For anyone who likes to ride motorcycles...

one2gofst

one2gofst

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...and likes to get free knives, here is an FYI. BMW motorcycle dealerships have a promo going where you get a free SAK for test riding any of their bikes. it is the smallest model with the knurled aluminum handle slabs and no tweezers/toothpick. Makes a nice pocket or keychain knife though. It has "BMW Motorcycles" on the reverse slab. Even if you don't need one it would make a nice gift. So if you have some time to kill on a nice afternoon, you can't hardly beat a free ride and a free knife.
 
Thanks, 2 of my favorite things together, only thing missing is alcohol:D , just kidding, any idea how long the offer is good for?
 
I believe the offer goes until the end of May or while suppies last. Also, make sure to tell the salesperson that you saw the ad or their website before you take the test ride. Not saying they might try to hold out on you if you don't remind them, but they might forget.;)
 
I saw the ads and am planning to do it. By the way, I'm planning to be riding in Arizona (Phoenix to the Grand Canyon) the last week in April. Anybody from around there have any suggestions on roads to use or things to see? :D Thanks.
 
...heading out tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up!
 
just recently dumped my kawasaki in the trash...:D :D :eek: :eek: :rolleyes: :p :footinmou
 
I wish I had a picture of my old KZ1000, after it caught fire I had to trash it. It was a sweet bike, set up for street racin', damn thing jumped time and the ignition fired off on the intake stroke and blew flamin' fuel out of the velocity stacks on the carbs, this in turn ignited the rubber fuel line and now i had flames under the gas tank and the fuel was leaking every where. Before I knew what happened the flames were shooting out of the top of the tank 20 feet into the air, apparently the gas cap was made out of some low temp aluminum alloy in order to melt down and prevent pressure from building in the tank. By the time I got the hose and put it out, about 7 or 8 minutes had elapsed, the frame got so hot that frame tubes over the cam shaft softened up and you could crush it with a pair of pliers.

Kawasaki great, fire bad. BMW also makes makes a very refined motorcycle one of the best handling, most comfortable touring bikes I've ever ridden, also you can't beat them old BMW's for style.

Knife content: Back than my EDCs were a Schrade 18OT and an AG Russell One Hand Knife.

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Thought I'd add one for the boys over in Iraq.

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Pictures from, Johns Beemer Garage.

Johns Beemer Garage
 
Was heading there this weekend to pick up filters and fluids for my K75A. Wonder which one I should try for the free knife? ;)
 
T.Erdelyi- I take it you're aware that the olive drab bike in the second of the two images you posted is a Harley-Davidson.
 
Originally posted by x39
T.Erdelyi- I take it you're aware that the olive drab bike in the second of the two images you posted is a Harley-Davidson.
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Better take a look again. No Harley's I know have the jugs poking out the SIDES....
 
Originally posted by tonyccw
Better take a look again. No Harley's I know have the jugs poking out the SIDES....
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Well, maybe you better bone up on your Harley history. It's a 1942 XA model. Harley copied the German BMW, producing about a thousand of them for desert service during the war. Indian also tried a transverse layout, but the cylinders were arranged more like those of a Moto-Guzzi. Neither design was successful.
 
x39: You are 100% correct about HD making a horizontally opposed twin, years ago.


T. Erdelyi: The white Beemer single is an R27 isn't it? I used to own an R27, then a R50 and then an R75. All were very nice, but I could walk faster than the R27's crusing speed.
 
Originally posted by x39
It's a 1942 XA model. Harley copied the German BMW, producing about a thousand of them for desert service during the war. Neither design was successful.
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I stand corrected. Link for info.

Still, interesting that they would copy the BMW's design and not succeed.

Edited to add: From the site:
Hey, what's this American stuff doing here? My 1942 Harley-Davidson XA, which I restored to bring to the 50th anniversary of the D-day landings in France in 1994. An experimental flat twin shaft drive BMW copy. This one fitted with 15 inch disk wheels for the desert. One of 1,005 made.
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Originally posted by tonyccw


interesting that they would copy the BMW's design and not succeed.
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I'm into old Harleys and I've often wondered about that myself. From what I have read, the cause of the XA's demise had more to do with the cost of producing it than it's performance. There were plans for a civilian version of the machine for post war production, but they never materialized.
 
So has anyone else gotten their freebie? I love my Suzuki and the only reason I went and test drove the BMW was for the knife. I must say I was pleasantly surprised with the bike I rode. I did not get to ride a R1100 like I had hoped, but was very pleased with the '99 K1200 I rode. When it was moving it actually felt very light steering. I think its higher center of gravity actally made it turn in better at low speeds than my SV. One thing i did not have time to get used to was the really tall gearing. Starting in first it always seemed to bog, but once you got moving you were way over 60 in first with plenty of revs left. I never got out of 3rd in my brief test ride. I think you would be hard pressed to do so within legal speeds though. you can do everything you want to in second with the broad strong torque curve too. It is the bike i would pick to ride long distances.
 
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