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maladg · 01-26-2005, 09:05 AM

And another thing: BMW NA would rather be caught with a live boy AND a dead girl before being caught taking markdowns on MSRP...it just ain't their marketing thang.

Maybe adguy JohnnyB can give us some insight on this 'un...

sarnali · 01-26-2005, 09:34 AM

The 1939 World Tour went over pretty well......

sarnali · 01-26-2005, 09:37 AM

They used to be pretty nice bikes, now between shytty F.I. surging and Buick surplus power brakes, topped off with your standard Teutonic shyt-headedness they can have them.

kowalke67 · 01-26-2005, 02:57 PM

When I bought my F650GS Dakar I bought the ABS model but they charged me the non-ABS price. That amounted to $500 or $800, can't remember. Wasn't advertised though, the sales guy offered it up to me when I started talking price.

BMW4VWW · 01-26-2005, 03:09 PM

Just curious kowalke, could you turn off the ABS for dirt riding? VWW

kowalke67 · 01-26-2005, 03:30 PM

Yep, mine was a 2002 and it had a switch by the gauges. You held that down for a few seconds and the ABS light would flash and go off. To turn it back on I believe you had to turn the bike on and off.

I only turned it off a couple times to try it and play around with the difference in stopping distance. I never took it off road in a capacity that required ABS to be off. That bike was to expensive, to pretty, and to heavy for any thing other than a hard packed dirt/gravel/fire roads, at least for my abilities. There was no way I was going to allow myself to drop that thing.

01-26-2005, 09:05 AM	#21
maladg Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rock throwing distance from Home Despot HQ Posts: 1,141	Re: BMW Announces 0.9% Financing And another thing: BMW NA would rather be caught with a live boy AND a dead girl before being caught taking markdowns on MSRP...it just ain't their marketing thang. Maybe adguy JohnnyB can give us some insight on this 'un...

01-26-2005, 09:34 AM	#22
sarnali Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,416	Re: BMW Announces 0.9% Financing The 1939 World Tour went over pretty well......

01-26-2005, 09:37 AM	#23
sarnali Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,416	Re: BMW Announces 0.9% Financing They used to be pretty nice bikes, now between shytty F.I. surging and Buick surplus power brakes, topped off with your standard Teutonic shyt-headedness they can have them.

01-26-2005, 02:57 PM	#24
kowalke67 Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 291	Re: BMW Announces 0.9% Financing When I bought my F650GS Dakar I bought the ABS model but they charged me the non-ABS price. That amounted to $500 or $800, can't remember. Wasn't advertised though, the sales guy offered it up to me when I started talking price. __________________ \"Wait, I think I just -- Yea, I just had an idea.\"

01-26-2005, 03:09 PM	#25
BMW4VWW Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,833	Re: BMW Announces 0.9% Financing Just curious kowalke, could you turn off the ABS for dirt riding? VWW

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01-26-2005, 03:30 PM	#26
kowalke67 Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 291	Re: BMW Announces 0.9% Financing Yep, mine was a 2002 and it had a switch by the gauges. You held that down for a few seconds and the ABS light would flash and go off. To turn it back on I believe you had to turn the bike on and off. I only turned it off a couple times to try it and play around with the difference in stopping distance. I never took it off road in a capacity that required ABS to be off. That bike was to expensive, to pretty, and to heavy for any thing other than a hard packed dirt/gravel/fire roads, at least for my abilities. There was no way I was going to allow myself to drop that thing. __________________ \"Wait, I think I just -- Yea, I just had an idea.\"