Morning Reads: K 13000 S,R, GT Press Kit

[knary]

Who drew this? A 9 year old hopped up on too many viewings of Transformers??

Pretty cool, eh?
It's hard to believe that the company that built the tragically bland and sluggish K-bikes of old is building these innovative rocketships.

 

[tessler]

Pretty cool, eh?
It's hard to believe that the company that built the tragically bland and sluggish K-bikes of old is building these innovative rocketships.

Oy.

Don't you have a CMS to disparage, er, I mean finish, K-man?

 

[BUBBAZANETTI]

i can't imagine the expenditure in tooling needed to make these subtle changes, the K's are in some cases what, 2 years old???

 

[knary]

Oy.

Don't you have a CMS to disparage, er, I mean finish, K-man?

Zeus comes down from his mountain and says, "You can have either bike - a brand new K75 or a brand new K1300." Which do you choose and why?



But really, old K-bikes are nice for what they are, but if they were food, they'd be TV dinners served with Tab.

These new bikes of the past decade or so are damn cool. It's nice to see BMW realizing that motorcycles are supposed to be fun.

 

[johns3]

Who drew this? A 9 year old hopped up on too many viewings of Transformers??

I'm with you on this. It is just butt ugly. Before you know it they will start styling like those hideous KTM's.

My '93 K1100RS is looking better each new model year.

Mika, when I saw this post: "Morning Reads: K 13000 S,R, GT Press Kit" I was thinking that BMW went off the deep end with a 13 litre engine!

 

[tessler]

Zeus comes down from his mountain and says, "You can have either bike - a brand new K75 or a brand new K1300." Which do you choose and why?

The K75.
$18,000 cheaper than the new K.

These new bikes of the past decade or so are damn cool. It's nice to see BMW realizing that motorcycles are supposed to be fun.

My next bike is going to be a Versys or something equally red and cheap.

 

[MCMXCIVRS]

Thats alright you can still look and dream, just make certain you move the walker in the process.


I keep tripping over mine.

Your jest is closer to the truth than you know. I currently have a walker to aid me with my broken ankle and messed up shoulder. Got a nice little basket on it so I can carry stuff around the house. Can't do that with the crutches, hands are full.

 

[johns3]

... Got a nice little basket on it so I can carry stuff around the house....

What, no panniers or tank bag?

Sorry about that.

Hope that your injuries are healed soon. Best of luck.

John

 

[BUDDINGGEEZER]

Most K75s have a feature the new K1300s do not...... No payment book.

That K1300R is the ugliest bike I have ever seen, except for the K1200R.

Ralph Sims

 

[mika]

Your jest is closer to the truth than you know. I currently have a walker to aid me with my broken ankle and messed up shoulder. Got a nice little basket on it so I can carry stuff around the house. Can't do that with the crutches, hands are full.

Well at least your sense of humor isn't broken. Good luck on the recovery.



I like the K bikes old or new. The color on the R we are looking at wouldn't be my first choice unless I could cut a deal with a painter friend. My wallet does not like the price.

 

[xp8103]

My K75 has no payment book, 38k miles and the OE rear end!

 

[xp8103]

And anohter thing.....

It seems that no matter where you look on the forum you see "My RT broke" or "Final Drive Failure" or this or that. But you almost NEVER see "My K75 broke"

 

[knary]

And anohter thing.....

It seems that no matter where you look on the forum you see "My RT broke" or "Final Drive Failure" or this or that. But you almost NEVER see "My K75 broke"

You must have missed those years. There was a stretch when damn near every thread on the lists/boards was about K75 issues - FD splines, clutch splines, transmission issues, hall sensors, flakey instrument clusters, etc.

 

[xp8103]

Those are "character traits"

 

[SergioK]

I like the new turn signal switches... NOT!

 

[mika]

I will have to wait and see about the turn signals. I don't think that is going to be a big deal. The horn is another story. Since my first BMW in the mid 80's I have never been able to find the damn horn button when I need it.

 

[MCMXCIVRS]

What, no panniers or tank bag?

Sorry about that.

Hope that your injuries are healed soon. Best of luck.

John

Panniers would make it too wide for the doorways, and there's no tank to mount a tankbag to

Well at least your sense of humor isn't broken. Good luck on the recovery.

Takes a lot to break that.