I’ll give a pass on pipe wrap if it is functional. I had a sporty with a 2-1 pipe and midmount controls that decimated my shoes until I wrapped it.

I’ve always felt that BMW was missing out on the causal cruiser/ newbie segment. This thing is so simple it could be made to compete with the Sportster. But, BMW would lose some of its elitist douche clientele.

Not every cafe has to have a fairing and wasp tail.

Cheap by BMW terms, lol.

I’m in the “I like it, but don’t think it evokes any memory of the 2002" club.

I wonder if that aero is all show, or if there’s some logic involved.

I’m not normally into cafe bikes or the retro-urban-lumberjack movement, but I’ll be damned if that isn’t a bike that I’d by right off the showroom floor. A few minor mods to make it legal and BMW could have a viable “cheap” bike.

You know you’ll make master angry if you don’t report these kind of things the right way...

Just a Jalop wandering into the scary world of normal Gawker sites.

Don’t be ignorant. Once the emergency braking system is actuated there is absolutely nothing that the engineer can do to stop the train any faster.

I’m interested. Doubly so if they can do some fun stuff like a modern-engined WLA, 741, KS750 kind of bike.

Can some music wizard slow this down? I bet it’s part of the song sped up.

This is the most vapid nonsense I’ve heard all day.

I’m in the NP minority. This is just about the pinnacle that these things can reach. The price is fair for the engine swap, other upgrades, and paint. Those NA 2.5 Subaru engines have a strong following in the SCCA RallyCross community.

That would be quite interesting if it could be proven.

Nah, I just don’t waste time placating. Have a nice life.

F1 has had them for years now. I’m ready for the trickle, lol.

He did an interview not too long ago where he claimed that the manufacturers he shopped the idea to didn’t like the initial design. He said that they wanted a way to determine the valve’s position, which his apparently lacked. A problem that he claims his company has remedied.

Maybe this is him trying to scare a big…

I wish I could star this ten times!

No way! I couldn’t bring myself to professionally handle Gawker’s douchy commentariat, yourself included.

And, it isn’t really hyperbole. China has the rest beat on manufacturing costs but hasn’t had anything to overcome its cheap copycat image. Producing cars at 80% of the price with 20% better performance/economy…