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2 German tanks....

Postby milleplod » Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:00 pm

En route to Spain through northern France, I found this parked in a layby. Think they were just having a minute, as there were no facilities there whatsoever! :D

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Postby Blackal » Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:09 pm

Were they both designed by the same person? :twisted:

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Postby milleplod » Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:15 pm

Am thinking so...what with all the weight....and drab colours... :lol:

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Postby Dog Tyred » Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:16 pm

Nah! The tank is so much prettier

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Postby milleplod » Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:19 pm

It certainly has a sleekness that's missing in the ST.... :shock:
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Postby Gromit » Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:24 pm

I'd like to think these both fall into the category of 'Function over form'. :)
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Postby The Teutonic Tangerine » Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:54 am

Oi stop takin the P*ss. Check the figures: the ST has the same all up wieght as and R1100s and has 12 more horses and a balance shaft so its smoother and revs much more freely and therefore is quicker - and by the way having had both models the 1100s would not win any beauty contests either. Oh and I get better MPG from the 1200 y abot 10mpg. So yah boo and sucks.
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Postby Hayden » Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:11 am

The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:Oi stop takin the P*ss. Check the figures: the ST has the same all up wieght as and R1100s and has 12 more horses and a balance shaft so its smoother and revs much more freely and therefore is quicker - and by the way having had both models the 1100s would not win any beauty contests either. Oh and I get better MPG from the 1200 y abot 10mpg. So yah boo and sucks.







You should all be ashamed of yourselves, read the above post again, TT makes some good points......bad people












the Tiger is definitely prettier though!.... :wink:
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Postby The Teutonic Tangerine » Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:41 am

Hayden wrote:
The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:Oi stop takin the P*ss. Check the figures: the ST has the same all up wieght as and R1100s and has 12 more horses and a balance shaft so its smoother and revs much more freely and therefore is quicker - and by the way having had both models the 1100s would not win any beauty contests either. Oh and I get better MPG from the 1200 y abot 10mpg. So yah boo and sucks.







You should all be ashamed of yourselves, read the above post again, TT makes some good points......bad people



the Tiger is definitely prettier though!.... :wink:


As far as looks are concerned I don't disagree - But you appreciate the bl**dy great headlamp of the ST on a dark night
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Postby metropolis2k » Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:37 am

The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:the 1100s would not win any beauty contests either


I beg to differ! :P

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I do have to confess that I really like the look of the 12ST. If I was going to buy a sports tourer that's what I'd get.
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Postby Blackal » Fri Aug 14, 2015 11:16 am

The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:Oi stop takin the P*ss. Check the figures: the ST has the same all up wieght as and R1100s and has 12 more horses and a balance shaft so its smoother and revs much more freely and therefore is quicker - and by the way having had both models the 1100s would not win any beauty contests either. Oh and I get better MPG from the 1200 y abot 10mpg. So yah boo and sucks.


I think it's well-documented on this forum, that the ST is an overlooked model, that fits the "sports-tourer" slot - very well.

(You have to admit thought- it is the ginger-haired step-child in the BMW family........ :wink: )

It's actually less-shonky than the VFR 800 to be honest........

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Postby The Teutonic Tangerine » Fri Aug 14, 2015 12:16 pm

metropolis2k wrote:
The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:the 1100s would not win any beauty contests either


I beg to differ! :P

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I do have to confess that I really like the look of the 12ST. If I was going to buy a sports tourer that's what I'd get.


You beg to differ - So do I its amazing what a bit of lighting can conceal, :oops: i.e. cross eyed and one eye half closed.
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The guys in our club seem to have gone for the new R1200RS - we have two in the club already and third on order and we only have 30 members
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Postby andy griff » Fri Aug 14, 2015 12:19 pm

They will not be disappointed ![img][img]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/370/20472932076_7326857762.jpg[/img]Untitled by AndyTGriff, on Flickr[/img]
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Postby The Teutonic Tangerine » Fri Aug 14, 2015 12:20 pm

I have discarded the headlamp cowel which came with the bike - why hide your light under a bushel.

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Postby Man-of-Mystery » Fri Aug 14, 2015 12:21 pm

Are you the drover of this tink?

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