Hello from the north west
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:30 pm
Hello all,
I've posted elsewhere about my recent test ride (and subsequent purchase of) an R1200RS so thought id just say Hi to everyone.
I'm Ben and I live in the North West on the outskirts of Liverpool. I've been into bikes since early teens (my dad was / still is a biker) and I started with a few dirt bikes (KDX XR600 etc) and then progressed onto road bikes with a 600 fazer, a couple of triumph 955i Daytona's and most recently a 1250 bandit. The bandit got me back on bikes after 3 or 4 years without one and seemed bike a sensible and cheap choice at the time, its been a decent bike and has taken me and the missus on holiday round France and Germany without any issues or complaints. My only gripes with it would be the short tank range and its lack of owner pride (for me at least).
So recently I got to thinking about changing bikes and had done a bit of head scratching as to what I was actually looking for in a bike. Certainly wanted something that was reasonably rapid (1000cc plus) but that had plenty of usability in terms of taking the missus on the back and being able to tour on it and I wanted something that was a step up from the budget feel of the bandit. Initially I had fancied the K1300r and was thinking about a used model of a few years old.
But that's when things took a slight left turn and I noticed an 18 month old 1200RS being advertised at a motorrad dealer not far from the HQ of the company I work for. One thing quickly lead to another I've ended up buying the 1200RS after a short test ride and a discussion about finance options. Id not really considered a boxer bike but the test was enough for me to realise its a bike I can happily live with and should be fun to own. I've already been looking at channel tunnel crossings for the summer and thinking about a route down to the alps and back on it.
I've posted elsewhere about my recent test ride (and subsequent purchase of) an R1200RS so thought id just say Hi to everyone.
I'm Ben and I live in the North West on the outskirts of Liverpool. I've been into bikes since early teens (my dad was / still is a biker) and I started with a few dirt bikes (KDX XR600 etc) and then progressed onto road bikes with a 600 fazer, a couple of triumph 955i Daytona's and most recently a 1250 bandit. The bandit got me back on bikes after 3 or 4 years without one and seemed bike a sensible and cheap choice at the time, its been a decent bike and has taken me and the missus on holiday round France and Germany without any issues or complaints. My only gripes with it would be the short tank range and its lack of owner pride (for me at least).
So recently I got to thinking about changing bikes and had done a bit of head scratching as to what I was actually looking for in a bike. Certainly wanted something that was reasonably rapid (1000cc plus) but that had plenty of usability in terms of taking the missus on the back and being able to tour on it and I wanted something that was a step up from the budget feel of the bandit. Initially I had fancied the K1300r and was thinking about a used model of a few years old.
But that's when things took a slight left turn and I noticed an 18 month old 1200RS being advertised at a motorrad dealer not far from the HQ of the company I work for. One thing quickly lead to another I've ended up buying the 1200RS after a short test ride and a discussion about finance options. Id not really considered a boxer bike but the test was enough for me to realise its a bike I can happily live with and should be fun to own. I've already been looking at channel tunnel crossings for the summer and thinking about a route down to the alps and back on it.
