The 1000RR is stunning but the XR is lacking something.
Yeah ... it’s that old ‘soul’ thing again. For me it’s quite a characterless bike, it does everything very well but somehow it just doesn’t talk to me !!
The 1000RR is stunning but the XR is lacking something.
And the journalist wasn’t thrown off and killed !
First vid review
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Not that old " Vibes " bollox again, Only thing needed was a rubber washer under the risers or even bar end weights and not all bikes suffered from it ( allegedly )
Talking of Journalists thrown off ? was there any closure on this regards fault. Not the conspiracy theories of which we are all aware .
Yes I also like the wet cement colour , It looks good in the flesh if anything like the latest bike from Zero which uses similar .
I’ve tried 3 different XRs and owned one briefly (impulse purchase) - after 100 miles on the first proper run I couldn’t feel my fingertips, toes and much around the hip area, all due to debilitating vibes. I tried HVMP bar ends and subsequently tried a model with the anti-vibe rubber bar mount and didn’t see any improvement. They were less apparent when riding stop start but on a constant throttle it was terrible (I’ve owned 4-cylinder Hondas and Suzuki’s, all smooth with very little vibes). Shame as it went like stink and the seat was more comfortable than a GS.
I don’t understand why the shiftcam wasn’t used - the excuse of the XR engine not needing it doesn’t wash. They’ve used similar technology on the GS, which is hardly a race bike.
I’ve tried 3 different XRs and owned one briefly (impulse purchase) - after 100 miles on the first proper run I couldn’t feel my fingertips, toes and much around the hip area, all due to debilitating vibes. I tried HVMP bar ends and subsequently tried a model with the anti-vibe rubber bar mount and didn’t see any improvement. They were less apparent when riding stop start but on a constant throttle it was terrible (I’ve owned 4-cylinder Hondas and Suzuki’s, all smooth with very little vibes). Shame as it went like stink and the seat was more comfortable than a GS.
I don’t understand why the shiftcam wasn’t used - the excuse of the XR engine not needing it doesn’t wash. They’ve used similar technology on the GS, which is hardly a race bike.
I had a 16 plate one did 6k miles in 6 months, there was a very very slight vibey area in the mid rev range but I bought cymarc bar ends and it went away.
I found it ballistic and did virtually everything well but just too meh to look at and a bit bland even by bmw standards, could have been a jap bike. Preferred the 14 plate early GS I had before, should have kept that and saved myself some money but there was that early bandwagon and I got hooked in.
Why is the shiftcam suddenly the be all and end all?
Most people that complained about vibes weren’t riding the bike in the way BMW intended. They were GS riders that sit on motorways, or maintain the same speed, normally in the range where the vibes were reported. I never noticed them on mine, as I was having too much fun to sit at the same speed.
GS riders that sit on motorways ?
I think you’ll find even non GS riders occasionally use motorways/autobahns/autoroutes to make progress just to get to the fun stuff.
To release a bike that has nasty vibes in the rev range that equates to 70-85mph is piss poor.
Most people that complained about vibes weren’t riding the bike in the way BMW intended. They were GS riders that sit on motorways, or maintain the same speed, normally in the range where the vibes were reported. I never noticed them on mine, as I was having too much fun to sit at the same speed.
and the convenience of shaft drive.
Most people that complained about vibes weren’t riding the bike in the way BMW intended. They were GS riders that sit on motorways, or maintain the same speed, normally in the range where the vibes were reported. I never noticed them on mine, as I was having too much fun to sit at the same speed.
GS riders that sit on motorways ?
I think you’ll find even non GS riders occasionally use motorways/autobahns/autoroutes to make progress just to get to the fun stuff.
To release a bike that has nasty vibes in the rev range that equates to 70-85mph is piss poor.
Fuck me its the Morcambe and Wise of UKGser, dedicated to running down the GS. Who would have thought it
You enjoy it really.
Yup your probably correct, i take great pleasure out of the fact that neither of you own a 1250 or ever have, Problems, yes they do have some but in the end the mothership will sort it out FOC to the owners. Ohh and BTW my oldest son has just bought a factory lowered XR. Hes vertically challenged in the leg dept, just like his old man.
Yup your probably correct, i take great pleasure out of the fact that neither of you own a 1250 or ever have, Problems, yes they do have some but in the end the mothership will sort it out FOC to the owners. Ohh and BTW my oldest son has just bought a factory lowered XR. Hes vertically challenged in the leg dept, just like his old man.
Any pictures?