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Title: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Bruno on January 07, 2019, 03:26:31 pm
A full review of the K1300S in the latest (March edition) of Ride.
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: raesewell on January 07, 2019, 03:38:58 pm
Well don't keep us in suspense Glen, copy and paste  :o
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: sudolea on January 07, 2019, 03:41:39 pm
Not convinced. Such a review sounds pretty useless at this stage : whoever rode it, knows how it rides. Whoever didn't, can't buy any, any longer.
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: richtea on January 07, 2019, 05:48:54 pm
I'm guessing it's a used bike review. Plenty of people may have wanted one, but couldn't afford it at that moment in their life.
Now quite a few are offered sub-£6k, and with equivalent bikes at £15k new, its a good time to buy secondhand.

I'm also against mass copy/pasting of the article. The author needs to make a living too.
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: raesewell on January 07, 2019, 05:57:41 pm
OK, OK a brief synopsis will do  ::) ;) ;D
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Lotus26R on January 07, 2019, 06:12:11 pm
I'm also against mass copy/pasting of the article. The author needs to make a living too.

If it helps, I just signed up for a 12m subscription on the back of this post.

Doesn't start until April though  :'(
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: drumwrecker on January 08, 2019, 09:59:02 am
Isn't that delivered January or February?
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Phmode on January 08, 2019, 05:11:24 pm
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Bruno on January 08, 2019, 05:43:12 pm
OK, OK a brief synopsis will do  ::) ;) ;D

No problem Rae!

In summary they say:

"There's an awful lot to like here. Enough power and handling to keep you safe, enough comfort and carrying capacity to keep you happy on your holidays.  It really is a superb solo sports tourer.  For two-up distance work, though, you'll maybe want to give it a miss unless your pillion is particularly small and stoic...

They mention that they are not easy to find as owners are hanging on to them.  At the time of writing there were just 14 for sale via MCN, and to put that figure into context there were over 100 S1000RRs and 350 R1200GS..
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: richtea on January 08, 2019, 07:14:19 pm

They mention that they are not easy to find as owners are hanging on to them.  At the time of writing there were just 14 for sale via MCN, and to put that figure into context there were over 100 S1000RRs and 350 R1200GS..

The author needs to look in eBay & Autotrader - 37 for sale on both.

> I'm also against mass copy/pasting of the article. The author needs to make a living too.

Hmm, maybe he doesn't deserve the money after all.  :o
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Matt on January 08, 2019, 08:06:25 pm
Damn it stop trying to make me keep it!
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Coully on January 09, 2019, 06:01:26 pm
Not easy to find....there were a fair few k12s on eBay when I was looking for my k12...all just too expensive for me  ;D
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Phmode on January 09, 2019, 07:53:36 pm
A 'fair few' for sale would normally mean they were easy to find.

Whether you can afford the ones that were for sale is a totally different matter and nothing to do with availability... 8)
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Coully on January 10, 2019, 09:22:59 am
very true... ;D
they were there tho  ;)
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Andym535 on January 10, 2019, 11:00:15 pm
Ride is on Readly which usually has a free/cheap trial if you want to read the whole thing. Shame all the BBC mags and MCN stopped at the end of December, it used to be really good to read on the train.
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Phmode on January 10, 2019, 11:47:29 pm
Train? Bloody train??

Last time I 'took' a train was in 1998. I was working with the Environment Agency in Bristol and they sent me to Leeds for a day. They gave me a train ticket warrant.

I rocked up at Reading station and handed in the warrant. The girl took it and turned it into a First Class ticket. Ooh!

I stood all the way to Paddington, the way that all travellers do on British trains, 1st class or cattle class...

At Paddington I was met by a lovely guy who took me to the First Class lounge, served me really good coffee and croissants and said he would come for me when my seat on the train to Leeds was ready...

Fuck! Was he hitting on me or what?

Ten minutes later he came to tell me my seat was ready and led me out to the train. He handed me over to a white-waistcoated flunky who took me to my seat, folded my jacket over the back of the seat opposite and asked if I would like tea, coffee or, would I prefer the full English breakfast in the dining car! He had, obviously, reserved me a seat.

I went for the full English and he carried my jacket, newspaper and briefcase as he led me to the seat with my name on it.

I had yet another coffee and croissant followed by eggs, bacon, tomatoes, hash browns, fried bread and a a great big pot of good strong tea.

The meal lasted almost all the way from London to Leeds with many top-ups of almost everything and as we were pulling in, the two guys opposite tidied away their business papers and turned from business conversation to normal chat.

'I always feel sorry for those who paid full price for a first class ticket and get a free breakfast when I only paid second class for both of us and £7:50 eash for the breakfast!' What?

When I looked at the ticket as I handed it to the ticket collector I noticed the price...£437 for a return ticket. In 1998!!!

When I got back to Reading station that night, I asked the guy how I would get 'my' train home with me. 'Woddyermean?' 'Well, I assume that for £437 I have actually bought the train, how do I get it home?'

Haven't been on a train since, as somewhere, I have my own  8)
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: TurboBevy on January 16, 2019, 09:14:04 pm
Wow. Can't wait until SuperJezza becomes PM and renationalises the wailways, lock, stock and Intercity 125.

Was the review bike the 30th Anni? The bestest and the fastest by far? How did they rate reliability & costs of ownership?  :o
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Matt on January 18, 2019, 11:34:32 am
Train? Bloody train??

Last time I 'took' a train was in 1998. I was working with the Environment Agency in Bristol and they sent me to Leeds for a day. They gave me a train ticket warrant.

I rocked up at Reading station and handed in the warrant. The girl took it and turned it into a First Class ticket. Ooh!

I stood all the way to Paddington, the way that all travellers do on British trains, 1st class or cattle class...

At Paddington I was met by a lovely guy who took me to the First Class lounge, served me really good coffee and croissants and said he would come for me when my seat on the train to Leeds was ready...

Fuck! Was he hitting on me or what?

Ten minutes later he came to tell me my seat was ready and led me out to the train. He handed me over to a white-waistcoated flunky who took me to my seat, folded my jacket over the back of the seat opposite and asked if I would like tea, coffee or, would I prefer the full English breakfast in the dining car! He had, obviously, reserved me a seat.

I went for the full English and he carried my jacket, newspaper and briefcase as he led me to the seat with my name on it.

I had yet another coffee and croissant followed by eggs, bacon, tomatoes, hash browns, fried bread and a a great big pot of good strong tea.

The meal lasted almost all the way from London to Leeds with many top-ups of almost everything and as we were pulling in, the two guys opposite tidied away their business papers and turned from business conversation to normal chat.

'I always feel sorry for those who paid full price for a first class ticket and get a free breakfast when I only paid second class for both of us and £7:50 eash for the breakfast!' What?

When I looked at the ticket as I handed it to the ticket collector I noticed the price...£437 for a return ticket. In 1998!!!

When I got back to Reading station that night, I asked the guy how I would get 'my' train home with me. 'Woddyermean?' 'Well, I assume that for £437 I have actually bought the train, how do I get it home?'

Haven't been on a train since, as somewhere, I have my own  8)

Haha! Back in the consulting time I did a spell going to Manchester from London every week. We'd get the Virgin Pendolino thing which I believe cost ~ £75 each way. So much more 'reasonable', however the fried breakfast came with free extra dry food attached to the cutlery.

I think it was first class, but that just means shitty breakfast and a slightly different style of seat these days afaik.

I eventually gave up and either drove or rode there and back.
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Phmode on January 18, 2019, 03:40:56 pm
On that particular journey, the morning train was delayed for half an hour because some cows got out of a field and one head-butted the previous train which was 'on it' at the time and well over 100mph.

On the way home after a tedious day in someone else's office, my train hit a cow, apparently from the same herd, but at a much more reasonable speed, about 70 according to the driver. The result was the same; one dead cow, one very delayed train and lots of very sick and screaming passengers in First Class as they sat and watched milk, beef mince and intestines drip down their carriage's side windows.

'Burgers and milk shakes anyone' went up the cry from the bar steward...
Title: Re: K1300S Review - Ride Magazine
Post by: Coully on January 19, 2019, 11:02:45 am
 :o bleurgh!!!