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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #194Zitat von Bacaruda im Beitrag #193 Good point. As for impulse, I saw the first pics of the R1200RS in Oktober 2014 and knew that would be my next bike. Tested it for 300 km, (took a detour to Ischgl during an vacation 2015 in Austria to rent one for a day) and finaly purchased it in April 2016. Only 18 month from decision to completion.... Motorcycles are almost all about feelings. Call it love, passion, desires and dreams. Qualitative data in this decision is what? a newer model with a handful of more HP and torque, a flashy new TFT color screen and it's a NEW toy in the garage! Will I be more happy riding a R1250RS vs My 3 year old R1200RS? Probably not. The current bike is just fine and I love it. Tick all the boxes of what a good sport tourer should do. Will I be more happy walking up to it? Maybe as it's NEW and a little bit different. So it boils down to rational economics as I'm not a Rockefeller with unlimited bank account...... A bike with warranty is allways safer than a bike without. 0 km is better than 30.000 km on the meter. A biike with untested new technology is a bit of a hazard compared to a proven 3 year old one but hey, who wants to die being curious?? I did the calculation to help myself in the decision + have arguments for SWD ( She Who Decides....). It just helped pushing me over the edge of what to do next riding season. Now, will it be a black, blue or crazy yellow one??? |
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I rode a R1250GS at my dealer yesterday and came away very impressed by the motor. The GS itself is an impressive bike as well, but I think that motor will be a nice upgrade in the RS. As others have said, it's always been a little hard to compare the feel of the power between the 1200 GS and an RS, because of the differences between the bikes. I've ridden 1200 LC GS' plenty before, and there's a very noticeable difference in the power of the 1250. I didn't take it over 6k rpm, but it makes big torque and pulled hard up to that point. I tried and couldn't detect the transition of the cam either, something I'd been apprehensive about. |
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Zitat von Bacaruda im Beitrag #196 Rent one for a day, that's a good idea. Think there are a couple of BMW outlets (or hotels?) near the Alps who do that. Will be a fun day out and good comparison to ride old and new back to back. And the rest of your rationalization is spot on; when my warranty runs out next september I will probably have around 50k km on the current RS. And a new one comes with 3 years warranty now, so that is definitely a tempting extra reason to trade old to new! I don't have a SWD or CFO at home to make things difficult, and BMW or banks are always happy to provide some extra cash when needed...  And go for the blue one, or the yellow one if you really want to be visible! |
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#199 | RE: New R1250R and RS for 2019 Confirmed today !
Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:50 am (Last edited: Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:06 pm)
Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:50 am (Last edited: Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:06 pm)
Zitat von Gaucho im Beitrag #198 Me and my brother rented bikes at high-bike test center Paznau in Ischgl, Austria. https://www.highbike-paznaun.com/englisch/ Cost around €100/day (with silvretta card=you will get one if you stay in a hotel in the region) You can only rent a bike for 1 day, and not the same bike 2 days in a row. Fantastic roads in the region. When we were there 2015 the had BMW, KTM, Triumph and Ducati. almost full line-up. Now they have mainly BMW, Yamaha and KTM (+a couple of Kawasaki). |
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some hotels in this group have BMWs to rent https://www.motorrad-hotel.com/ |
Zitat von Bacaruda im Beitrag #199 That's I think the one I remember reading about. The Silvretta Hochalpstrasse (High Alpine Road) is supposed to be very nice and is on my todo list already, so combining it with a test ride on the 1250 RS seems a nice trip for next summer!  |
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