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« on: May 15, 2024, 12:29:46 pm »
I absolutely loved my R1150GS and swore I would ride it into my grave. Not just so soon eh? I didn't need a licence shredder, bought it initially for commuting at which it was excellent and toured Europe and Wales on it with much glee; a really easy bike to confuse faster bikes on in the twisties and through roundabouts and it simply flew up hairpins the way no sports tourer ever could. But...
I had been off a bike for a few years and still had my much loved but non-running Honda CBR1000 F-H flying fridge which was an excellent predecessor to the K and fast as a fast thing back in the day.
And so I realised that I still had a sports tourer itch that needed scratching and two K's later here we are.
The 1150 was fabulously easy to ride and nowhere near as ginormously plastic fantastic as the 12s and none of them have really done much for me although when the wrist problems were at their height I was seriously considering one again.
And, although not something that would bother you for a day's loan, those wheels look way easier to clean than the abhorrent ones on the K and folks with Motorsports don't like cleaning them too much either...