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Having had several of both, I can tell you the VFR is a better bike, by a lot. It's faster, it handles better, it's more reliable. Buy a 5th Gen and go -1/+1 on the sprockets and it starts to feel kinda like a liter bike. In that configuration it will drag an R1100S through a quarter mile faster than the S will do it on its own. You may lose a rectifier on an VFR, but they're $60 online. Read SpaceWrench's thread on his spline failure. That's a multi-thousand dollar repair, and it's not uncommon. I would never buy one with that mileage unless I could inspect the splines. Maybe offer the seller $100 to pull the starter and let you check them?
The BMW has good stock bags, integrated heated grips, and a stout alternator for running electric clothing and additional lights. Those are nothing to sneeze at. And they will last a long time if you get a good one.
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Jim Moore
Jax, FL
'01 R1100S
'07 CBR600RR
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