What's it for?

[notagser]

I've been showing pictures of various BM bikes to SWMBO.
(I got into trouble when I arrived home on my K1200rs, and she said:"You never told me it was going to be that colour!)

When she saw a photo of a nice blue/white 1150GS, she asked: "What's that big front mudguard thing doing there?"

"It's a beak", says I.

"What's it for?", says she.

Emmmmmm.

So, is it just a styling cue from enduro bikes?
Is it a cupholder for using during coffee stops?

So, what's it for?

 

[D6]

tool holder when workin on front of bike

 

[Bryn]

A place to put your UKGSer stickers

 

[Colt]

a shelf to put your makeup on.

or an air scoop for the oilcooler.

 

[Schtum]

Just tell the woman that it's not possible to explain these things to her if she doesn't have a grasp of first principles and since she's asking, it's obvious that she doesn't.

 

[notagser]

tool holder when workin on front of bike

It was an 1150 I was looking at, not a 1200.

an air scoop for the oilcooler

I could probably get away with that one

Just tell the woman that it's not possible to explain these things to her

I'll not mention that response!

 

[Schtum]

I'll not mention that response!

Are ye a man or a moose....?

 

[Fanum]

What's she doing out of the kitchen in the first place??

 

[notagser]

Are ye a man or a moose....?

Most certainly a moose!

 

[takahe]

Most certainly a moose!

You will live long and be happy with that correct view of life.

 

[motobiker]

It's a style cue.. to make the bike 'look' like a trail bike.

the old chesnut about it being an air scoop is nonsense - I rode my bike for almost a year with no beak and the oil temp was completely unaffected. 5 bars as always.

earlier in the year at matlock a young kid looking at an 1150 I was eyeing asked 'dad why has that bike got 2 mudguards'

why indeed??