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I got the chance to ride a this year RS today while my 2015 was being serviced.
WOW, what a difference, so much smoother. suspension silky smooth absorbing bumps and hole is the road, the quickshift is perfect in all gears up and down the box, even feels that acceleration is faster too.
Now if only they had a bike with decent looking colours I would buy new tomorrow, but until they do Im not riding a black bike, or a shitty brown one, or a dull grey one

Ha ha.

It is mind boggling that they stopped the Lupin colour scheme.

As I am waiting for my Black RS I will be polite but mine is black as it was a "great" deal on that bike that was in stock and they wanted sold but no way would I have ordered the matt brown one.
There's far too much Weissbier being sunk in Munich by the guys with the crayons but the lack of a motorsport colour scheme is a big miss to my mind.

It's all a matter of taste. I was very happy to see the blue bike being removed from the list because we have owned about 40 different bikes and none of them were blue. At least now there was something to choose from when we bought 2 new 2018 R1200RS's. The black RS was ruled out as we both had a Triple Black GS so now my wife wanted the light grey and I wanted the beautiful Bronze.
And they both have all available options, they run smooth and they run fast.

I also compared my 2016 GS (EUR3) with my wife's 2017 GS (EUR4) and I noticed my bike had a more "raw" engine and gearbox then the smooth '17 model. I guess there's no difference with the RS's.

And because everyone loves the "brown"one:

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I have to say that when I saw the original pictures last year I was not keen, but in the flesh the bronze has a style of its own . Great photo too

I kind of agree, I really didn't like it when I look at the images on the BMW website but whilst sat outside a cafe in the Pyranees one parked up across the street and it looked a lot nicer.

I bought a black one last year. I originally ordered the bronze but changed my mind at the last minute. As I had only seen the new colours in pictures I could not make my mind up about the bronze so decided not to risk it. I have now seen the bronze in the flesh and I do think it looks really good! I think my black bike looks beautiful, my only real issue is it really looks dusty in no time at all! My only concern with the bronze is I think it will 'date' and as I keep my bikes long term I feel I made the right choice....

Really satisfied with my new 2018 "Bronze" RS.

Harald

I thought the only difference was the colour, with no other changes, according to BMW

Comparing a '15 to an '18 there is. My '17 has very few of the bugs owners of '15s and '16s have.

'17 to '18 no supposed changes, the electronics programming seems to be improving, or better sensors on the shifter.

I've been as pleased as Punch with my '16. It will remain in my stable for a long time...

Remove the battery cover. If your bike has a round plug for the computer, it is Euro 3. If it has the squarish plug, it is Euro 4.

I didn't know that. I thought they we all Euro 4 compliant.

When I bought my RS, I was actually at the dealer to look at the X1000R. I didn't even know what an R1200RS was. ;) But I didn't care much for the X and the blue/white R1200RS caught my eye. "What is THAT?" I asked the salesman. I ended up buying and it was the color that immediately attracted me to the bike. Seems bizarre that BMW would stop producing that color though I guess I understand the idea of making a new model a different color so as to identify it as a new model since there is not other visible difference. Frankly I would not have paid any attention to it at all had it been in one of the current colors but, as we all agree, that's a matter of personal taste. If it wasn't we would all own the same brand/model motorcycle in the same color! :)