R1200RS + R1250RS Forum
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Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:03 pm (Last edited: Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:05 pm)
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I've been looking at the pricing of the new R1250RS, and am a bit puzzled by the prices quoted on the UK website for the base model and the Sport and Exclusive models, compared to their respective specs. The RS is the only one of the new models where the configurator is not yet available, so you cannot price up a custom spec, but BMW do quote the price and spec of the three models without any customisation. However, the R model is in the configurator, so it is possible to get a good idea of the price and contents of the optional packages - Comfort (£480), Premium (£1550) and Dynamic (£1095). |
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Trying to understand BMW's motorcycle marketing strategy and pricing system will only give you a headache - especially if you are not German.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2011 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #2 I don´t understand it either - am I no longer a German ?
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Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:48 pm (Last edited: Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:53 pm)
Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #4 Ged who quoted this for you, went into dealer today and the guy I trust said that BMW don't know whether they are coming or going at present with pricing (he was slightly more explicit). he told me of a guy who used the configurator in October for a 1250GS and got one price did it again this week and it had changed Graham Graham |
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Zitat von midlife crisis im Beitrag #5Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #4 BMW are probably nervous about pricing at the moment because Sterling could have a bit of a meltdown, depending on what happens with Brexit. I am nervous too, and have used some of my savings to buy American shares priced in dollars to protect my bike buying power in case the pound plunges! |
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #7Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #4 Staining is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde. it is close to the seaside resorts of Blackpool and Lytham St Annes,
Graham
Winskill, North West England the long and winding road perfect for a bike |
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Speaking of strange BMW motorcycle prices, I still wonder why BMW ever made the R850R, as it seemed to be virtually the same bike as the R1100R and must have cost the same to build, but it was sold for several thousand of dollars less, as I recall. My F650GS, is almost exactly the same as the F800GS, with just a slightly lower suspension, cast wheels, a different camshaft and a few other minor differences, but also cost thousands less that the F800. And now the same thing is happening with the F750GS and F850GS. It appears to me that BMW's MSRP for similar models doesn't bear much relationship to the cost of manufacturing the bikes. It seems more like a case of the price being set at whatever BMW thinks the market will bear. I give them credit for squeezing the market for everything that they can, though.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2011 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Especially when it comes to pricing factory-installed upgrades to the basic model. 
Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:53 pm (Last edited: Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:56 pm)
Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #9 With (BMW and many other) cars it is commonplace to offer the same engine in different specs and prices, so why not bikes. If BMW offered a tuned "ultra sport" R1250 version, let's call it a R1300RR, with say 160 hp, wouldn't you gladly pay € - $ - £ 1000-2000 more for it?  |
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Zitat von midlife crisis im Beitrag #5Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #4 Not a million miles from here Graham, I have put a sizable deposit down which i hope forms a contract so...watch this space.. Ged
2017 R1200RS grey/white/red. Blue 1250RS coming.
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Zitat von midlife crisis im Beitrag #8Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #7Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #4 And major rat run, two hours a day you cant get out your street for drivers going to work and back and suicidal ladies dropping kids off to the appraised local junior school even though they only live 100 yds away from school  Ged
2017 R1200RS grey/white/red. Blue 1250RS coming.
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Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:52 am (Last edited: Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:52 am)
Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #12Zitat von midlife crisis im Beitrag #8Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #7Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #4 It is no different in the U.S. Commute traffic and mom's dropping off their kids at school every morning and afternoon are no doubt all the same in countries where everyone has plenty of money to purchase 300 hp SUV's and mini-vans. Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2011 Zero S 16.6 kWh |
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Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #11Zitat von midlife crisis im Beitrag #5Zitat von boxter im Beitrag #4 then I can guess where you went, used them when they were in Southport Graham
Graham
Winskill, North West England the long and winding road perfect for a bike |
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