As per an earlier post I swapped my old K1300GT for a new (to me) 2022 K1600GT a few weeks ago. The new bike is absolutely fantastic except for its enormous weight and consequent oversteer. Do other K1600 riders have problems with their bike’s weight and if so how do they manage it, especially when riding under 10mph and/or manoeuvring tight spots. At the moment it is quite embarrassing turning right into my drive as I sometimes end up in my neighbour’s drive! I find that using the Road or even the Rain mode helps but it is still difficult to execute tight turns, especially with my wife on board. Gawd knows what it will be like in the summer when we tour Europe!!
Any help will be gratefully received.
Tony
Hi alaskier, as the previous owner of six K1600GTs I can say that it is probably one of the sweetest steering big bikes I have ever ridden. Just keep the tyre pressures at 42/42 or it will steer like a bus
Being quite large, the weight never really gave me a problem when manoeuvring, just a bit of forethought when parking to make sure your not backing out up hills. I only ever had the same problem as you once on when on a holiday in Wales, where you had to ride up a steep hill and turn left up a driveway which was almost a 360 degree turn back on yourself. Sometimes you just have to admit it is a very big bike and clumsy at walking pace. The first time I tried I got my missus to get off and walk across the road and up the drive, the second time I admitted defeat and just drove up the road to make a safe U-turn and coming back down the hill you could just slip off the road and straight up the drive.
I guess what I am asking is can you drop your wife of at the top of you drive, or come in from the other direction? I know these bikes are brilliant, but if it wasn't a problem with your K13GT then it does sound like you have a situation where the bike is causing problems and the only answer would be to change how you do things and look for options that can make things easier?
