Decommissioned Cop Bikes - road user reactions

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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

BMW is good at making weak transmissions. They'll make the rest of the bike 3x as strong and heavy as it needs to be, plastics included, but the gearbox? Why would that need to be sturdy?

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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Jim Silly-Balls posted:

Harley's only for cop bikes around here of course, but they spend so much time idling and riding slowly in the city I'd be wary of one. If you could guarantee you're getting a highway patrol bike it might be good

I've worked on a couple police Harleys, talked to one of the cops riding them. He was saying they blow their charging systems a lot. Overheating with high load electrics I assume.

# ¿ May 15, 2017 19:25

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Z3n posted:

Borrowed a friends R1200RT-P. Didn't really care for it, but I generally don't like the boxer engines.

The oilhead/hexhead boxers are quite different from the airhead (old) boxers and the water (new) boxers. I don't like the oilhead/hexheads either but the airheads have much better weight distribution and sound and the water boxers are amazing, almost Multistrada-like.

# ¿ May 22, 2017 16:53

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