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NEEDED! R1200S
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:22 am
by starboard_pete
Hi Guys,
I'm on the search for a R1200S with the sports pack (Ohlins front and rear with wider rear wheel)
Colour isn't too much of an issue but ideally it would be the red/silver combination.
My budget is around £6K so im hoping for a realitvely low mileage example with some idea of its service history.
I have a 2003 R1100S loaded with goodies which I'll be shifting once the right bike has been found!
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 5:22 pm
by roadburner
can't help out on the R12, but i would be interested in any shiny bits that are coming off the R1100s
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:00 pm
by starboard_pete
Vultures!
Ill be looking at shifting it with all bits in place.. Ohlins, Laser system etc....
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 3:52 pm
by roadburner
Yep, I'm afraid so. But shy bairns get nowt.
Also wouldn't you get more money from selling individually?
I'm in the process of selling my speed triple and i reckon I'll get £2K for the shiny bits if i sell them separately, or about £500 on the bike.
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 5:26 pm
by colm cummins
starboard_pete wrote:Vultures!
Ill be looking at shifting it with all bits in place.. Ohlins, Laser system etc....
Do you have a price in mind?
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:06 pm
by dysondiver
there was one on flea bay , silver and black , well worth the money last week
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:39 am
by 70tno
There's one in red and silver with ohlins on Gumtree, but it's in Northern Ireland. Doesn't say if it has wide rear wheel though.
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 12:04 pm
by Blackal
70tno wrote:There's one in red and silver with ohlins on Gumtree, but it's in Northern Ireland. Doesn't say if it has wide rear wheel though.
I
think - that the ohlins and 6" rear - go together in a Sports package?
Al
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 12:40 pm
by dave the german
Blackal wrote:70tno wrote:There's one in red and silver with ohlins on Gumtree, but it's in Northern Ireland. Doesn't say if it has wide rear wheel though.
I
think - that the ohlins and 6" rear - go together in a Sports package?
Al
That's what I thought - just looked at the 1200s promotional brochure and it has them as 2 separate items. All the 12s I've seen for sale, however, if they were advertised as "sport pack" they had both Ohlins and the wider rear wheel
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 1:23 pm
by exoticices
dave the german wrote:Blackal wrote:70tno wrote:There's one in red and silver with ohlins on Gumtree, but it's in Northern Ireland. Doesn't say if it has wide rear wheel though.
I
think - that the ohlins and 6" rear - go together in a Sports package?
Al
That's what I thought - just looked at the 1200s promotional brochure and it has them as 2 separate items. All the 12s I've seen for sale, however, if they were advertised as "sport pack" they had both Ohlins and the wider rear wheel
They were available seperately or as part of the 'sport pack'. Dave's right - 99% would have had the sports pack as it worked out a bit cheaper. However my first R1200S had only the Ohlins! I never had any complaints with the 180 wheel; it was arguably better than the 190 in some respects.
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:58 pm
by starboard_pete
Thanks guys,
I've seen the advert on gumtree. I thought it was quite expensive for quite a tired looking bike!
I'm off to see a 'standard' R1200S in Birkenhead this Saturday. It's got 14k on the clock and a 180 rear wheel. I've had a quote from MCT suspension for a pair of adjustable Wilbers shocks front and rear... All works out inbudget!
Has anyone used the Wilbers units?
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 6:01 pm
by Blackal
I have wilbers on a Boxercup - really good suspension, and more sensible money than Ohlins.
They will be built to suit your weight (or at least they are if ordered through Revs Racing - have you asked them for a quote?)
There is a train of thought (I can't tell) that the front shock upgrade makes very little if any - difference.
You could save a lot of money by just getting the rear shock renewed?
(it was Chris Canning {Winger} who thought that - and if memory serves - he returned to the BMW/Showa unit at the front.
Al
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:10 am
by DPG
Blackal wrote:I have wilbers on a Boxercup - really good suspension, and more sensible money than Ohlins.
They will be built to suit your weight (or at least they are if ordered through Revs Racing - have you asked them for a quote?)
There is a train of thought (I can't tell) that the front shock upgrade makes very little if any - difference.
You could save a lot of money by just getting the rear shock renewed?
(it was Chris Canning {Winger} who thought that - and if memory serves - he returned to the BMW/Showa unit at the front.
Al
+1
Works fine on my tracker.