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RoLoo · RoLoo's Garage

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...'spy' pics...
...the South of France ; yesterday...

bradzdotcom · bradzdotcom's Garage

looking at the pictures, i sure hope that's not bmw's top test crew.
none of them, except for maybe the girl (white helmet) seems to be very comfy on a bike.
lots of foot dragging and leg waving going on there....
seems like she's instructing one guy on how to get a bike in gear.

they have nice sharpie pens though.
must have taken a while to mark those units up.

ckcarr · ckcarr's Garage

They have the stealth paint job.

Droptarotter · Droptarotter's Garage

Look at the third and fourth picture.
Why would they put a left hand kick starter on the bike???

Cheers

BaldBeemer · 03-22-2013, 09:09 AM

That paint job makes the bike waaay more conspicuous. If they just used that grey paint scheme, you might just think some people were riding current RT's instead of a new model.

RoLoo · RoLoo's Garage

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Originally Posted by bradzdotcom

they have nice sharpie pens though.
must have taken a while to mark those units up.

...that's the optional 'Tribal Package'...

peter f · 03-23-2013, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by bradzdotcom

seems like she's instructing one guy on how to get a bike in gear..

It's the China syndrome (gearboxes are made far and away from Fatherland).

BTW: since the ultimate (in touring) is around, why bother for any other bike ?

lht · 03-23-2013, 06:18 AM

VFR ,fat, and overpriced. A dealer by me wont even put them on the floor.

He only will sell them special order. Valve adjustment (check) is a nightmare.

Martin Glasser · 03-23-2013, 06:42 AM

Is the ST1300 more than the VFR?

RBMann · 03-23-2013, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Martin Glasser

Is the ST1300 more than the VFR?

More what? More weight, more $$$ or more better?

ckcarr · ckcarr's Garage

It's just More!

More is the new Less!

RoLoo · RoLoo's Garage

...VFR1200 is just more ugly...

AZ-J · AZ-J's Garage

Those decals show they want to be seen. The great part of that model so far, is it has the adaptive front lighting of of the K1600GT/GTL.

throttlemeister · throttlemeister's Garage

One can slam the VFR all you want, but fact remains it is a very, very capable sport-touring machine and if I was in the market right now, I would have a long hard look at it. Not only is it one of the few sport-touring machines still available, it's a Honda. And after spending more money on bad design and poor QC in the last 6 years of BMW ownership than the 20 years of riding Japanese combined before that, I pretty much had enough of the no longer existing German 'grundlichkeit'.

That said, I love both my beemers and if they keep going strong like they are now, they're not going anywhere anytime soon.

Martin Glasser · 03-23-2013, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by RBMann

More what? More weight, more $$$ or more better?

I was asking in terms of price..

Deans BMW · 03-24-2013, 01:54 AM

The K16's adaptive headlight is amazing, at nite the center of your headlight beam is always in the center of your lane no matter how twistie. I couldn't belive it the first time I road mine thru some twisties at nite. During the day, the headlite automatically locks in place with the input of an electric eye.