What were they thinking?

[GoldOxide_imp]

They evidently did a bunch of tests showing that junk can't get stuck and wrapped around in it. Not sure how realistic the tests were. I love mine in any case, and it doesn't cook my thighs! I think I remember Mr. P. reporting that he rode one and it handled like a pig. While I know he's a spirited rider, the odds are that the bike he rode had the pre-load set to the stops. The bikes are shipped that way, and some poll had over 80 percent of the dealers not setting it up according to their checklist (other BMW's aren't shipped that way). Mine in any case handles quite well. You can tell if it's set up wrong by the fact that you'll scrape pegs. I have to REALLLLY go out of my way to try to scrape mine.

I can't imagine any sensible reason why a rider would want to try to scrape low hanging fruit on a bike like this.

( ... unless it was stolen, then they wouldn't care.)