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#1 | Decided ... datum

Tue Feb 14, 2023 10:23 pm

I am often asked which bike is best, the S1000XR or the R1200RS. Both 2016 bikes. I have usually fudged the answer as they are both very good.

I haven't commuted to an office for a long time and I am not doing enough miles per year to justify running two bikes. I have decided to retire and I will take the opportunity to downsize the house and fleet, then move to be closer to family and friends in Powys & Shropshire. In recent years, my only connection to this area has been work everyone else has either snuffed it or moved away on retirement. House prices are lower further north so I should have a nice lump sum to top up the work pension before the state pension kicks in in 6.5 years. I might even get a part time job but not for a while.

I have just taken a deposit on the S1000XR from a private buyer, so, after 5 years, the question raised in the first line has been answered.

I find myself in the troublesome position of sitting in the same tree as @Bravo with the lupin R12000RS being the keeper.

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#2 | RE: Decided ... datum

Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:12 am

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #1
I am often asked which bike is best, the S1000XR or the R1200RS. Both 2016 bikes. I have usually fudged the answer as they are both very good.

I haven't commuted to an office for a long time and I am not doing enough miles per year to justify running two bikes. I have decided to retire and I will take the opportunity to downsize the house and fleet, then move to be closer to family and friends in Powys & Shropshire. In recent years, my only connection to this area has been work everyone else has either snuffed it or moved away on retirement. House prices are lower further north so I should have a nice lump sum to top up the work pension before the state pension kicks in in 6.5 years. I might even get a part time job but not for a while.

I have just taken a deposit on the S1000XR from a private buyer, so, after 5 years, the question raised in the first line has been answered.

I find myself in the troublesome position of sitting in the same tree as @Bravo with the lupin R12000RS being the keeper.

Just because you share good taste in motorcycles, doesn't mean you have to agree on less important stuff.

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#3 | RE: Decided ... datum

Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:04 pm

and it was collected by the new owner today. The RS has its own room for the first time in its life, having shared a berth with a Tracer, Explorer and S1000XR since 2016.

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#4 | RE: Decided ... datum

Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:33 pm

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #3
and it was collected by the new owner today.

And did you get that familiar strange feeling in the pit of your stomach as you watched it leave?

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#5 | RE: Decided ... datum

Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:39 pm

Bravo ? I remember him 😃. He arranged some very good ride outs in our area south west of Bristol and was probably the most non pc bloke it was my pleasure to meet but it was just a gloss on a heart of gold under the Micky take.

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#6 | RE: Decided ... datum

Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:42 pm

Zitat von Freddyfruitbat im Beitrag #4
Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #3
and it was collected by the new owner today.

And did you get that familiar strange feeling in the pit of your stomach as you watched it leave?

No, I watched him ride around the corner at the end of the road and very quickly phoned Bemoto to cancel my insurance policy.

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#7 | RE: Decided ... datum

Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:47 pm

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #1
I am often asked which bike is best, the S1000XR or the R1200RS. Both 2016 bikes. I have usually fudged the answer as they are both very good.

I haven't commuted to an office for a long time and I am not doing enough miles per year to justify running two bikes. I have decided to retire and I will take the opportunity to downsize the house and fleet, then move to be closer to family and friends in Powys & Shropshire. In recent years, my only connection to this area has been work everyone else has either snuffed it or moved away on retirement. House prices are lower further north so I should have a nice lump sum to top up the work pension before the state pension kicks in in 6.5 years. I might even get a part time job but not for a while.

I have just taken a deposit on the S1000XR from a private buyer, so, after 5 years, the question raised in the first line has been answered.

I find myself in the troublesome position of sitting in the same tree as @Bravo with the lupin R12000RS being the keeper.

A select but very knowledgeable club

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#8 | RE: Decided ... datum

Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:18 am (Last edited: Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:21 am)

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #1
...I find myself in the troublesome position of sitting in the same tree as @Bravo ...

Troublesome, indeed, and yet an image to cherish.

�A good man always knows his limitations.�

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