make it so!
SH
make it so!
SH
"The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
--Randy Pausch
2011 C14 6500m | (2009 G650GS - 20,135m) | (Suzuki GZ250) | (Honda 250 twin)
Yes
Yes. Yes.
2008 R12RT (Blue)
1986 R80RT (Silver)
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Should the name then be changed to ...
BMW Motorcycle and Scooter Owners of America?
Perhaps there should be a BMW car subforum, too.
Kent Christensen
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'12 R1200RT, '02 R1100S, '84 R80G/S
Was that tongue in cheek, or are you seriously opposed to a sub forum?
"The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
--Randy Pausch
2011 C14 6500m | (2009 G650GS - 20,135m) | (Suzuki GZ250) | (Honda 250 twin)
I would assume that once those models start hitting the dealers and into riders hands, a section will be made for them. Just like the Hex/Cams,The F-Twins, the wedge K's, the K1600... it's a BMW motorcycle in the big scheme.
And BTW there is a car forum on the other channel as you know...these are bikes
Steve Henson
EX-Prez SABMWRA MOA Club#62/ current forum moderator
It's not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away-D.Dillon/G. Strait
Even in the big scheme it is not a "motorcycle" and that is exactly the reason why I shall probably be purchasing a GT for the wife. Maxi-Scooters are a relatively new breed of vehicles that fill a niche that motorcycles cannot.Originally Posted by henzilla
I would assume that once those models start hitting the dealers and into riders hands, a section will be made for them. Just like the Hex/Cams,The F-Twins, the wedge K's, the K1600... it's a BMW motorcycle in the big scheme.
And BTW there is a car forum on the other channel as you know...these are bikes
Sorry to disagree so passionately.
2008 R12RT (Blue)
1986 R80RT (Silver)
Member of the Loonie-Tics. MOA 292.
A while back I did start a tongue-in-cheek discussion on this forum about changing the name of the BMMOA to the BMWMSOA.
Interesting replies.
2008 R12RT (Blue)
1986 R80RT (Silver)
Member of the Loonie-Tics. MOA 292.
two wheeled vehicle = cycle
motorized propulsion = motor
Call it what the marketers choose, it's still a motorized cycle , just a different class.
Steve Henson
EX-Prez SABMWRA MOA Club#62/ current forum moderator
It's not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away-D.Dillon/G. Strait
Do you need a motorcycle endorsement on your license to operate one? Yes, so it's a motorcycle. Does the fact that it doesn't have a clutch lever disqualify it as a motorcycle? Well the new VFR is available with an "automatic" and it's still a motorcycle.
Paul
"Friends don't let friends ride junk!"
2011 R1200RT
Sig Sauer in a BMW tankbag sub-forum?
Nom de Plume:
Steve Aikens, Clovis, NM
BMW MOA #6218
IBA# 442
Brits & other Euro folks sometimes use "powered two wheelers"--"PTW" as a general category for (motorcycles + scooters).two wheeled vehicle = cycle
motorized propulsion = motor
Call it what the marketers choose, it's still a motorized cycle , just a different class.
BMW PTWA ??
Somehow I don't think that would fly.
"Pitwah" (?) doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily as "MOA"
Ya'll are a touchy bunch. Just a mention of scooter, is a challenge to manhood it seems. This ought to be fun.
1978 R100rs MOA#22600 125cc Kymco
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Nyeah... easy fix.Just a mention of scooter, is a challenge to manhood it seems.
"It is what you discover, after you know it all, that counts." _ John Wooden
Lew Morris
1973 R75/5 - original owner
Why not call them what they are; a "STEP THROUGH" or maybe "STEP OVER"
They are not really a scooter as the term is generally applied, and the displacement is much larger than anything else in the scooter category .
I for one an excited to see this development from BMW and will be looking closely at them and listening to the first year owners chatter about them.
I came very close to buying a Burgman before I bought my Airhead last year, then decided to wait until BMW's offering hit the streets.
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