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Fri Nov 24, 2023 5:09 pm
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #60 New GS bikes sold in the UK are rarely bikes from dealer stock. Dealers would receive one demo bike. They will have been taking orders months before launch date so anyone ordering one now will be waiting until 2024 for delivery. Most will have been specified with the full fat options list. With the wonky RH switchgear (our heated grips button is now the keyless on/off switch) even those who ordered months ago might be waiting until 2024...
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Used to be that one could order a BMW bike with exactly those options one wanted. Not anymore...at least not here. You get what the dealer gets. Fortunately my dealer got 3 RS's this year...two of which held no appeal for me (lot of "Option 719" bling and non-standard seats)...and one of them was just what I wanted. But ordering a specifically-equipped bike? Forget about it... |
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #52Zitat von Boxerboy55 im Beitrag #51 IIRC he's not German just emigrated and his wife is German, he doesn't even fully speak the language. He's got good reviews, but I found RS more comfortable than he gave it credit for and didn't really mind or could sympathize with the remark for 'mediocre mpg when doing 180-200kph continuously on the Autobahn' :) As for the GS, for me at this age, at that price... at some point you might as well just get a car. Case in point I bought a brand new mid-range estate for less than a fully loaded GS1250 I can only imagine 1300 will go up in your local shillings.
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #62 You can still special order bikes from US dealers. We did for our 2022 bikes. In the US most of the options are in packages so you can't pick and choose very many single options. When we ordered ours we could pick single options like centerstand, rear rack, seat and any of the Option 719 items. Production to delivery took about 6 weeks.
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #59 That scenario will change if you replace the RF-1200 with the RF-1400.
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When I bought my RS in May 2015, it came loaded with every option that BMW could pin on it. That was the U.S."launch" model. While you could special order a bike with just the options that you wanted, I was told that it would take at least 8 months to arrive. Naturally, I didn't want to wait and bought what was on the showroom floor.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #66 back in Sept 2016 there were four R1200RS cluttering up the showroom. My lupin and three of the brown Iconic models. They all had to be registered by the end of the year as they were Euro 3 bikes so I have a discount. Since the global parts shortages post C19, you never see an RS cluttering up the showroom. You need to order one and hope there are parts left after they build all the GS bikes. Yes, there are bikes in the showroom but they will be G & F series parallel twins or the more niche versions of the R9T. Any LC boxer will have a sold sign and be waiting for the owner to collect the bike ordered weeks or months ago.
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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #65Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #59 Interesting...so the RF-1400 is "problematic"? |
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