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Agreed. I have to remember that most people were scratching their heads when BMW brought out the original GS bikes. I think we all know how that turned out. BMW doesn't seem to be afraid to take chances on new designs, probably one of their better traits. I think also of the brick engine, ABS on motorcycles, even the revolutionary, small, (somewhat) six cylinder engine in this new model when it first came out, to name a just a few "unusual" design ideas from them. At this point I'm not too surprised by anything they debut. Besides which, it all seems to run well, and have a certain class about it. I'll bet this model is a lot nicer than a Street Glide, in every way.
I disagree on the comparison to the GS. That variant was an extension of BMW's ISDT efforts in the 60 and 70's. As such, it was a novel concept developed by BMW.
The bagger is just BMW's shot at a bagger.