
BMW R1200C
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Search complete. 2 mentions across 2 episodes found for "BMW R1200C".
Sep 10, 2026
The Motorcycle Community Is Toxic and Full of Gatekeeping Elitists
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49:58SwiggyHOST
Never mind.
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49:58SwiggyHOST
It was the R1200C.
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50:00SwiggyHOST
This was the 2002.
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50:05SwiggyHOST
That passed Millennium.
Motorcycles That Aged Well: Once Overlooked, Now Admired
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14:39Niels MeersschaertHOST
So this bike has really, it failed terribly when it first came out, but it is gaining a lot more attention today.
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14:47Niels MeersschaertHOST
Now the BMW R1200C was BMW's first cruiser, It maintained many of the classic elements of a BMW, a boxer engine, a driveshaft, and visually the telelever suspension was stylized with more of an organic shape than the typical flat support that you saw on most of the other bikes.
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15:05Niels MeersschaertHOST
And the kidney bean design that was common on BMW cars was carried over the elements near the headlight.
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15:11Niels MeersschaertHOST
And even with a branding deal with the James Bond film franchise, seeing the bike featured in the 1997 film Tomorrow Never Dies brought a lot of attention to the bike, but it didn't really bring as many paying customers.