K1200S

[black-k1]

My K is at 28,000 miles and I feel like I need to try something new or else I will have the same bike/brand for ever!

Good point - just be prepared to come back to Ks. 

Although, I have to say, if KTM wrapped their Super Duke GT in something that wasn't quite so upright, I would be tempted.

The KTM SD GT is VERY adjustable.  Are you there's not an adjustment to fit?

[richtea]

Being 6'5"ish, a bike with bars coming backwards means I sit almost upright, in the wind. At least with the K I get to lean into the wind a little.

See here:
http://cycle-ergo.com/

Compare K1300s v Super Duke GT (and set it up for 6'5" + 36" legs).

I may well go towards a more upright bike as I get less flexibile, but for the moment the K fits nicely.

[sudolea]

Being 6'5"ish, a bike with bars coming backwards means I sit almost upright, in the wind. At least with the K I get to lean into the wind a little.

See here:
http://cycle-ergo.com/

Compare K1300s v Super Duke GT (and set it up for 6'5" + 36" legs).
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Interesting. I came along this (or something simiular if not exactly this) a while ago. Remarkable how much my current bike (VFR800F) and my old K1300S are similar in forward lean indeed. Of course, Richard, your numbers are rather uncommon.

[fjtwelve]

I popped the Stormex cover on this weekend. I bought a medium and it fits very snugly even with my larger/higher MRA Vario screen. The screen lifts the cover very slightly but the bottom of the cover still tucks low enough on the front wheel to keep it down. The cover tucks nicely low on the rear tyre, and nice strong elastic around the bottom of the cover plus a strap under the bellypan keeps the cover down. Comes in a decent bag about the size of my tankbag to keep it in. We'll see how durable it is.

[Phmode]

Long term it doesn't like exposure to the elephants, especially the sun. I think it needs a cover of some sort...

Mine is a few years old now and was the model with the stupid 'nostril' air vents above the pillion seat which, with the wind and rain coming from the rear, just funnelled gallons of water into the cover 

[TomL]

Long term it doesn't like exposure to the elephants, especially the sun. I think it needs a cover of some sort...

Mine is a few years old now and was the model with the stupid 'nostril' air vents above the pillion seat which, with the wind and rain coming from the rear, just funnelled gallons of water into the cover 

You could super glue the air vents shut.

[fjtwelve]

The vents on mine are under the ears for the mirrors so should be better.  Will post any problems

[Phmode]

You'd be doing well with superglue Tom. Mine were stitched open and reinforced. Rivetting might have worked.

Mine also had the ears by the mirrors. Just nostrils over the pillion seat too. Rubbish!

[fjtwelve]

https://www.petrolprices.com/news/collisions-due-slow-drivers-soar-recent-years/

Obviously nobody will have an opinion on this.....

[TomL]

No problem when I'm on the bike but a PITA when in the car/van.

I love it when they see my van coming down the road and then turn out in front of me and don't put their foot down.

[Phmode]

So maybe it isn't just me in my dusty little corner of the Welsh Marches after all...

Interesting that nowhere in the article did it mention the obvious solution of....wait for it....dramatic drum-roll....overtaking 

My very wise (not to mention brave, fearless, patient, saintly and very rapid) driving instructor explained to me that it was not the person at the front of the inevitable queue I always ended up at the back of who was causing the queue. It was the second person in the queue who was causing it.

This was the same driving instructor who used a wooden ruler to smack pupils across the knuckles every time they were driving too slow or too fast for either the conditions or the limit. I learned very quickly.

The punishment for not telling him every time you spotted a potential overtake makes me shudder every time I think about it...

[TomL]

Misssed overtakes! 

Should be a law against it.

[Coully]

I perhaps err on the side of caution in my approach to overtaking but aye, if the 1st person is driving too slow, then its 2nd place that's the issue.
People complain about the A96 (aberdeen-inverness) up here and granted its not brilliant in places but where they can , there are crawler lanes etc. Adequate opportunities exist on it in other places but you can't legislate for the person driving 45 on a 60 in good conditions , nor the poor , ahem, unfortunate that cant seem to overtake ANYWHERE  . And if its nae slow driving its hesitation at junctions ,......that really grinds my gears

[Phmode]

There are way too many folk on the roads who are content to follow the car, or worse, the TRUCK in front and then they instantly go into baby elephant mode and latch onto the safety blanket in front with never a thought to drive at their own speed.

I will always overtake as soon as I can unless it is rush hour with a gazillion things in front and I'm only going a couple of miles. Even then I will always overtake what I can if I'm on the bike.

For me it is the principle of driving at my pace, not someone else's and planning and executing an overtake keeps my pea-like brain active for when I need it.

Am I 'becoming' grumpy or what?

[Coully]

I wouldna say that, ... If the person in front is on or around my intended speed then i'll follow, certainly at night