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While the fine lines and sculpted
features of most sport bikes spring
from the drawing tables of stylists,
those of the BMW R65LS had a different birthplace.
The drafting tables of German
engineers.
Asa result, they are the recipients of the same pragmatic consideration and evolutionary refinement
asthelegendaryengine that powers
this 650cc machine.
The shapely sport fairing, for
example, provides much more than
cosmetic appeal. It helps reduce
front-wheel lift by over 30%.
The LS handlebars are low, compact, and help to provide a seating
position that "is sporting in a
way that Japanese bikes,
even with red paint,
have not discovered "
(Cycle World).
(High bars are
also available.)
The bike's
slender tail,
artful as it too appears, was creat- increase handling prowess but deed in one of the rrost aesthetically creases unsprung weight.
indifferent environments known
In the end, the BMW R65 LS is
one sports bike whose graceful
to man: the massive BMWwind
tunnel in Ismaning, Germany.
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Even the wheels of the LS pos- weak engineering. For it is a ma- '
sess a beauty that goes far deeper chineasadeptatslicingthroughthe
than their gleaming enamel. Each wind and rounding corners as it is
rim section is made of a highly rigid at turning heads.
aluminum alloy;each hub and spoke
Its price? A lofty $3 ,790~
assembly is separately cast from a
Butasa motorcycle columnist of
far more elastic aluminum alloy to AutoWeek observed, "a bad motorprovide added flexibility. And then
cycle isworthless;agood motorcycle
everything-hubs, spokes and rims- is worth whatever it costs...Bythat
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