R1200RS + R1250RS Forum
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Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:36 am
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Lending a bit more weight to the juvenile division of forum members... I'm a sprightly 51.
Current: 2015 BMW R1200RS Sport SE, 2003 Yamaha TDM900
Past: 1999 Honda CLR125, 1995 Honda CB500, 1998 Triumph Sprint Sport, 1995 Honda VFR750FS, 2006 Suzuki DRZ400SM, 2001 Triumph Speed Triple, 2015 Honda VFR800X "Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube" - HST |
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I guess this thread is proving that you need to be old and rich to afford a new-model BMW boxer.
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 #38 That probably does have a fair bit of bearing on it but, for me, it was also the perception of the image. I didn't want the 'old man' BMW but the RS and Kawasaki 1000SX were the only bikes available that ticked enough boxes to replace my Triumph 1050ST Sprint. I test rode them both and knew I wanted the BMW before I got back to the dealer which was a big surprise. |
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #38 I think it is more a case that the bike buying demographic as a whole is heavily skewed to the baby boomer generation, hence the proliferation of retro bikes to evoke nostalgia about bikes of our youth, or the bikes our father's rode. R Nine T etc.
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I’m 55. Makes me a young stud around here.
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