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That was a new one. Never before have I been sat in traffic and had somebody come over to tell me how nice my bike is 😁

What were you riding?

Alan

Zitat von trudd im Beitrag #1

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That was a new one. Never before have I been sat in traffic and had somebody come over to tell me how nice my bike is 😁

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I've gotten lots of looks on the Triple Black RS. They really are good-looking bikes.

I haven’t had the nice bike maté experience on my BM as it’s always on the move unlike my Duke when multiple people stopped to compliment me on the bikes beautiful looks while I was waiting for the break down truck.
A motorcycle life that can truly be described as chalk and cheese in every respect unfortunately sometimes in reliability too

But it does look good, even on the back of a recovery truck
BTW last time I called Victoria Recovery (for a puncture on my Yamaha) they told me they don't do bikes

Carol Nash insurance policy, he was with me in 1 1/2 hours not too bad but did tell me I was lucky as a normal time on road side can be anything up to 6 hours.

Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #2

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What were you riding?

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Neither of my modern boxers get any admiring glances, but my old airhead R100RS is more of a talking point, it’s been interesting to watch that go from a “dated” bike to a classic that people wish they owned. Fortunately I decided it was a keeper back in the 80’s !

We've had quite a few Nice Bikes comments for our RSs.
A couple times at gas stations we had groups of young sport bike riders (older 20s, young 30s) admire our white RSs and ask a bunch of questions.
It's good to have that age group interested in the RS.

I was at a stop light, waiting for the green. Next to me was a guy in a current year Porsche 911 Carrera. I glanced over and he pointed to my RS and gave me a "thumbs-up". I returned the favor.

The longer I have this bike, the more I like it. The first 1,000 miles was an ordeal of sorting out the horrid wind noise issue (so bad that I couldn't hear the engine, which messed with my sense of what it was doing). Once the Puig/MRA combo went on, the bike became a dream. Not only do other people look admiringly at it, but at every stop I do the same.

GS? Forget about it. The RS is one of BMW's "unheralded" gems.

For pose value, nothing beat my fairly recently departed Ducati 748. The 748/916/996 series was a Massimo Tamburini design masterstroke if you ask me. Pretty much timeless appeal IMO.
The R1200/1250 RS is by no means an ugly duckling though.
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Zitat von Steady Eddie im Beitrag #12

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For pose value, nothing beat my fairly recently departed Ducati 748. The 748/916/996 series was a Massimo Tamburini design masterstroke if you ask me. Pretty much timeless appeal IMO.
The R1200/1250 RS is by no means an ugly duckling though.

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Red Ducatis are two a penny. How often do you see an Austin Yellow RS? Exactly! No wonder they were spellbound! 🤣

I have had a few admiring comments about my R1250RT in racing blue, usually from octogenarians in Easingwold. Now the R1250RS seems to attract a few conversations.