General topics » U turn crash results in new bike

I was pootling along in Birmingham mid September along the A435 near to Kings Heath, paying attention and very alert to traffic my speed was around 26mph, as I passed some parked vehicles, one decided to u turn from parked turning and colliding with the left cylinder of my Iconic R1200Rs, I escaped relatively unscathed (good kit) but my bike has been written off. (special paint jobs don’t help with repair bills) I’m fortunate that the driver was a decent man who admitted liability as he didn’t see me, and his insurance has paid for my bike.
So goodbye to my faithful Iconic and I’m now about to welcome the new R1250RS sport to the family. (Yes in Yellow the best colour obviously)
I’ll keep you posted and if any hints on the 1250 are very welcome..
Be careful out there.

Zitat von Squirrel im Beitrag #1

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I was pootling along in Birmingham mid September along the A435 near to Kings Heath, paying attention and very alert to traffic my speed was around 26mph, as I passed some parked vehicles, one decided to u turn from parked turning and colliding with the left cylinder of my Iconic R1200Rs, I escaped relatively unscathed (good kit) but my bike has been written off. (special paint jobs don’t help with repair bills) I’m fortunate that the driver was a decent man who admitted liability as he didn’t see me, and his insurance has paid for my bike.
So goodbye to my faithful Iconic and I’m now about to welcome the new R1250RS sport to the family. (Yes in Yellow the best colour obviously)
I’ll keep you posted and if any hints on the 1250 are very welcome..
Be careful out there.

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Zitat von Squirrel im Beitrag #1

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I was pootling along in Birmingham mid September along the A435 near to Kings Heath, paying attention and very alert to traffic my speed was around 26mph, as I passed some parked vehicles, one decided to u turn from parked turning and colliding with the left cylinder of my Iconic R1200Rs, I escaped relatively unscathed (good kit) but my bike has been written off. (special paint jobs don’t help with repair bills) I’m fortunate that the driver was a decent man who admitted liability as he didn’t see me, and his insurance has paid for my bike.
So goodbye to my faithful Iconic and I’m now about to welcome the new R1250RS sport to the family. (Yes in Yellow the best colour obviously)
I’ll keep you posted and if any hints on the 1250 are very welcome..
Be careful out there.

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Pleased your unhurt. Congrats on the new bike And yeh agree that the yellow colour is best

Glad you're unhurt and glad he owned up. Blue is the best color. ;)

Having written off my 1200, and now days away from collecting a new 1250, I know how you feel.

I just realized that I have been riding the flat twins for 20 years. Prior to that for 29 years I was Yamahappy

Small Honda's started my addiction.

My new RS cost over 70 times the cost of my 1st Honda and 2.5 x the cost of my last and favorite Yamaha. The RS is worth every dollar.

If you were not on a flat twin would your legs have been injured by the u-turning driver?

Congrats on the escape from injury. And, yes, I admire anyone that can ride that shade of yellow.......

Thanks, yes had I not been riding a BMW I think I would’ve badly injured my left leg, foot..I was wearing good (Daytona) boots and kit with armour inserts which helped as I bounced over his bonnet.
The bike didn’t look too bad, but dinks on the fork leg, and final drive housing I think pushed the cost of repair to write off.
I wasn’t planning on upgrading yet to the 1250 as the iconic had enough performance, but once you ride one it is a different beast.

It’s good not following the crowd, and makes it much easier to find in the bike park.

Really sorry to hear about your total loss but delighted you’re OK.
My ops. director had a food truck reverse into his parked two year old F800GT resulting in it being written off.
Luckily he had shortfall insurance which doubled the cost of his settlement figure.
He’s now ordered a 1250RS for the same monthly repayments.
Highly recommend taking the shortfalll insurance it pays out the cost of replacing your old bike with a new one. (If you haven’t already wisely done so)

I didn’t take a knock to the head at least I don’t think I did and I think yellow is the best color because that’s the color I ordered for my new RS. I’ve heard it described in other terms but we’ll see.😂

Yellow, new fastest and best colour.

Black is the old grey (less said the better) looks ok as a work horse / van with panniers, topbox tank bag, loaded up with bacon and beer (see old forum for reference, oh sorry you can’t) but not really sporty.
The dork (sorry meant dark, ruddy spellcheck) blue is very smart, but a touch sensible and I’m not sure that’s why I choose to ride motorcycles.
So M4 Yellow it is. On Michelin rubber of course. Now I just need to find a dealer as I have just heard that my local(est) dealer is ceasing to sell BMW bikes after the end of Nov 2019!

The above comments represent only my opinion, and as we know opinions are like.... Variety is the spice of life and I don’t want to upset anyone again, the Z8 fans are still a little touchy about recent comments posted on this site.

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Yellow, new fastest and best colour.

Now I just need to find a dealer as I have just heard that my local(est) dealer is ceasing to sell BMW bikes after the end of Nov 2019!

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Greetings Oscarguitar, I totally agree, the blue colour looks very smart but very staid and black blends into the background and shows up the dirt too much, so yellow is the only option..I did look at the brown but it reminded me of my old Morris ital estate 😱