Another BMW vid - sportsbikes beware :) - SV650.org

01-09-05, 09:15 PM

Just saw this on UKGSers, a nice vid of a GS1200 trouncing a sportsbike round a track:

http://www.el-paseo.info/downloads/b...vid/Barber.mov (26mb)

Here's a pic of the rider in action:

Just shows that outright BHP isn't the deciding factor in the real world. Now if only I could afford one... still let's have my SV1000 first

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Twins rule!

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02-09-05, 08:15 AM

Kewl...

Skip · 02-09-05, 08:25 AM

Awesome!

Proof if it were needed that you dont need a sportsbike!

TSM · 02-09-05, 08:41 AM

is that a vid cam at the front of the bike?? odd place to put it.

02-09-05, 08:44 AM

Yes I think so. Still at least you got an unimpaired view.

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02-09-05, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonboy

Yes I think so. Still at least you got an unimpaired view.

... and (if you were on the road,) the rossers can't pull you & use your own video as evidence (i.e. with speedo in view,) against you

Skip · 02-09-05, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonboy

Just shows that outright BHP isn't the deciding factor in the real world.

Spot on - I was just keeping up with my mates 1000cc ThunderAce at a recent trackday at Snetterton, which is meant to be a "power circuit"!! Through the bends I was pulling loads back that I had lost on the straights...

He wasnt happy! MUHAHAHA!

02-09-05, 01:22 PM

No point owning a super powerful sports bike if you can't handle the power. That's why the SV is so popular, any power much above 60/70bhp is unusable for most riders.

01-09-05, 09:15 PM	#1
jonboy Guest Posts: n/a	Another BMW vid - sportsbikes beware :) Just saw this on UKGSers, a nice vid of a GS1200 trouncing a sportsbike round a track: http://www.el-paseo.info/downloads/b...vid/Barber.mov (26mb) Here's a pic of the rider in action: Just shows that outright BHP isn't the deciding factor in the real world. Now if only I could afford one... still let's have my SV1000 first . Twins rule! .

02-09-05, 08:25 AM	#3
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02-09-05, 08:41 AM	#4
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02-09-05, 08:44 AM	#5
jonboy Guest Posts: n/a	Yes I think so. Still at least you got an unimpaired view. .

02-09-05, 01:22 PM	#8
Jase22 Guest Posts: n/a	No point owning a super powerful sports bike if you can't handle the power. That's why the SV is so popular, any power much above 60/70bhp is unusable for most riders.