Test rides on A couple of GS's

[Chris-CJ]

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Brian, you remember the Thunder class at CSBK? My buddy used to run a R1200S in that series. Best sounding class IMO.

Also BMW had a special race series call the Boxer Cup. One of my favorite bikes, the HP2 Sport came out of that series.

I think they're still running the Boxer Cup, but with RNineTs.

Just back from a spin on my R9T.
It is the more "raw" 2018 version with John Sharrad tuned Ohlins front and rear suspension.
For me, this bike is a "keeper"!

 

[Lightcycle]

Just back from a spin on my R9T.
It is the more "raw" 2018 version with John Sharrad tuned Ohlins front and rear suspension.
For me, this bike is a "keeper"!

Yeah, surprised they are running the non-ShiftCam engines for the Boxer Cup.

Perhaps the additional power isn't enough to offset the added weight and complexity of the 1250/1300 engines.

That may be the reason they haven't come out with an R1250S or R1300S yet. I know for a fact that the RS is waaay too heavy to race.

 

[Hardwrkr13]

Brian, you remember the Thunder class at CSBK? My buddy used to run a R1200S in that series. Best sounding class IMO.

Also BMW had a special race series call the Boxer Cup. One of my favorite bikes, the HP2 Sport came out of that series.

I think they're still running the Boxer Cup, but with RNineTs.

The HP2 Sport is one of my fav bikes ever made (looks alone). I saw one in person at Mosport VRRA weekend in the back of someone's truck and fell in love.

 

[Lightcycle]

Seen an HP2 in person once, looks sick!

The HP2 Sport is one of my fav bikes ever made (looks alone). I saw one in person at Mosport VRRA weekend in the back of someone's truck and fell in love

I was sooooo close to buying one at BMW Toronto when they first came out. They had discounted it over $5000 and it was sitting on the showroom floor for almost a year.

The MSRP was super-expensive, which is why not many sold, but it was packed full of features not found in many bikes at the time. It was the most powerful air(oil)-cooled boxer motor at 128hp, when the base R1200 boxer only made 105hp. It would take BMW over a decade until the water-cooled R1250 shiftcam engines finally surpassed the power output of that motor.

Also, quickshifter as standard, which for 2008 was quite ahead of its time.

Now that bike, along with its brethren the HP2 Enduro and HP2 Megamoto, are quite the collector's item.

Not picking one up when I had the chance remains one of only a handful of motorcycle regrets I've ever made.

 

[GreyGhost]

ducati on facebook is targeting me to book demo rides. Next time I get the ad, I'll post it here.

@bigpoppa Finally got it again. I suspect it is more about lead generation than test rides, but here's the link.

https://www.ducati.com/ca/en/test-ride

 

[Mad Mike]

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I never understood why pavement guys go for Adventure bikes with a 19/21" front, tall-seat/high centre of gravity, 90/10 chunky adventure tires, and tall, bouncy suspension travel when all of those are liabilities on the pavement.

For getting over those pesky concrete curbs in the Starbucks parking lots.

… It's like the Jeep guys with the lifted, deep-tread knobby 33s with front and rear lockers, and all they do is go to the mall and back...

Ditto.

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