Ladies and Gentlemen. I have seen the future

[brads]

And the future my friends,, is SILENT,

As many of you know, I am, a filthy biker, and have always been so. As I have mellowed in my dotage, my bikes have taken a turn for the "different", and at present I run BMW`s finest, A mahoosive GS 1200 adventure.

Because of this, I am friends (sounds strange, but true) with the dealer, and all the employees of, BMW in Dalkeith.
When I turn up, they greet me and know me and are always keen to show me whats new, without trying to sell me anything, I`m actually heading off on holiday for 11 days round Europe with them next week.

Anyhoo, I went in for a tyre, and a coffee today, and timed my visit with Mark and Oghie who were GTSing about the county.

When I turned up, the owner Dave was outside with a crowd, and instantly jumped on me as he knows my Lambrettas and knows I love vintage, so was keen to show me a 1959 BMW R26 that turned up in a barn in Drem !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! seriously,, this is like finding an SX 200 in the bottom Pans !!

So we yapped, and he had me sitting on it ! yadah yadah, when a large BMW scooter parked next to me.

I thought nothing off it, and Dave just looked, and smirked ! "now THATS a fucking scooter" he says,



I laughed a bit, and had a look. As you know BMW are right at the cutting edge of risky development (roofs on scooters )

So I had a gander. While I was watching it, the guy on it pushed it backwards, then lifted his feet to steer in back into a bay !!!! REVERSE !! and SILENT REVERSE !!!!!!!!!!!!! the fucking thing is fully electric !!

Not hybrid, not some asthmatic C5 ! fully electric,,.

Now being a filthy greasy dirty biker bastard scum, I have been glued to the TT, (Number 1 son and missus where there all week) and the zero TT (electric) had me glued. 117 MPH lap !!!!!!!!!!! John McGuiness on a flyer !! It has to be the future of fast toy sports bikes, so this BMW had my attention straight away.

"Got a lid?" asked Dave, "Yup" I had the Caberg in the motor. A quick hijack of Oggie and I had a jacket and gloves and I was on it like a tramp on chips

Now, I`m telling you fuckall he says. Take it,, play on it, and come back,, WITH A POKER FACE ! pissing himself..

Rightoh says I , Mark and Oggie cheesing, I eased out the forecourt, and onto Dalkeith high street,, just as I pulled away, the dealership owner screamed !! " PIN IT YAH CUNT !!!"

So I did ,


HOLY SHIT!!!! fuck me if flew ! it fecking pulled ma arms out there sockets and battered up the road till it was hitting 68mph and had to batter on the brakes cause the lights were at red !!!!! jesus H Christ !! how quick is this thing !!!!!!!!!

No shit. If you own a GTS 300 (and half of ELSC do) they are not anything like as rapid as this BMW.
If you know anything about electric vehicles, you will know that they make full torque, right from the get go, and they stay at full torque all the time until they are going flat out !


This thing, at present, is limited to 80mph, and interestingly, if you have a CBT, you can ride it at 17 !!

This is the fastest (125) I have ever been on, there is nothing apart from a race tuned 2 stroke GP bike that can accelerate like this !!! and it has reverse ! hahahahahaha what a hoot.

When I arrived back at the forecourt I drove it in, and seriously, all I could muster was "holy fucking Christ".. the whole bunch pissed themselves, they had all ridden it, and were all waiting to see my face when I came back.! The poker face failed. Bigstyle.

Obviously, this is BMW applying tech WAY before anyone else, and as such, you will pay ! as in like 16 G !!

But, there are reasons why people will! free charging point at home, courtesy of the Scottish Govt.

All the benefits of an electric vehicle, (Londoners will buy these by the bucket load)

And, and most importantly you will be at the cutting edge !, the very forefront of tech, and that will be enough for many.

This Scooter will shape the future. Forget autos ! forget retros, the only retros will be the scooters that we all keep and run, the very last of the Vespas and Lambrettas,

The scooters of the future will follow this pattern, and for good reason. This thing is immense !!

You have to ride it, It really is a scooter, it has it all, the position, the feel (albeit of an auto)
And it looks like somit from space 1999 !

Get used to it. This is whats coming. We are the last of the old guard. What we own now is the final lot. We preserve the very last fo what we know and love as scooters. There will be no more ! nothing like them will ever be repeated.


I have seen the future.


www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/motorcycles/urban-mobility/bmw-c-evolution/

[shep]

no my cup o tea , but no doubt the germans ur tops when it comes ti engineering
ps i think your on the wind up /half of elsc own gts 300s...i can only think of 2 off the top o my heed

[skin]

ur probs spot on mahaga, fir a stupid auld c**t like masell its vintage aw the way ......
however a cud see a ageing comuter like mr B sitting astride ! of them (for want of a better word) THINGS
but i dont think he's ready to give up his gears anytime soon (silly auld fud) ......in my eyes its deffo no whot thescene we are involved with,.........but we will see citys being domonated with them more & more as a daily commuter tool

[NorryC]

I saw the future at Newark a his n hers Chinese auto both matching apart from hers a rude girl and his yes a rude boy

For once I wish they had melted in the heat as it's no right

[psychedelicropcircle]

Save yersel £15800

[granty]

Jun 22, 2014 21:04:24 GMT 1 NorryC said:

I saw the future at Newark a his n hers Chinese auto both matching apart from hers a rude girl and his yes a rude boy

For once I wish they had melted in the heat as it's no right

Jesus fuckin Christ, that's no even funny!

[Chrisb]

Jun 22, 2014 21:04:24 GMT 1 NorryC said:

I saw the future at Newark a his n hers Chinese auto both matching apart from hers a rude girl and his yes a rude boy

For once I wish they had melted in the heat as it's no right

mebees time for geared bikes only when that pish starts , just a thought ( it's just fukin embarrasing )

[Chrisb]

just checked out an independant review of this (3/5) .... BMW claims that in normal use it is good for 60 miles ? Fuk me, even scot can manage that on a tank these days

they need to sort out the limited range of these electic machines ( more so for the cars I would imagine ) before they'll really take off ... don't know if any of you saw the (slightly toungue in cheek) Top Gear trip in 2 leccy cars, illustrated the point regarding range and slow charging perfectly. Oh, there's also the cost of relacement batteries ( which DO wear out ) they make up a large % of the original purchase price .... so, getting there, but must do better.

Oh and it's as Fugly btw.

[Chrisb]

Jun 23, 2014 10:26:34 GMT 1 Chrisb said:

there's also the cost of relacement batteries ( which DO wear out ) they make up a large % of the original purchase price .... so, getting there, but must do better.
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I see that some of the car manufacturers ( Nissan leaf quoted ) now give you the option to buy the car outright or buy the car and lease the batteries.... makes a big difference to the original purchaase price (and the batteries cost £70 / month to lease)

[brads]

It`ll still come though Chris

Petrol will be phased out and this will be the only way forward.
Battery tech is leaping ahead, and with the likes of BMW, Lotus, Mugen, Nissan, etc all pushing fully elelctric vehicles, that development will move even faster.

Sure thing, my wee post was tongue in cheek a bit, but it won`t be long until fast, sports bikes are electric and folk will use them as recreation, not transport, after that, the money will dictate that development forces fully usable transport vehicles to the forefront.

This thing will actually do 100 miles per charge, how often do commuters do more than that in a day ? rarely ? in a city ? never more like.

As we all know, our scooters are the last. No one will ever make a scooter that falls into the restricted category that we hold as a "scooter"

We`re now firmly into the vintage vehicle scene as opposed to the scootering world, as what we call scooters makes up 3/5ths of feckall of scooters on the road.

Thing is, we can`t say "that's not a scooter". It is, it`s just not one that we like.

The times they are ah`changing eh?

[Nige]

Saw yin o these in Lauriston yesterday and I have tae say................................... it has to be yin o the ugliest bits o plastic moulded oot o a mongooses turd that I've laid eyes oan and I thought they plastic thingy's badged as a lambretta were hideous.

On a plus side, its as much a scooter as it is a tourer bike but if it gets folk oan two wheels its a yay fae me, each tae their own but the 16 grand price tag is an ouch.

Brads I can see the attraction for yee calling it a scooter, wae a limit o 60 miles you could only attend rallys within 30 miles fae the hoose, oh haud oan that wid be nane........... take it yiv got yin in the garage

[brads]

Nope,, not my cup of tea, I just like the tech.

The fact that ma back cannae take any distance oan a Lammy willnae stop me daeing 2500 miles next week though.

Mibbe ah`ll start taking the beemer tae the scooter rallies, will that satisfy the club criteria yah cheeky cnut.

[chris]

mingin..end off!!!!!

[Nige]

Jun 24, 2014 19:08:16 GMT 1 brads said:

Mibbe ah`ll start taking the beemer tae the scooter rallies, will that satisfy the club criteria yah cheeky cnut.

Nooo that wid be a beamer oan a beemer

[Chrisb]

pretty sure i just passed a "suit" riding one of these in the new town this morning ....not any better looking in the flesh I'm afraid