I thought you guys might like to see what BMW is up to in the bike world. They are developing the M5 of motorcycles - top speed of 186 mph (limited by the ECU). Even if you are not a biker, this goes to show that innovation is alive and well at BMW. BMW has release details on their new sport bike - the K1200S. CycleWorld refers to it as the Busa beater (as in Hyabusa, one of the world's fastest sport bikes). Bikers know about the Hyabusa and what it means to beat it!
CycleWorld July 2004
Comparing a BMW K-bike to a Suzuki Hayabusa? Are we crazy? If we are, then the engineers at BMW have gone mad, too! Just look at the numbers: How does 157 horsepower and 91 foot-pounds of torque sound? As Executive Editor Brian Catterson stated, "This is the first BMW sportbike designed to be fully competitive with Japanese offerings, instead of relying on the traditional merits of long-distance comfort and unquestioned reliability--not that it isn't designed to have those, too."
Cycle World - Factory Tour
This web site has an on-bike video of a sub 8 minute run at Nurburging:
K1200S Web Site
CycleWorld July 2004
Comparing a BMW K-bike to a Suzuki Hayabusa? Are we crazy? If we are, then the engineers at BMW have gone mad, too! Just look at the numbers: How does 157 horsepower and 91 foot-pounds of torque sound? As Executive Editor Brian Catterson stated, "This is the first BMW sportbike designed to be fully competitive with Japanese offerings, instead of relying on the traditional merits of long-distance comfort and unquestioned reliability--not that it isn't designed to have those, too."
Cycle World - Factory Tour
This web site has an on-bike video of a sub 8 minute run at Nurburging:
K1200S Web Site
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