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flash412
11-09-2005, 12:28 PM
11/08/2005

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - November 8, 2005... A 2006 production model BMW K 1200 S has set a world land speed record in the 1000 - 1350 cc stock, partially streamlined, naturally aspirated motorcycle class at Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Flats. The motorcycle, piloted by 56-year-old Andy Sills, of San Francisco, CA, reached an average speed of 173.57 mph and top speed of 176.789 mph after two runs on the vast, white plains, where hundreds of land speed records have been set and broken since the early 1900s in a variety of automobile and motorcycle classes.

"It was a rare opportunity for me and BMW," commented Sills, an avid BMW enthusiast, who, collectively, has amassed more than 300,000 miles on four BMW motorcycles within the last seven years. Sills went on to say, "The best part is that our record on the stock BMW K 1200 S matched to the mile, the historic last record run of 173.68 mph by Ernst Henne on a specially equipped streamlined BMW! He must have been watching over us."

http://mediapool.bmw.com/daten/pczoompublic/P0024165.JPG
knary
11-09-2005, 01:53 PM
That story looks familiar. :ha

K1200S Land Speed Record (http://www.bmwmoa.org/features/k12s_speed.htm)
Belg
11-09-2005, 02:15 PM
"PowerKraut makes Sushi out of RiceBurner record..."

Now why has noone thought of THAT headline yet? Even if it doesn't strictly apply :)
Mika
11-09-2005, 02:20 PM
"PowerKraut makes Sushi out of RiceBurner record..."

Now why has noone thought of THAT headline yet? Even if it doesn't strictly apply :)

Some one may of but the readers ate it up. :laugh :bolt
knary
11-09-2005, 02:30 PM
a few more photos added.

http://www.bmwmoa.org/features/assets/k12s_speed/k12s_withbike.jpg
Belg
11-09-2005, 02:57 PM
Suuuuuure is pretty :)
flash412
11-09-2005, 03:36 PM
That story looks familiar.Oh. But then again... nobody reads that page and everybody (on the forums) reads the forums.
MarkF
11-09-2005, 03:39 PM
Did it beat the 'busa and ZX-12 or did they never attempt?
knary
11-09-2005, 03:44 PM
Oh. But then again... nobody reads that page and everybody (on the forums) reads the forums.

People are reading that page. :nod
flash412
11-09-2005, 03:49 PM
People are reading that page.Got a hit counter?

How many hits in a month on all the forums combined?

How many hits in a month on the rest of bmwmoa.org combined, WITHOUT including the forums?
CARVERBOATBOY
11-09-2005, 04:28 PM
People are reading that page. :nod

not me ............. thanks for posting :clap
kbasa
11-09-2005, 04:38 PM
Got a hit counter?

How many hits in a month on all the forums combined?

How many hits in a month on the rest of bmwmoa.org combined, WITHOUT including the forums?

Give him a bit. He's got some stats he can pull from the web tracking software we use.

If you haven't been out there regularly, you might want to start visiting. We've got fresh bike news links posted daily and regular story rotation.
knary
11-09-2005, 04:51 PM
Got a hit counter?

How many hits in a month on all the forums combined?

How many hits in a month on the rest of bmwmoa.org combined, WITHOUT including the forums?

Flash,
I responded in humor and as a way to share a little bit more information.

FWIW, The home page is by far the most common entry point to the site. We do basic tracking on the site and traffic, generally speaking, continues to increase. In October 2004, we served less than 24 gigs of materials. This October, we served just shy of 40 gigs of material. Obviously the bulk of this is from the forum, as will probably always be the case. This kind of traffic is still somewhat meager compared to some other riding dedicated sites, but its moving in the right direction. AND its moving before we've made any significant additions to the site outside of the forum. Pages like the press release for the R12GSA and the photo of the week are moving up quickly in the list of most served pages.
knary
11-09-2005, 04:52 PM
not me ............. thanks for posting :clap

:nod

It's a good thing to announce things here on the forum.
BradfordBenn
11-09-2005, 05:54 PM
I can still dream, can't I?
knary
11-09-2005, 06:14 PM
I can still dream, can't I?

Did you really expect it?
CARVERBOATBOY
11-09-2005, 06:16 PM
:nod

It's a good thing to announce things here on the forum.
Didn’t mean to be disrespectful ………… just truthful. As content changes maybe my habits will also. :buds
BradfordBenn
11-09-2005, 06:21 PM
Did you really expect it?

Like I said, I can dream can't I?

I know the amount you and Vince are trying to do, so far, so good. It will all come in due time.
knary
11-09-2005, 06:21 PM
Didn’t mean to be disrespectful ………… just truthful. As content changes maybe my habits will also. :buds

You weren't disrespectful. :buds

Ideally there's all kinds of cross-polination between the forum and the rest of the site. The forum represents thousands of eyes and brains. You all will find and produce more stuff than I or the rest of the MOA staff could ever hope to. We hope that we can help you find that material and share some stuff that maybe you didn't find. :bikes
flash412
11-09-2005, 06:22 PM
If you haven't been out there regularly, you might want to start visiting. We've got fresh bike news links posted daily and regular story rotation.Mebbe you should consider posting links in the forums to the articles in the main site for the folks who don't bother to read anything but the forums.
MarkF
11-09-2005, 06:22 PM
FWIW, The home page is by far the most common entry point to the site. We do basic tracking on the site and traffic, generally speaking, continues to increase.

I am only speaking for myself. I have the homepage bookmarked. I go there and immediately click on the Forum link. I almost never check the other stuff. So how does a hit counter reflect that?
knary
11-09-2005, 07:35 PM
Like I said, I can dream can't I?

I know the amount you and Vince are trying to do, so far, so good. It will all come in due time.

:thumb

Just imagine where we'll be in a not so many months as we roll out new features and lots of new material.
knary
11-09-2005, 07:37 PM
I am only speaking for myself. I have the homepage bookmarked. I go there and immediately click on the Forum link. I almost never check the other stuff. So how does a hit counter reflect that?

It doesn't. What does reflect traffic patterns is hits to pages linked from the home page. Those numbers are just starting to come in. As you know, there's more new content on the site in the past few weeks than there's been in a long long time.
kbasa
11-09-2005, 07:37 PM
I can still dream, can't I?

Patience, grasshopper.
johnnyquest
11-09-2005, 11:50 PM
Wow. That guy rode that motorcyle really, really, really fast :buds

JQ
Bigrider
11-10-2005, 08:32 AM
I can't imagine what it feels like to ride that fiast. What impresses me even more are those GP dudes hitting those speeds in a very (relative) confined space. Let's make it a "Kompressor" model and give it a try. Helm Warp 2 Please.

Dave H
Colorado Springs, Co
BradfordBenn
11-10-2005, 11:34 AM
Patience, grasshopper.

Like I said, I can dream can't I? I understand the "fun" of keeping a site running so I totally respect it. But I am on a huge RSS kick.... New and improved way to waste time.
knary
11-10-2005, 11:59 AM
I can't imagine what it feels like to ride that fiast. What impresses me even more are those GP dudes hitting those speeds in a very (relative) confined space. Let's make it a "Kompressor" model and give it a try. Helm Warp 2 Please.

Dave H
Colorado Springs, Co


Go for it. :p

I am surprised that the K12S took the record. Are the Kawie and Suzuki offerings not in this class? We know they make more power.
riderR1150GSAdv
11-10-2005, 01:38 PM
SWEEEEET! Nice record to have, to say the least! :clap :clap Hopefully BMW will keep up with the new line of high performance bikes to beat up the rice burners a bit... :blah :laugh :laugh
Bigrider
11-10-2005, 03:09 PM
SWEEEEET! Nice record to have, to say the least! :clap :clap Hopefully BMW will keep up with the new line of high performance bikes to beat up the rice burners a bit... :blah :laugh :laugh
Maybe we can start getting some high performance after market products like the other marques too :dance

Dave H
Colorado Springs
61249
11-10-2005, 04:42 PM
Not to belittle this great achievement, but would someone please put it in context.
According to an article in our local paper (several months ago); the Montana Highway Patrol stopped a guy on a cycle going in excess of 200 MPH. Yes, he did set a record for a speeding ticket in that state, even surpassing the previous record held by an automobile.
The question is: how do you get the land speed record for a bike when it is pretty well know that there are other production bikes that are capable of higher speeds? Does it just mean that the record goes to the fastest bike that can afford the run time at Bonneville? Is this only a Bonneville record?
kbasa
11-10-2005, 04:50 PM
Not to belittle this great achievement, but would someone please put it in context.
According to an article in our local paper (several months ago); the Montana Highway Patrol stopped a guy on a cycle going in excess of 200 MPH. Yes, he did set a record for a speeding ticket in that state, even surpassing the previous record held by an automobile.
The question is: how do you get the land speed record for a bike when it is pretty well know that there are other production bikes that are capable of higher speeds? Does it just mean that the record goes to the fastest bike that can afford the run time at Bonneville? Is this only a Bonneville record?

That's correct. Bonneville rules dictate that back to back runs be done in each direction and the two runs are averaged to provide the final speed, if I recall correctly.

The 205mph thing? On another forum I'm on, 205 indicates a hard to believe or told a whole bunch of times already story. :ha
Mika
11-10-2005, 07:05 PM
That's correct. Bonneville rules dictate that back to back runs be done in each direction and the two runs are averaged to provide the final speed, if I recall correctly.

The 205mph thing? On another forum I'm on, 205 indicates a hard to believe or told a whole bunch of times already story. :ha


I wondered and so I googled Bonneville records. The alphabet soup that makes up classes during Speed Week makes my spelling errors appear to make sense.

In the 1000 to 1350cc class a busa did average 181 and change but it was modified. More ‘busas have competed in the above 1350 cc class at some astounding speeds.

The key to the BMW record is – stock – normally aspirated. To me that is what makes it an impressive record.

Holy &%#* an earlier thread in the clubhouse here:

This thread discusses the much discussed piece of motorcycle stupidity that took place in Minnesota not Montana. 205 Tilley as the rider is often referred to, has become an urban legend.
Braddog
11-10-2005, 09:06 PM
Did it beat the 'busa and ZX-12 or did they never attempt?

I thought, that even in stock form, the 'Busa and the ZX12R would surpass the 173 mark, up to the 186 limit, even.
lorazepam
11-11-2005, 04:59 PM
I thought, that even in stock form, the 'Busa and the ZX12R would surpass the 173 mark, up to the 186 limit, even.

Guess the boys in Japan need to put up or shut up about their bike speeds, dont they?