{"id":522865,"date":"2010-04-10T11:15:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T15:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=43063"},"modified":"2010-04-10T11:15:30","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T15:15:30","slug":"still-think-bmw-motorcycles-are-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/522865","title":{"rendered":"Still Think BMW Motorcycles Are Slow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Jo5keCn0Y88&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Jo5keCn0Y88&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>BMW motorcycles have traditionally suffered from an image problem.  Seen as long on comfort but short on power and handling, BMW\u2019s old airhead bikes were called \u201cGummikuh\u201d (rubber cow) in their native Germany.  Their R1100S was the first Beemer I ever rode that impressed me; so much, in fact, that I had to buy one.  It was a great sport tourer, even if it was a little down on power.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-43063\"><\/span>BMW has put an end to those days with their S1000RR superbike.  They\u2019ve abandoned the quirky Duolever front end in favor of a traditional fork, and the bike is powered by a chain, not a driveshaft.  It makes 193 horsepower, which puts it on par with the best from Japan and Italy.  <\/p>\n<p>So how well does it work on a track? In the hands of Chris \u201cTeach\u201d McNeil, lapping California\u2019s Infineon Raceway, very well.  Enjoy the vid, but check any preconceived notions of BMW motorcycles at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Source:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twowheelsblog.com\/post\/4127\/chris-teach-mcneil-rides-a-bmw-s1000rr-onboard-track-video\">Two Wheels Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YYazZDoa06YxxPdY0CgNY7L7cxo\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YYazZDoa06YxxPdY0CgNY7L7cxo\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YYazZDoa06YxxPdY0CgNY7L7cxo\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YYazZDoa06YxxPdY0CgNY7L7cxo\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW motorcycles have traditionally suffered from an image problem. Seen as long on comfort but short on power and handling, BMW\u2019s old airhead bikes were called \u201cGummikuh\u201d (rubber cow) in their native Germany. Their R1100S was the first Beemer I ever rode that impressed me; so much, in fact, that I had to buy one. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}