Our Beemer Stable

[PersonaNonGrata]

A lovely pair indeed! The cabrio is particularly nice with that bold colour combo. Me likey your Bimmers.

[alpac]

Nice Cars Hey! not sure if you noticed but they put the steering wheel on the wrong side in the 330. You may get that fixed under the warranty

[breytonX5]

Originally Posted by JCL

In the spirit of gentle education....

A beemer is a traditional term for a BMW motorcycle. (My beemer was an R50/5). Beamer is a term sometimes used to refer to a device with an infrared connection, ie I beamed the file over to you. I am sure there are lots of other definitions, ie a beamy boat.

With all due respect, a BMW motorcycle can be spelled two different ways: beemer or beamer although the former is the term more often used.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by breytonX5

With all due respect, a BMW motorcycle can be spelled two different ways: beemer or beamer although the former is the term more often used.

Really? I had always thought of beamer as simply a misspelling. Out of curiousity, I Googled both. I got to the 18th page of Google results on 'beamer' before I found a reference to a motorcycle. Even then, it was a single question as to whether the lcd projector being discussed was a BMW. I gave up after 20 pages. Google 'beemer' and you will find all the references to the air cooled twin motorcycle clubs, and also all the BMW corporate links (suggesting that they have been cross linked in the searches.)

I tried wikipedia as well. Same results.

Anyway, spell it anyway you like.

Do you have one? I keep thinking about a new 1200, but not until the Z goes, and the advantage with the Z is that my wife rides with me. She won't ride on a bike.

[ricky.agrawal]

Gosh I love those 19" Sport rims!

[breytonX5]

Originally Posted by JCL

Really? I had always thought of beamer as simply a misspelling. Out of curiousity, I Googled both. I got to the 18th page of Google results on 'beamer' before I found a reference to a motorcycle. Even then, it was a single question as to whether the lcd projector being discussed was a BMW. I gave up after 20 pages. Google 'beemer' and you will find all the references to the air cooled twin motorcycle clubs, and also all the BMW corporate links (suggesting that they have been cross linked in the searches.)

I tried wikipedia as well. Same results.

Anyway, spell it anyway you like.

Do you have one? I keep thinking about a new 1200, but not until the Z goes, and the advantage with the Z is that my wife rides with me. She won't ride on a bike.

JCL that new K1200S is awesome with 167hp!!! BMW's battling the big bad boys from Japan. Know what my wife would never ever let me get a bike or get anywhere close to one.