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Hello
I thought I would introduce myself. I have had three new Triumph Sprints in a row one ST and two GTs. Triumph have now stopped making Sprints for some reason so I had to cast my net further afield. Kawasaki’s sport tourer is a sports bike with a sports faring, high bars and some smallish panniers fitted. Loverly engine but not much weather protection, Yamaha don't believe in panniers large enough to take a helmet so they are out which really only left BMW. “Adventure” bikes are out as I am not over 6’ and my right ankle doesn’t move. I have to have a bike where I can get both feet flat on the ground.
Just as I thought about a R1200RS and had a sit on one in a dealers they announced the R1250RS and the R1200RS configurator disappeared from the websites and there was no sign of the R1250RS configurator. So I put my plans on hold and continued to run my Sprint GT into the ground over the winter. January rolls around and the R1250RS configurator has appeared with the bikes about £1000 more than the equivalent R1200RS but no release date published. Then in February I go into the BMW dealer in Brighton and the salesman tells me the RS wont be out until September. This is too long so I start to look at used R1200RS'. Brighton has two low milage 2017 models for about £12000 but Barnstormer in Alton has a very low mileage 2018 one for only £300 more. When I get there for a test ride they tell me they can get a Brand new R1200RS SE for only £13200. I decided that for only £900 more I would go for a new one. So 1st March I took delivery of a shiny R1200RS SE. So far I am very happy bu the Sat Nav mount keeps staring at me daring me to buy a Navigator to clip into it. To Keep such thoughts at bay I bought a Spare cover and stuck a cheap Sat Nav on it thus saving about £600.

My case is a bit different, in that I prefer the styling of the R1200RS to the R1250RS. I didn't much mind the incentives and savings on the 2018s over the 2019s either, so it was a no-brainer. And I had to laugh about the Navi mount staring at you... I ponied up and included the Navigator VI in the purchase. I am probably picking up my bike on Thursday, but have the Navi hooked up to this computer now to set it up.

Congrats! Tested the Z1000SX and came to the same conclusion. To small for serious touring.

Zitat von Bjacobs571 im Beitrag #1

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Hello
I thought I would introduce myself. I have had three new Triumph Sprints in a row one ST and two GTs. Triumph have now stopped making Sprints for some reason so I had to cast my net further afield. Kawasaki’s sport tourer is a sports bike with a sports faring, high bars and some smallish panniers fitted. Loverly engine but not much weather protection, Yamaha don't believe in panniers large enough to take a helmet so they are out which really only left BMW. “Adventure” bikes are out as I am not over 6’ and my right ankle doesn’t move. I have to have a bike where I can get both feet flat on the ground.
Just as I thought about a R1200RS and had a sit on one in a dealers they announced the R1250RS and the R1200RS configurator disappeared from the websites and there was no sign of the R1250RS configurator. So I put my plans on hold and continued to run my Sprint GT into the ground over the winter. January rolls around and the R1250RS configurator has appeared with the bikes about £1000 more than the equivalent R1200RS but no release date published. Then in February I go into the BMW dealer in Brighton and the salesman tells me the RS wont be out until September. This is too long so I start to look at used R1200RS'. Brighton has two low milage 2017 models for about £12000 but Barnstormer in Alton has a very low mileage 2018 one for only £300 more. When I get there for a test ride they tell me they can get a Brand new R1200RS SE for only £13200. I decided that for only £900 more I would go for a new one. So 1st March I took delivery of a shiny R1200RS SE. So far I am very happy bu the Sat Nav mount keeps staring at me daring me to buy a Navigator to clip into it. To Keep such thoughts at bay I bought a Spare cover and stuck a cheap Sat Nav on it thus saving about £600.

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