Video: BMW S 1000 RR pulls off the old tablecloth trick
BMW S 1000 RR pulls off the old tablecloth trick – Click above to watch the video after the break
Ah yes, the good ol' pull-the-tablecloth-off-the-table-without-sending-dishes-flying routine. The oldest trick in the book? Possibly, but BMW has taken it upon themselves to update the classic demonstration in a major way. How 'bout upping the ante with 24 complete place settings around a giant rectangular table? Yeah, that'd do it.
Just how is BMW planning to remove said tablecloth? Using a new S 1000 RR superbike, that's how. Will it work? Well, it's really a question of physics, right? Take 193 horsepower and a 0 to 60 time that's just shy of 2.9 seconds. Add in one rider with a quick set of wrists and shake well. Garnish with celebratory wheelie.
We highly recommend that you click past the break to see it all go down on video. It's very much worth your time.
[Source: BMW via YouTube]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
decapitor 8:07PM (3/05/2010)
Well that was worth watching.
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Dan Frederiksen 1:29AM (3/06/2010)
it's fake and gay.
just no way that would end well without cheating. got viral written all over it.
why the need to lie bmw..
benny90 2:54AM (3/06/2010)
@Dan
It's obviously fake, its called viral marketing, your comment is gay...
All the settings are on top of glass and the table cloth was underneath the glass. You can see the glass lift up at the end of the table cloth and can see the glass slightly when they congratulate the rider.
Still entertaining though.
timurjonchik 3:38PM (3/06/2010)
All i know is that BMW trying not to fake in the commercials
TheOriginalJared 4:36PM (3/07/2010)
@Kraig
If you watch repeat the part where the bike takes off and watch the table legs compared to the guy in the background, it looks disproportional. Like it was Computer gen'd or something.
Kid Red 10:15AM (3/08/2010)
I don't think it's fake. That surface is too matte to be glass. That looks like a typical real wood table surface. I call real. And viral.
yabasta 7:03PM (3/09/2010)
Dan Frederiksen - why? well it has got people talking about it, therefore noticing the bike...thus i think you have your answer...
it's called marketing and it runs the world
Epyx 8:07PM (3/05/2010)
Someone was just reading HFL. You guys are shameless. LOL
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Franz 8:12PM (3/05/2010)
Pretty cool... can't help but feel it woulda been more entertaining if it didn't work though ;)
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SpecV 8:14PM (3/05/2010)
Agree. :D I want to see everything on the table falls down.
Maxximtl 8:28PM (3/05/2010)
It would have been better if they pulled the table out from underneath the cloth. That would have been a real show of power.
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Need More Lutz For GM 8:28PM (3/05/2010)
That was much more entertaining than that last video Autoblog posted from BMW.TV, the one with that kid explaining efficientdynamics to the classroom. That was a snoozer, I don't even know why Autoblog posted it.
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Hazdaz 8:29PM (3/05/2010)
Seemed a little too clean - typical viral video material.
... magnets underneath the cups/plates perchance.
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Yani365 12:00AM (3/06/2010)
HD, you're right. There is always SOME movement in the direction of the movement of the table cloth. The closer to the end of the tablethat you are pulling towards, the greater the movement. In this vid, everything stays EXACTLY in the same place. That doesn't happen in the real world of physics. . . .
timurjonchik 3:33PM (3/06/2010)
Magnets would increae chances of everything falling down
Maxximtl 8:30PM (3/05/2010)
BTW, the level of fakeness reminds me of the tape measure video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx_5GI0QRdw
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master_V12 8:31PM (3/05/2010)
Im gonna sound like a troll but... I gotta call it out as a fake. Which is a shame, I think it could be pulled off.
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Hazdaz 8:51PM (3/05/2010)
Of course it's fake, but there is no way it would be possible to pull that off.
epilonious 12:56AM (3/06/2010)
I think it's a fake...
...But it's because the BMW bike went more than 15 feet without requiring some sort of expensive maintenance.
ckm 5:14AM (3/06/2010)
There was a show on British TV called Vroom Vroom where they did this with cars as a test. There was some slack in the rope, but it does work (contrary to what Hazdaz thinks) and it's possible to pull it off. Quite easily, actually, I think they did it with a Lexus RX....