[HappySV]

Why do I think that this thing would rock with a set of 17s and sticky rubber? Street legal off the showroom floor too :clap:

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/bmw/2009-bmw-g450x-review-82228.html

 

[MrDude_1]

very cool.

 

[b.h.]

have to remove the swingarm to get to the front sprocket....... brilliant! :thumbup:

 

[MrDude_1]

have to remove the swingarm to get to the front sprocket....... brilliant! :thumbup:

dont have to adjust the chain.. or deal with rollers.. or excessive drivetrain slack..

all in trade, is making something i wont have to do often, a bit more of a pain?
id trade off that in a second. besides, when it comes time to replace your worn out front sprocket, dont you think you should regrease the swingarm anyway?

 

[b.h.]

all in trade, is making something i wont have to do often, a bit more of a pain?

you may not swap your sprockets/chain often, others do

 

[KTMsupermotoman]

51 horsepower...sound pretty good for a 450!!!Decent looking as well.

 

[MrDude_1]

you may not swap your sprockets/chain often, others do

very true.. point taken... it was mentioned in the caption that if you do it often, they said it should only take 15mins.. thats still not bad...
it also mentioned the rear has a huge amount of adjustment... maybe just rear sprocket changes would work?



in anycase does anyone else see this as really cool? i was like 15 when i thought of it, but ive never seen it done... roadbike, dirtbike or otherwise.

 

[b.h.]

it's definitely a clever idea. hopefully if it's really that easy to drop the swingarm.

 

[WRX Boy]

That bike looks sweet! Doesn't look like it will take too much work to put 17's on, unless of course BMW does it for us. Only bad part is probably going to be the price. Not only is it a BMW (read: expensive), but the weak US economy is really going wreak havoc on the MSRP.

 

[DRZinger]

wow we get 11 more hp than the euro model, since when does that ever happen, cool

 

[HappySV]

It's a BMW. If you have to worry about the weak dollar you can't afford it anyway. Who cares about the effort the change the sprocket? Hans at the dealer will do that for you while you sip tea and watch C-Span.



Brian
(Barely able to afford entry fees and rubber at this point)

 

[tallboy350]

It looks like a decent bike. It's fuel injected too! Which I love on my bike, it makes working on it impossible but its smooth for riding.

 

[c_dub]

Appears to be quite the bike and I love the new engineering solutions they have come up with. Thats what the Germans do best. I can see the countershaft/swingarm pivot being copied by every single other manufacturer when the patent runs out.

 

[flames3891]

I'll take one with an extra set of 17's!!

 

[dmvmechanics]

i wonder how the reliability and maintinence seeming how their 650 only puts out 2 more HPs

 

[XR250Rsumo]

With 17's. :thumbup:

 

[HotSauce37]

With 17's. :thumbup:

Where can I put down my deposit?

 

[510SM Santa Cruz]

Very Nice !!!

I still love my Husky.

 

[strongbad]

Sweet bike. I thought BMW would drop development on this 450 since it competes with their new Husky line. Apparently not so.

 

[Bucho]

Sweet, I'd have to say I miss my old BMWs. As long this one also comes w/ heated grips I'd be all over it!