BMW Demo Truck
 

Well, I'm on with the fleet again this year - any interest in knowing where it will be from time to time? This year there are a few S1000rr and HP2Sports added to the bike-count to try out.

So far this month:
Ventura BMW [California] Demos for two weekends. The weekend of the 20th and the weekend of the 27th. I'll be there the 27th.

hp2 oughtta be a hoot

Is there a calendar somewhere that can be checked for upcoming locations? Any East coast dates planned?

http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/us/en/...html&notrack=1

So far, and events might change as the dealers commit to dates.
Demo Truck = bikes available to ride. Show Truck = bikes to look at [usually race events]

March 6-7, 2010
Demo Truck
>> Long Beach BMW
2125 East Spring Street
Long Beach, CA 90806-2114
(562) 426-1200

March 19-20, 2010
Demo Truck
>> Foothills BMW
1435 Wadsworth Blvd
Lakewood, CO 80214
(303) 202-1400

March 27, 2010
Demo Truck
>> Ventura BMW
830 Tourmaline Drive
Newbury Park, CA 91320-1205
(805) 499-3770

April 8-10. 2010
Demo Truck
>> Motgomeryville Cycles
2901 Bethlehem Pike
Hatfield, PA 19440
(215) 712-7433

April 17-18, 2010
Demo Truck
>> South Sound BMW
3605 20th Street East
Fife, WA 98424-1704
(253) 922-2004

May 8, 2010
Demo Truck
>> BMW M/c of Southeast Michigan
39933 Ford Road
Canton, MI 48187
(734) 981-1479

May 21-22, 2010
Demo Truck
>> BMW M/c of Utah
339 W. 9000 S.
Sandy, UT 84070
(801) 618-2700

May 29-31, 2010
Show Truck
>> Miller Motorsport Park
SBK Races
2901 N. Sheep Lane
Tooele, UT 84074
(435) 277-8101

June 11-12, 2010
Demo Truck
>> Kissell Motorsports
1445 West College Avenue
State College, PA 16801
(814) 861-7890

June 18-19, 2010
Demo Truck
>> Cross Country BMW
875 Middlesex Avenue
Metuchen, NJ 08840
(732) 635-0094

June 26, 2010
Demo Truck
>> Cliffs Cycle Revolution
465 Federal Road
Brookfield, CT 06804
(203) 740-1270

July 2-3, 2010
Demo Truck
>> Northern Colorado Euro M/c
6002 Byrd Drive
Loveland, CO 80538
(970) 679-1600

July 15-18, 2010
Demo Truck
>> BMW MOA Intl Rally
Redmond, OR
www.BMWMOA.org

July 23-25, 2010
Show Truck
>> Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
MotoGP
1021 Monterey-Salinas Highway
Salinas, CA 93908
(831) 242-8201

August 27-29, 2010
Show Truck
>> Indianapolis Motor Speedway
MotoGP
2130 East Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN
(317) 638-6507

Cool, thanks! Not much within a stones throw of NC. I'll have to watch for updates.

Events pop up through the year - some with as little as a week's notice. There are two semi trucks that travel the country - one on each coast. Though, last year they had both at Miller for WSBK for the unveiling of the S1000rr.

Maybe you can explain the HP2 Sport to me.

It is 100hp, but cost $10K over the cost of an S1000RR($17.5K vs $26K).

I really like the bike, but for that money I can buy an 1198S that is 10 times the bike.

It's for those that drank the BMW Blue Kool-aide. Fit and finish - no metal in the rear sub-frame, adjustable rear sets, full Ohlins - basically the bike is upgraded to the N'th degree with carbon fiber goodness.

It's a niche market bike... and torque is yummy.

Ya'll need to come to Destination Motorsports in Lenoir City, TN and do a gap ride.

Push that on your boss

wow that hp2 looks sweet.

Zoomie you might end up here by us. they bring the demos to milwaukee usually.

YES! The State College demo stop is only two hours from me. Weekend after the Rally.

So when is the truck coming to Kosovo for Demos? :lol:


But in all reality, what the hell, why no demos in ND??? Just cause the closest dealer is 200 miles away!

Next weekend. I'll do a demo if you lead the ride. Hope it doesn't snow.

I have a trackday that weekend... no demo for me.

I have no influence on where the truck goes, That is up to the dealers.

May 8th... 20 mins from my place...AWESOME

Can you just bring one of the S1000RR's home so I can come over and check it out? :whistle:

Azoom what do you do for a living?

I'd be in for Long Beach. Is it first come first serve or do you have to pre sign up?

NJ and CT but nothing in NY ;(

I ride motorcycles and own a trackday company.

First come first serve. Generally.

Anyone down for hijacking a truck?:D

That was a week ago...wish I'd known.

Might go to Ventura but it ain't close.

Sean... go to Ventura on the 27th. :)

You know, the more I think about buying a bike, the more I'm considering a GS, especially since I'm hoping to ride the bike on field calls. Most of my field calls keep me on pavement, but I sometimes get addresses that are in the sticks, down a dirt road, or at least require me to take a badly paved road to get to the house. I generally don't know if the roads are going to be dirt, paved, or what, and it would suck to get out on a nasty road on a cruiser. Maybe I'll have to find a way to demo a GS, even though there won't be any demo rides near me.

Many Euro dealers are very open to the idea of letting you demo their motorcycles. In fact, many of them have bikes they use specifically for demo purposes. Find a dealer, go talk to them. Of course, if you find a truck, there is every flavor of GS on them from the 650single to the 1200Adventure that is fitted to take you across Africa.

April 17-18, 2010
Demo Truck
>> South Sound BMW
3605 20th Street East
Fife, WA 98424-1704
(253) 922-2004



WOOOOOOOOT!!!!

I think I may go to Indy this year just to get a ride on the F800.... :lol:

Good luck with that. Remember Trip's attempt? :lol

no that was ME! where they told me to come back at 5 and they closed at 4! fuck'n A i was pissed...

Yeah that was him, I laughed my ass off.

I lost my BMW Indy shirt, one of you bastards had it in one of the bags, my bet is NTS. :lol:

D'OH!! Yeah, I remember :lol:

If it was NTS with the shirt ... I don't think I'd want it back...

60's today with 70 tomorrow. When the demo truck comes on Saturday - 30's and snow.

Azoomm are you at most of those dates?

I see two demo truck dates in PA....might be worth the trip down. :D

There is a demo day in Detroit. That might be closer for you.

I didn't even see that. I might do that!

Boo! Come to PA!

fuck you both...


and yeah I think I remember you saying almost immediately that NTS still had your shirt... only things I have are my Indy hoody and MotoGP Hat... both of which I wore...

If you do... let me know... I'll meet up with ya.

Looks like Colorado Demo this weekend has been cancelled due to weather. Bummer. I'll still be in Ventura next weekend.

I don't have date commitments yet for many of the demos - but, I'll let y'all know :)

I can try to make the June 18-19 one in NJ, but it looks like I'm moving the weekend after that so no promises

Triumph Demo in State College April 3rd :whatwhat:

OK, just got notice I'll be in Bergen for their open house - April 17th.

That's Rochelle Park, NJ.

Whoda thunk they don't wanna demo bikes when it's snowing???

CO was rescheduled to April... I wanna say 8-9?

I went down to Foothills BMW at 1:00 and a bunch of demo bikes were just heading out. I signed up for the 2:00 ride and walked around the dealership. I met a couple who had GS1150's with cavernous metal saddlebags. I started talking to them and the guy pulled everything out of his saddlebags to show me what he had.

This guy could have ridden the Road of Bones in Russia and would have been prepared for any mishap. Everything was organized in clear bags and boxes. His tire patch kit was in an old VHS tape box. He could have repaired 50 flat tires. He had an electric air pump and a bicycle pump. He made his own jumper cables, but the neatest thing was a patch he bought at a truck stop to repair sidewall blowouts. I didn't even know they made such a thing.

So I signed up for a S1000RR demo. The leader explained the different modes (I kept it in Sport Mode), that I could shift up without the clutch and with the throttle on, and that the brake warning light would come on at the beginning. I was on a red, white, and blue one, right behind the leader. So I started it up, shifted into first and the bike stalled. I had the kickstand down.

I started again and put my feet on the pegs. They were positioned about where the passenger pegs are located on my bike. So at the first light, I stall it at the green. At the next light, I make sure to give it more throttle and I rev it so high the shift light comes on. We've gone about an eighth of a mile and I'm not doing too good.

We accelerate onto a freeway and I look down at the speedo-85 mph. Holy crap this thing moves. We exit at a cloverleaf. The stubby clip-ons are harder for me to instigate a turn, but once leaned over, the bike was in it's groove. I accelerate like a demon and come up to another light. The guy behind me on a GS pulls up and tells me that my bike has unbelievable acceleration. I nod, grinning ear to ear.

And the brakes were like anchors. I'm used to four finger braking and I was stopping well behind the lead rider and had to move up at the lights. We went on another highway, a backroad, the interstate, and a major street. I didn't look down at the speedo, but we went fast. When we exited the interstate, I saw that a Highway Patrol had just pulled over a car. Lucky for us.

Just when I was getting the feel for the clutch, brakes, shifter, throttle, and handling, the ride came to an end. It was over 40 minutes, but my wrists didn't hurt. My knees and ankles were a little stiff from the angle, but it was a great ride and a great bike. When I got on my old Suzuki, the handlebars felt like ape-hangers. I had a great time and highly recommend the S1000RR for a demo ride.

That is exactly what demos are about! Glad you enjoyed yourself!!

Sounds fun.

hey Tommy, i'm game for a road trip, if i'm not working those dates.

Fun? It was like welcome to the 21st Century. I always wondered how my friend on his Gixxer could pass a car just before a downhill switchback. Radial mount brakes. And the ones on the S1000RR were awesome.

Surprisingly, there were a lot of young people at the demo. After I got off the bike a young woman asked me about the bike. I rambled on several minutes about the ride. There's not much fairing, but the red, white, and blue is stunning.

Now if BMW wants to sell a bunch of bikes, they need to make a sport/tourer with this same engine. Larger fairing, pegs moved forward, higher handlebar, centerstand, more seat padding, and a gain of only 25 pounds. As it is, the RR is just too much race for me.

So I thought the demo ride was the end of it, but this morning I receive a call that I won the free raffle at the demo. Did I win a bike? I ride down to the BMW dealer to get my prize. It was a BMW shirt, BMW hat, BMW money clip, and two BMW hat pins:
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7055/bmwshirt.jpg

Can't complain with winning free shit. :rockwoot:

Same here. I want to ride the S1000RR.

Zoomie...any idea if the truck is coming to Velocity Cycles in Mechanicsburg PA? Their website doesn't tell me shit.

I don't see it so far. The listing for BMW is on the first page of this thread...

Thanks.

Riding the RR was the closest I've come to flying on the ground. Ninety-nine percent of the bike disappears beneath you, and you're pretty much lying on the tank. I almost felt like Rollie Free: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...record_run.jpg

:lol: Sounds like a blast.

:lol

OK guys - I'll be in NJ next weekend. Demo is both Friday and Saturday.

Cross Country BMW
875 Middlesex Ave
Metuchen NJ 08840
(732) 635-0094

Hmm fridays a possibility, working thurs night but am off all day friday.

Then it's not a possibility. It's for sure.

That is exactly what I was thinking!

Demo truck is supposed to be in MI tomorrow. Looks like it will be too cold to make that 2 hour ride. Supposed to be in the 40's

Looks like I am in, marko I iwll write you a Dr's note so you can come too ;)

I dont need a doctors note. I'm just not riding that far.

It is and RAINING!

OK Denver, CO - I'll be out there next weekend!

June 5, 2010
Demo Truck
>> BMW of Denver
2910 South Havana Street
Aurora CO 80014
(303) 755-6400

Not sure if I can make it there on Saturday. Are you coming out early or staying later? Do you have a course set on where to take the riders?

So, the calendar online has ended with Indy. But, the trucks are still on the road. I'll be in Ventura this weekend - and San Mateo next weekend. Anyone in the area?