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[Apriliarsv]

I can't believe what they are putting on bicycles.
https://www.ridefox.com/content.php?c=livevalve-bike

[Fred]

That sounds like it would make more sense on a motorcycle where we could absorb the extra weight and power requirements more easily.

[Richard230]

That sounds like it would make more sense on a motorcycle where we could absorb the extra weight and power requirements more easily.

But if it was on a motorcycle, buyers probably wouldn't pay for the technology - unless they were BMW customers, of course.     But then that would never happen as BMW never uses technology that they don't develop themselves (or use when the patent expires).   

[ESokoloff]

That sounds like it would make more sense on a motorcycle where we could absorb the extra weight and power requirements more easily.

But if it was on a motorcycle, buyers probably wouldn't pay for the technology - unless they were BMW customers, of course.     But then that would never happen as BMW never uses technology that they don't develop themselves (or use when the patent expires).   

Didn't WP &/or Showa make BMW’s first few ESA systems?

[Richard230]

That sounds like it would make more sense on a motorcycle where we could absorb the extra weight and power requirements more easily.

But if it was on a motorcycle, buyers probably wouldn't pay for the technology - unless they were BMW customers, of course.     But then that would never happen as BMW never uses technology that they don't develop themselves (or use when the patent expires).   

Didn't WP &/or Showa make BMW’s first few ESA systems?

BMW seems to go for the low-bidder when it comes to their suspension systems. They appear to switch vendors every now and then.  I don't believe that they ever used WP as that company is owned by KTM.  A few years ago their semi-active ESA suspensions were being manufactured by an long-time Italian suspension company whose name I can't spell, but begins with an "M". Then they switched to Sachs, who made the "semi-active" (and completely lazy) suspension components used on my RS. This year they returned to the Italian firm again and their stuff seems to work a lot better than the Sachs brand. If they ever bought suspension components from Showa, I never heard about it, but they might have used that company for their non-ESA bottom-feeder low-budget models (which are almost impossible to obtain).   

[ESokoloff]

In a past life I had a 2005 K1209S with ESA but I don’t recall the brand.
I found this yesterday so at one point BMW has used both. 

I believe Marzocchi  is the other company that your thinking of. 

[Richard230]

In a past life I had a 2005 K1209S with ESA but I don’t recall the brand.
I found this yesterday

The information in that video was news to me.  I had a 2007 R1200R (which I traded-in for my current RS) with ESA that worked better than the Sachs ESA suspension on my 2016 RS. I have no idea who made those components, though. But it does go to show you how BMW moves from one manufacturer to another.