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K1200R is not discontinued. Visit K1200S/R forums and will find new riders more than smitten with their new K bikes. It is an outstanding successor to the KRS. Nothing more, nothing less. And FWIW, previously owned 12GS bikes are appearing at dealers with notably reduced prices. Doesn't mean the bike is a failure.

But for sure, the press (to the extent it matters) is much more enamored with the KS than they ever were with its predecessor... MCN (Rare five stars), Motorcyclist (KR MOTY), and many others too numerous to mention... Australia, Austria, U.K. and even Motorrad (Germany, with some bias) gave the KS its highest score ever, any bike (incl the GS), outscoring the VFR, the long time record holder.