R1200RS + R1250RS Forum
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Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:14 pm
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ASCENDING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF CUNTISHNESS IN 2020
2016 Lupin R1200RS The Gentlemans Express. |
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Configured too much like a Honda Shadow. |
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Here is the first press review of the R18 that I have seen. Big battery, no weight listed. I find it kind of interesting and for a new BMW the price is not too bad. However, I don't find it interesting enough to want to buy one: https://www.motorcycle.com/mini-features...first-look.html
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Not for me. I don't like it.
'16 R1200 RS
'19 S1000 XR |
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The prototype was at the Wheels and Waves custom show I attended last year in Biarritz, trust me the cruiser guys are going to like it due to it's sheer presence and no doubt a huge range of after market add on's that will appear to make it your own so to speak. |
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There are too many styling miscues, in my opinion. The massive chrome valve covers seem way too expansive, as do the second trimester exhaust pipes. And the forks look to have a rearward bow to them. All of that massive chrome makes the tank, which should be a focal point, look like a 10 liter teardrop.
How do you expect for me to KNOW my limitations when I haven't even MET them yet?!
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It's not working for me. Of course, if I liked bikes like that I wouldn't have an RS. Last bike like that I road was my friends Virago. Fun engine with a lot of torque. Didn't take very long for me to be dragging the hard bits on the pavement. Suspension might have been Bic pen springs for all I know but it wasn't much. |
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