04-20-2015, 09:18 AM
(04-20-2015, 03:55 AM)JustPassinThru_imp Wrote:(04-20-2015, 03:44 AM)ClassicVW_imp Wrote: Chip, I guess our experiences and preferences are different, not right or wrong, just different experiences. I owned a H-D Dyna and it was a shaker. Every BMW I've owned did not shake. I was very pleased with the boxer twins I owned, none of them even gave me so much as a seat or handlebar vibration. Only boxer that I can recall that was less than silky smooth was a police RT that had over 60K of police use on it. The BMW police bikes beat Harley in most categories tested, if not all categories. Check the Michigan State Police tests which is the industry benchmark for testing police cars and motorcycles.
Not to disagree with what you post here...but keep in mind that just as with cars, what police units look for is not what the end-use individual buyer looks for.
Police are concerned with performance and reliability. Comfort only enters into it when it means whether a patrolman can stand to use the bike for a full shift, day after day.
Power and torque count. Velvety smoothness and pleasure in use, not so important.
I know nothing of Harleys - except to watch them not idle well at stoplights. But the much-vaunted smoothness of the BMW boxer, in its current outsized form...is vastly overrated.
Disagreement is OK, we all have different likes, impressions, etc. I'm curious as to "outsized". Are you referring to the size and weight of the RT? The engine won't get any larger due to the fact that to do so will make the heads longer and also lower, then they will be in danger of scraping the ground.