Who ate all the pies

[bigkuri]

1200GS 30kg lighter? Where did all the weight go?

Okay - I'm guessing most of it from the engine, but anyone know exactly where they got it from?

Certainly nice to test ride one of the skinny-pigs; reminded me of my old VFR....

 

[steve16]

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alot of the weight went from the gearbox,compare the gearbox from the 1150 against the 1200 which is about half the size.

Steve

blue 1200.....who took all the spangles ?

 

[Steptoe]

Re: ..........

alot of the weight went from the gearbox,compare the gearbox from the 1150 against the 1200 which is about half the size.

that must be why they're failing so much --

also saved a lot on the rear bevel -

that must be why they're failing so much -


is there a theme developing here !





( para's gone, so someone's got to tweek the 1200 owners nose's )

 

[nadeem]

That's probably also why it's faster than the 1150

That's also why it's got better handling

Another theme developing....

 

[Jimb]

Fill it up with fuel, and the required amout of oil then go & weigh it, I'd like to bet it ain't as light as you think.

There's a thread somewhere on this very subject and I seem to remember it was more like 235 kg for the 1200 vs 250 for the 1150, but i may be corrected.

 

[BBB61]

BMW list the fully fuelled ready to ride weight as 225kg.

Bob

 

[sixfootandstocky]

There once was a lardy copper who, one Saturday afternoon back in the early nineties, stood in front of several thousand (maybe hundreds) of Watford football fans.

They kindly sang me a song:

Who ate all the pies?
Who ate all the pies?
You fat bastard!
You fat bastard!
You ate all the pies!

Bastards!

Very funny though.

I miss the pies.

Bonjour.

 

[obewan]

I have the BMW press release info

If you give me your email address i can mail it to you.

all 27 odd pages stating where they have shaved a gram off here, and ounce there, and a kilo over there also.

What it doesn't say is just how much this all adds up to the dogs danglies.

 

[bigkuri]

Brilliant - cheers Obewan! Have emailed you.