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and a new R1200RS!!

Postby slparry » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:19 am

very nice

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Postby Droptarotter » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:16 pm

Hmmmmmmm........not sure......maybe a better colour would grab my attention.

Don't know if I will give up the 12S for this one??

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Postby Blackal » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:33 pm

Looks good, certainly less quirky looking than the 1200s.

Normal forks at the front?

Looks a bit "Suzuki" in those colours, mind........

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Postby bigblackfalco » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:44 pm

Blackal wrote:Looks good, certainly less quirky looking than the 1200s.

Normal forks at the front?

Looks a bit "Suzuki" in those colours, mind........

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Postby Herb » Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:59 pm

Looks promising. I'll wait to see it in the flesh though. Lack of Telelever is frustrating. I understand their reasons but I like the Telelever feel and I buy into the engineering behind it. I feel BMW are saying that they were wrong all this time. I wonder if the next GS will go forks?
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Postby Corvus » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:21 pm

Herb wrote:......... Lack of Telelever is frustrating. I understand their reasons............


Hi herb.

What are their reasons? Economic? Mass market appeal? Or are telescopics, as they presently exist, simply the best technical solution, for the present moment?
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Postby slparry » Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:40 pm

I'd guess at road testers whinging constantly about lack of feel and funny front ends etc which never sounds good in road tests, despite all of us knowing that once you get used to telelever it's far superior.
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Postby Herb » Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:35 pm

Corvus wrote:
Herb wrote:......... Lack of Telelever is frustrating. I understand their reasons............


Hi herb.

What are their reasons? Economic? Mass market appeal? Or are telescopics, as they presently exist, simply the best technical solution, for the present moment?


I think it's a combination of marketing and packaging. They were able to retain Telelever on the GS because the rads can be more easily packaged on that style of bike than the more sleek RS. If the will was there they could have found a way but I suspect they did not try too hard.

BMW have been getting more mainstream all the while. Money talks and their market research probably told them a conventionally suspended bike would sell more units.

I personally don't think forks are the best compromise on a road orientated bike, but I am biased. I like quirky stuff just because they are quirky.
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