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Welcome to the BMW K1200 K1300 K1600 Forum => Who's Who? => Topic started by: ibgarrow on August 24, 2023, 10:39:01 pm
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Old fella who’s just committed to buy a K1300S 2011 as a long distance bike to visit my sister. to share the ‘stable’ with two Ducatis (Panigale and Hypermotard)
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Hello and welcome. What colour are you getting? I hope it's one of the faster colours! ;)
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Hi Ian and welcome to the madhouse that is EuroKClub!
By long distance, I guess your sister lives beyond Ducati range, so farther away than Darlington, Carlisle or Alnwick...
Comfy will be the most often used word when describing your visits. Enjoy. Brian
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New-to-me K1300S was delivered today. I still haven’t disclosed to her Ladyship that I swapped the Ducati Monster S4R. Hopefully she’ll not notice the difference.
It’s silver, non-ABS, 20-some thousand miles. Tracker arriving shortly.
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Welcome!
Its still a monster. In a different way.
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Well, some impressions on my first ride of my K1300S.
Not as heavy to move about at a standstill as I feared.
Gearbox seems very close-ratio’d, probably because of the torque which eats up the road quickly.
I liked cruising in 5th, with 6th as ‘overdrive’ on the motorway.
Now called “the whoosh machine†as it demolishes overtakes. Not with the raw gutsiness of my Panigale R, but that’s a different story. I still haven’t ventured into the top end of the rev range.
Very stable in bends.
Flat-footed in seating. No tippy-toeing like the Panigale or the Hypermotard.
Buzzy around 6000 rpm.
Runs around 4 bars of temp gauge up to 5 in traffic/standing at lights etc. Fan cuts in at 5 but doesn’t run after ignition off?
Lots of wind blast on chest and head, even when ‘tucked in’ as far as an old guy can do. I think I’d rather that than start looking for taller screens.
All in all,impressed, and glad to have it.
However
Having spent a couple of months refurbishing the Ducati Monster S4R, blue, with decat exhaust, I traded that in against the K, but haven’t told Her Ladyship yet. I think she might have noticed, tho’, as she remarked how quiet it was. Hopefully she’ll not notice a) it’s bigger, b) it’s a different colour and c) it’s not a Ducati twin!
Hopefully…😳
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Now called “the whoosh machine†as it demolishes overtakes.
:thumbsupgood:
Runs around 4 bars of temp gauge up to 5 in traffic/standing at lights etc. Fan cuts in at 5 but doesn’t run after ignition off?
Lots of wind blast on chest and head, even when ‘tucked in’ as far as an old guy can do. I think I’d rather that than start looking for taller screens.
'Normal' is 2/3 bars, climbing to 4/5 standing at lights. The fan comes on at 5. If it's mostly on 4 you should clean the radiator.
Have a read here:
https://eurokclub.bike/index.php?topic=3035.0
It's worth a read to the end since there's some good recent advice.
It's a bit awkward gettign all the gubbins off first time round. It gets easier every year.
And yes it cuts off with the ignition. Perfectly OK.
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This one is also worth a read.
https://eurokclub.bike/index.php?topic=4999.0