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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!gator!inland!bloom
  2. From: bloom@inland.com
  3. Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
  4. Subject: Re: Are BMWs form or function?
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan20.081812.2597@inland.com>
  6. Date: 20 Jan 93 08:18:12 CST
  7. References: <1993Jan11.150155.24990@linus.mitre.org> <1993Jan11.172631.24019@osf.org> <1993Jan11.231055.13219@linus.mitre.org> <1993Jan12.175207.2036@osf.org>
  8. Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN
  9. Lines: 45
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  11. In article <1993Jan12.175207.2036@osf.org>, jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris) writes:
  12. > 
  13. > Here are some facts:
  14. > 
  15. > Both the K's and new R
  16. > have:            ABS
  17. >             motor management
  18. >             fuel injection
  19. >             shaft drive with paralever rear suspension
  20. >             Fiamm horns (not advanced, but who else has them?)
  21. >             recyclable plastics
  22. >             heated grips (optional)
  23. >             catalyctic converter
  24. >             emergency flashers
  25. >             electronic instruments
  26. >             accessory sockets
  27. >             self-canceling signals
  28. > 
  29. > The R bike also has:    non-telescopic fork
  30. >             adjustable ergonomics
  31. >             
  32. > So what do other brands have for other advanced technology? Honda has 
  33. > traction control. Ducati has carbon fiber. Yamaha has the RADD? What 
  34. > else???? So what is it that BMW *doesn't* have?
  35.  
  36.  
  37. Horsepower, acceleration, & superior handling.  Your laundry list above 
  38. does nothing to improve the vehicle's performance.
  39.  
  40. ABS.......See any GP bikes with this feature?
  41. Motor Management.......The world already has too many managers.
  42. Fuel Injection........Kawasaki had it first, no improvement for cost.
  43. Shaft Drive with levers.....See any GP bikes with this feature?
  44. Fiamm Horns..............Yawn.
  45. Recyclable plastics......I thought BMWs last forever?
  46. Heated grips.............Old snowmobile technology.
  47. Catalytic converters.....Hoping they hang an air injection pump on it?
  48. Flashers.................A real chick magnet.
  49. Electronic instruments...Hate 'em, another failed Japanese experiment.
  50. accessory sockets........Comes in handy when you hook up the Christmas
  51.                          tree.
  52. canceling signals........Yamaha had it first.
  53.  
  54. ..................Dr. Doom
  55.  
  56.