Re: Hex-Heads

[Bob MacFarland <emoto1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Brown wrote:

>Bob:
>
>I, for one, welcome experiences and comments from the soon to be evolving
>hex head crowd.    
>

Fair enough. Given the list owner's comments, I will continue to post 
here until such time that it is judged as inappropriate by the list owner.

>I'm extrememly interested in this bike.  It represents
>the next wave and is an interesting bike in its own right.   The reviews
>I've read have been mostly the boilerplate tech analysis with very little,
>if any, real-world impressions.    It'll be great to hear the good, the bad
>and the ugly from a real hex head owner.
>
>Although I purchsed a Twin Spark RT this year, there's definitely a hex-head
>in my future.   Either a GS or an RT, probably.   I'm going to wait a few
>years until more models are available to decide.   I'm still figuring out
>the bike I have.
>

Spy shots of a hexhead RT are showing up in various web forums. Debate 
rages over whether the incredibly ugly bodywork is the real thing or 
merely a disguise.

>
>"Hex-head", by the way, comes from the shape of the new cylinders on this
>engine.  From the side, they form sort of a six-sided shape looking straight
>at the valve cover.   
>

That much is obvious, but to answer the original question, I believe BMW 
referred to the bike as that in some promotional document.

>That is literally the only thing about this bike that
>is less attractive to me than the old GS.
>

*shrug* Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. It is neither 
more nor less attractive to me.

>
>Have fun with your new ride!
>

Thanks!  I'll keep you guys posted.

Bob

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