is a giant gaping gap in the middle of the BMW line up. A bunch of small thumpers on the low end (I'm sure they are fun, but useless for my purposes - long tours) and a huge expensive kitchen sink 1200GS at the other end - and nothing in between.

Kinda forces a guy to look at the Buell...

rallybug · 10-10-2006, 04:53 AM

The gap is where the proposed F800GS parallel twin would fit in, as and when it is released.

Some Dude · 10-10-2006, 05:08 AM

Ok so its not exactly a BMW twin but check these out

http://www.moto-station.com/article2...challenge.html

The new G650 series, a lightwieght competant enduro with 55hp, I think fuel injected and also available in SM version. I can't wait, this might be the reason to let my KTM 620 vibrator go to a good home.

atoms · 10-10-2006, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rallybug

The gap is where the proposed F800GS parallel twin would fit in, as and when it is released.

Well yeah. But parallel twin? Chain drive? Will it also be liquid cooled? Yuk.

Or is that all speculation at this point?

Starstriker · 10-10-2006, 05:20 AM

BMW are currently showing their new bikes at the Intermot in Cologne Germany. There are more models on the way. Look out for pictures......

GB · 10-10-2006, 05:21 AM

I like this one:

rallybug · 10-10-2006, 05:23 AM

Dr Diess (head of BMW Motorrad) has said that an 800GS is to be built, and everything heard so far says it'll be chain drive. Water-cooled and parallel twin are a given if it is made.

rallybug · 10-10-2006, 05:24 AM

More photos will come from the Raptors and Rockets site at around 4pm Europe time (10am EDT), as BMW has put an embargo on until then.

GB · 10-10-2006, 05:25 AM

According to the article, this joint venture with Aprilia will have the engines built by Rotax in Austria. 3 models are planned..

Now.. what is the point in keeping the F650 in production...

This is the do it all model.. the HP2 mini, I guess.. with an air shock, like the HP2, as per the article..

Visian · 10-10-2006, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rallybug

Dr Diess (head of BMW Motorrad) has said that an 800GS is to be built, and everything heard so far says it'll be chain drive. Water-cooled and parallel twin are a given if it is made.

When I tested the F800s in South Africa, after the "canned" route I took an F800S out trail riding. Nothing too tough, but the bike came back dirty.

The product manager took a look at the bottom of the bike and gave me a "wtf?" kinda look, but smiled when I said "give us a GS!"

He said "you will like what you see."

For years, I've lusted over a Super Tenere-style bike, a torquey and narrow parallel twin with enough power to be credible on the highway without being too porky for moderate trail use... and manageable in the soft stuff (where the horizontal twins become a handfull).

Everything I've heard so far is that this bike will be a chain drive, too, but after further discussion with the product manager about the enclosed chain that my Bultaco Matador Six-Day had back in the seventies, the look on his face was hard to read.

10-10-2006, 01:24 AM	#31
barbasma 100% CAROTONE Joined: Aug 2002 Location: Sondrio (In the middle of the Alps) Italy Oddometer: 1,821	the G650 are made by APRILIA... and soon comes APRILIA V450 and V550 BMW marked... HP1!!!! __________________ "Dakar must be a race for few people, Dakar is a dream, the dream of the Rose Lake, if everybody finish it, the dream is over" Fabrizio Meoni ciao Matteo www.barbasma.smugmug.com www.lc8.org www.adventureschool.it KTM 950 ADV S 2003 80.000 KM..... and gooooo...

10-10-2006, 03:08 AM	#32
Dirt Hugger Urban Adventurer Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Jo'burg, South Africa Oddometer: 62	About time! Xchallenge Hard Enduro - sounds promising! I am drooling already... __________________ To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal 2007 XChallenge 2004 R1200GS 2002 KTM 640 Adventure R 1998 Honda XR600R

10-10-2006, 04:01 AM	#33
rallybug Local Yokel Joined: Apr 2002 Location: North Salt Lake, UT Oddometer: 8,099	From Raptors website: __________________ Ben My Ride Reports

10-10-2006, 04:07 AM	#34
Dirt Hugger Urban Adventurer Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Jo'burg, South Africa Oddometer: 62	Oh yeah! URL please? __________________ To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal 2007 XChallenge 2004 R1200GS 2002 KTM 640 Adventure R 1998 Honda XR600R

10-10-2006, 04:16 AM	#35
rallybug Local Yokel Joined: Apr 2002 Location: North Salt Lake, UT Oddometer: 8,099	Raptors & Rockets. Click on the Imtermot 2006 link at the top of that page to see what the other manufacturers are revealing. The main Intermot page says that he has more BMW pictures to put up in the next few hours. __________________ Ben My Ride Reports

10-10-2006, 04:53 AM	#37
rallybug Local Yokel Joined: Apr 2002 Location: North Salt Lake, UT Oddometer: 8,099	The gap is where the proposed F800GS parallel twin would fit in, as and when it is released. __________________ Ben My Ride Reports

10-10-2006, 05:08 AM	#38
Some Dude what attitude problem??? Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Woodstock, GA Oddometer: 4,609	NEW BMW on the way!!! Ok so its not exactly a BMW twin but check these out http://www.moto-station.com/article2...challenge.html The new G650 series, a lightwieght competant enduro with 55hp, I think fuel injected and also available in SM version. I can't wait, this might be the reason to let my KTM 620 vibrator go to a good home. __________________ Just some dude on the internet,..

10-10-2006, 05:20 AM	#40
Starstriker www.transasia.se Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Stockholm Sweden Oddometer: 492	BMW are currently showing their new bikes at the Intermot in Cologne Germany. There are more models on the way. Look out for pictures......

10-10-2006, 05:21 AM	#41
GB Mod Squad Joined: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto, ON Oddometer: 53,466	I like this one:

10-10-2006, 05:23 AM	#42
rallybug Local Yokel Joined: Apr 2002 Location: North Salt Lake, UT Oddometer: 8,099	Dr Diess (head of BMW Motorrad) has said that an 800GS is to be built, and everything heard so far says it'll be chain drive. Water-cooled and parallel twin are a given if it is made. __________________ Ben My Ride Reports

10-10-2006, 05:24 AM	#43
rallybug Local Yokel Joined: Apr 2002 Location: North Salt Lake, UT Oddometer: 8,099	More photos will come from the Raptors and Rockets site at around 4pm Europe time (10am EDT), as BMW has put an embargo on until then. __________________ Ben My Ride Reports

10-10-2006, 05:25 AM	#44
GB Mod Squad Joined: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto, ON Oddometer: 53,466	According to the article, this joint venture with Aprilia will have the engines built by Rotax in Austria. 3 models are planned.. Now.. what is the point in keeping the F650 in production... This is the do it all model.. the HP2 mini, I guess.. with an air shock, like the HP2, as per the article..

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