RE: BMW R NineT: Review
Discussion
This is the 3rd review I've read since yesterday which has nothing but praise for the NineT. They confirm what the early some of us guessed and hoped for. Glad I've ordered mine earlier this month and will receive from the first batch (end of March). I hear the allocations from the first batch are sold out both in the US and the UK. As a result of such positive reviews I suspect the waiting line will only get longer.
BristolLee said:
"PH2 rides the BMW Nine T, shortly after does celebratory wheelie"
Lies! Everyone knows you can't wheelie a shaftie!
Chris Pfeiffer dissagrees:Lies! Everyone knows you can't wheelie a shaftie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjnTNOlKy-M
Although given how he is having to abuse that GS to get it up I'm not sure most of us would manage it...
Naff name - sounds like it was named by some juvenile I.T. geek into bad rap music... nearly as bad as saying, "I ride a Fatboy".
Interesting bike tho', I'm keen on the new (semi)/naked roadsters as I haven't ridden a proper sports bike in years, won't be buying a bike new again and these look like they could make a good secondhand buy after the current fashion dies down...
Interesting bike tho', I'm keen on the new (semi)/naked roadsters as I haven't ridden a proper sports bike in years, won't be buying a bike new again and these look like they could make a good secondhand buy after the current fashion dies down...
srob said:
It's also often harder and more expensive to make something with all it's guts on display look nicer than it is a plastic covered bike.
Really? So why are Triumph knocking out Speed Triples at 7K then? That BMW genuinely worth nearly a 5K premium, is it? Ok, it has some nice metal decoration (minus the hideous mirrors) but it also has an old GS engine, no electronics and non-adjustable forks off another bike.Not much R&D going on there.
Joey Ramone said:
srob said:
It's also often harder and more expensive to make something with all it's guts on display look nicer than it is a plastic covered bike.
Really? So why are Triumph knocking out Speed Triples at 7K then? That BMW genuinely worth nearly a 5K premium, is it? Ok, it has some nice metal decoration (minus the hideous mirrors) but it also has an old GS engine, no electronics and non-adjustable forks off another bike.Not much R&D going on there.
Joey Ramone said:
Really? So why are Triumph knocking out Speed Triples at 7K then? That BMW genuinely worth nearly a 5K premium, is it? Ok, it has some nice metal decoration (minus the hideous mirrors) but it also has an old GS engine, no electronics and non-adjustable forks off another bike.
Not much R&D going on there.
The Speed Triple is £7000?!Not much R&D going on there.
srob said:
Joey Ramone said:
Really? So why are Triumph knocking out Speed Triples at 7K then? That BMW genuinely worth nearly a 5K premium, is it? Ok, it has some nice metal decoration (minus the hideous mirrors) but it also has an old GS engine, no electronics and non-adjustable forks off another bike.
Not much R&D going on there.
The Speed Triple is £7000?!Not much R&D going on there.
If you can get them for 7k that's down to supply and demand and that it's a model near the end of its life span. This BMW is a sell out so why would they price it lower?
DodoRacing said:
This is the 3rd review I've read since yesterday which has nothing but praise for the NineT. They confirm what the early some of us guessed and hoped for. Glad I've ordered mine earlier this month and will receive from the first batch (end of March). I hear the allocations from the first batch are sold out both in the US and the UK. As a result of such positive reviews I suspect the waiting line will only get longer.
- sigh*. I had a LOI and holding deposit in nearly a year ago but cancelled as it didn't look that special on paper.
RumpleFugly said:
Nope it's RRP is £9600
If you can get them for 7k that's down to supply and demand and that it's a model near the end of its life span. This BMW is a sell out so why would they price it lower?
New 675 Speed Triple, which despite a smaller engine has a comparable power output to this new Beemer, is yours for about 7K.If you can get them for 7k that's down to supply and demand and that it's a model near the end of its life span. This BMW is a sell out so why would they price it lower?
Listen, if you want to spend nearly 12k on German mutton dressed as lamb, it's no skin off my nose. Personally, I'd stump up another 3k or so and get a Norton 961 cafe racer. Now that is a beautiful bike.
Joey Ramone said:
RumpleFugly said:
Nope it's RRP is £9600
If you can get them for 7k that's down to supply and demand and that it's a model near the end of its life span. This BMW is a sell out so why would they price it lower?
New 675 Speed Triple, which despite a smaller engine has a comparable power output to this new Beemer, is yours for about 7K.If you can get them for 7k that's down to supply and demand and that it's a model near the end of its life span. This BMW is a sell out so why would they price it lower?
Listen, if you want to spend nearly 12k on German mutton dressed as lamb, it's no skin off my nose. Personally, I'd stump up another 3k or so and get a Norton 961 cafe racer. Now that is a beautiful bike.
To add - the Street triple has 20% less power, a shed load less torque and exclusivity and yes the BMW is worth £5K more.
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