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Get on the fifty! |
This one has been pretty exciting. Over the past year or so I've sold off a decent amount of my gun collection (don't worry there's still plenty left) to fund another hobby of mine, motorcycles. I pulled the trigger on my dream bike a few months ago and have been ordering and installing parts since. The motorcycle is a 2024 BMW M1000RR (the homologation of the WSBK race bike). There are only a 100 or so of these bikes in the US between the 23 and 24 model years combined. Carbon everything including the wheels. This thing is absolutely incredible. Scary fast. 1000CC Inline 4 motor pushing over 200hp in a bike that weighs around 430 pounds. On top of that, it's been tuned with induction mods and a full Akrapovic titanium race exhaust. Added some more carbon from Germany including a belly pan extension and frame covers. This week I had full Ohlins suspension installed and got it all set up along with some new Pirelli tires that are a smidge more street oriented compared to the stock Michelins. If you can't tell, I dig it  All stock the day it came home:  All torn apart:  End Result:    "Pickin' stones and pullin' teats is a hard way to make a living. But, sure as God's got sandals, it beats fightin' dudes with treasure trails." "We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been quite possibly, bamboozled." | ||
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I'd be way too tempted to use all the throttle on something like that. Glad most of my 2-wheel time has been on things harder to get in as much trouble on. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| Get on the fifty! |
I made it 3 days before I got a ticket "Pickin' stones and pullin' teats is a hard way to make a living. But, sure as God's got sandals, it beats fightin' dudes with treasure trails." "We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been quite possibly, bamboozled." | |||
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A track day at COTA might help you scratch the itch. ______________________________________________________________ Common sense is no longer simply uncommon. It is rare these days. | |||
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That is pretty cool and looks fast just sitting there. If I may ask, what are the carbon fiber covers on the lower half of the front tires for? | |||
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That front wheel is very Tron\Bladerunner. _____________________________ 'I'm pretty fly for a white guy'. | |||
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| Get on the fifty! |
Aero, makes it more slippery in theory. I don't think it actually does that much besides look cool but the bike as a whole is pretty wild how it cuts through the air. Very different from every other sport bike Ive ridden. "Pickin' stones and pullin' teats is a hard way to make a living. But, sure as God's got sandals, it beats fightin' dudes with treasure trails." "We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been quite possibly, bamboozled." | |||
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I don't think I'd make it that long  The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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