BajaNomad
Not logged in [Login - Register]

Go To Bottom
Printable Version  
Author: Subject: BMW B1K Recap
TMW
Select Nomad
*******




Posts: 10659
Registered: 9-1-2003
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 12-4-2004 at 11:02 AM
BMW B1K Recap


This is Tim's report on the Baja 1000 BMW bike. It is a BMW 1200 that weights about 500 lbs. I'm glad they didn't fall down.

>From: Tim Morton
> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 07:32:20 -0800
> To: Anthony Tellier
> Subject: Re: BMW RECAP?
>
> The BMW we rode was totally AWESOME!
> It was really slow over the whoops and rough stuff but on the smoother
> dirt roads it was incredible. Even tight twisty turns are easy and
> there are even places that are easier and faster to ride the BMW than an
> xr650, and I don't mean just wide open.
> Fuel injection with 100HP is really amazing. Very little shifting and
> really smooth.
> It was easy to ride down the final stair steps into La Paz, way easier
> than I thought it would be. It was a bit scary with silt because we
> ended up back in the cars and there was more silt than I was expecting.
> It's a big bike you don't want to get in trouble on and a few of the
> silt areas snuck up on me. It's not like an xr where you can easily
> ditch off the road to avoid silt.
> Jonah did really well from the Start to Puertocitos and was about 8
> minutes ahead of our ETA. At one point (the Diablo high road) Jonah
> said he looked at the dash and it read 193K, and he wasn't even in top
> gear. The bike was definitely fast!
> Donatoni took it to Ignacio.
> In the Ignacio pit the BMW mechanics changed the wheels, filter, and put
> on lights and Jimmy got on to take off, but it wouldn't start.
> Apparently the bikes computer went into an "anti-theft" mode and shut
> everything down.
> It was a good thing we had all the "right" people at that pit as none of
> us would have ever figured out how to make it run. They had to rob a
> computer and key ignition off another GS (a very difficult job) we had
> as a spare. The bike was in the pit for 3.5 hours.
> Before the Ignacio pit we had a shot at finishing before the first car
> or at least getting passed by just a few of them. But leaving the
> Ignacio pit in the cars added a lot more time to our average.
> Oh well, you can't expect perfection with a bike that was built just to
> test some different parts.
> The bike was really fun to ride, I want one! And I can't figure out GS
> owners who are afraid of their bikes in sand and off-road, our bike was
> great!
View user's profile

  Go To Top

 






All Content Copyright 1997- Q87 International; All Rights Reserved.
Powered by XMB; XMB Forum Software © 2001-2014 The XMB Group






"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez

 

"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt

 

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes

 

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn

 

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law







Thank you to Baja Bound Mexico Insurance Services for your long-term support of the BajaNomad.com Forums site.







Emergency Baja Contacts Include:

Desert Hawks; El Rosario-based ambulance transport; Emergency #: (616) 103-0262