BoxerFanatic,like you said.The Lo Rider won't sell like the HP's didn't sell.
For the same reasons.Price and lack of usefulness.
Seems like BMW lately is more concerned to build a few "cool" bikes to sharpen their image but with no intensions to actually sell them...
The R1200R is the best beemer and probably best motorcycle you can buy today.With ABS and bags around 17K O.T.D...
A little bit underrated,but fastest bike for the Alps/"Alpenmeister" 2 years running...Sell's well in europe.All it needs is a fairing a la R1100S...
But with Ohlins stock and a lot of nicely fabricated parts I would be surprised if they sold the L-R for less than 18K...The nice laced wheels alone cost way more than cast pieces.
Look at at HP-2,the Lo Rider is based on.Had no Ohlins,cheaper plastic tank,
cheaper to produce pipe and other parts like plastik fenders less costly.
They wanted 20 grand for it while you could have a better regular GS with more expensive telelever and ABS for 5 grand less...
The "Lo Reider" if getting the green light,for sure won't be no bargain blue light special...But you are right,if they forgot about the options BMW riders want,they might as well forget about it...