I still ride one of the first k12s that were imported into Aus. Have not been able to justify replacing it, it is simply far and away the best bike for my purposes I have ever owned, and it just works, every time. I can remember every time I have opened the throttle to the stops for more than 5 seconds. You experience special relativity....
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Originally Posted by Tandum
I've been buying and restoring junk motorbikes for a few years and finally backed myself into a corner with a bike I don't wanna sell, an ex cop bike, BMW R1200RT. It's the bees knees on a long distance hiway run but it is heavy and a bit of a pig in traffic without the flashing lights.
I test rode one of the new gen BMW KBikes this week.
These things are absolutely amazing. The handle bars are isolated from the steering, (aka front axle), by a set of pivoting link arms. So you can hit a bump and the single front computer controlled shock sucks it up before it hits the bars. Everything is smooth as silk. They produce 165HP and there is a utube of one doing 295K/Hr down an autobahn so loads of go juice.
I'm hooked. The one I rode was an S model so you lie on the tank. Going to ride an R model this week end. See pic.
Feels like xmas  |