JOCK HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE BMW’S NEW SHIFT-CAM MOTOR IN A
CHASSIS WITH NORMAL FORKS… AND HERE IT IS. HE’S A HAPPY MAN.
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he BMW R1250R HP is an all new naked sports/touring
model from BMW, featuring the company’s awesome
Shift-Cam boxer motor. Our test bike had all the cool
HP additions including (my personal favourite) heated grips,
shift assist, black wheels with alloy polished edges, electronic
suspension adjustment and cruise control to name just a few.
It looks bold, muscular, authoritative and to my mind highly
attractive. Did I mention it has the new Shift-Cam engine…?
Ahem, sorry, got distracted from my train of thought…
anyway, the vast majority of the bike looks stylish,
sophisticated and cohesive in design, but I still struggle
with the look of the headlight area. Thankfully, BMW’s
old isometric headlight design ethos they had going for
many years has finally been consigned to the bin where
it always belonged… in my opinion. However, the new
symmetrical one is only slightly more appealing, but
it does come with DRL (Daytime Running Lights).
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