At SWMBO request .... firm request ..... the ZX12R has been swapped for this http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk/images/motorcycle/r1100s1.jpg http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk/images/motorcycle/r1100s2.jpg It's got Remus cans on it and jeepers it's loud. Thankfully I've got the original cans enroute too -- Steve Parry BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
It's (obviously) dramatically less powerful than the ZX but pleasant enough (and certainly better brakes!) -- Steve Parry BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
The bike looks okay. Shame about that gash helmet lurking on the right. Are the rocker covers delivered like that or have you been pot surfing?
That's the previous owners, mine is just a plain white one Thats the standard carbon cover doofrey with the metal slider thing. -- Steve Parry BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
No mention of it coming from Jersey I thought Lazers were standard? Any way the previous bods sending the originals on to me. -- Steve Parry BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
I won't go as far as calling you a ****, then. Of course, there is only one proper colour for a gentleman's helmet.
Fookin' nice, but not that nice to ride on the road. I had a go on one & it felt lumpy & if you want loud, take the can off the gixxer thousand & crack it up, now thats loud. The BMW looks ace, but you'll get bored very quickly It felt like a R1200R on a bit of speed, not the ecstacy & crack *I* expected. But, very, very pretty -- Nige, 'That's not my name' Range Rover Td6 Vogue BMW K1200S Suzuki GSX-R1000 K3 Focus ST3
At the moment though I have the KGT for warp speed stuff The R11S will do just nicely for small A and B road blitzing. The R80RS is pleasant in a "classic" bimbling around way. The only slight change I fancy now is perhaps changing the F650 for a more focused off roader, maybe a DRZ400 or summat -- Steve Parry BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
I still love the K, it's faster than a bolt of lightening, but... i could do with a gt bike. -- Nige, 'That's not my name' Range Rover Td6 Vogue BMW K1200S Suzuki GSX-R1000 K3 Focus ST3
Get a test ride at a BM dealers on a KGT, they're a very impressive piece of kit -- Steve Parry BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
I looked, and quickly looked away. Whatever were BMW thinking of? So they built a 'sports' bike, and then realised the only way they could give it any credibility was to take it racing, but it would have had its arse kicked soundly wherever they tried to race it against anything of similar capacity or power. So in desperation they hyped up a one make race series and all the gullible BMW lovers snapped them up. The power of marketing and hype is truly amazing.
I have to resist, or it would be my 16th bike in 24 months. But, I can see the draw.... -- Nige, 'That's not my name' Range Rover Td6 Vogue BMW K1200S Suzuki GSX-R1000 K3 Focus ST3
.... you know you want to .... -- Steve Parry BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
They have a 'pucker' sports bike on the way, they told me in 2007. £500 down, yeah right. hmmm, Alan Jeffries it might be soon. -- Nige, 'That's not my name' Range Rover Td6 Vogue BMW K1200S Suzuki GSX-R1000 K3 Focus ST3
I do, i do. -- Nige, 'That's not my name' Range Rover Td6 Vogue BMW K1200S Suzuki GSX-R1000 K3 Focus ST3
By proper I mean one who isn't bothered by trivial things like a louder than standard exhaust. My MOT man is very strict on anything related to safety, but he applies common sense where things like number plate size and exhausts are concerned. If it's stupid loud it won't pass, and if the number plate can't be read easily that's a fail too. Out of courtesy I take original exhaust silencers with me or fit a baffle and fit a proper size plate if I have one, but he always tells me I don't have to bother. Last time I took a bike to him was last week, my ex's 2004 SV650. I cable tied a reflector to the indicator stalk and put my removeable baffle in her silencer, he laughed but couldn't fail it. As soon as he'd presented her with the ticket I cut the cable ties and put the reflector in my pocket and refitted the baffle in my own exhaust to get it home, he didn't bat an eyelid.
http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/04/18/bmw-motorrad-s-1000-rr-race-bike-on-sale-next-year/ -- Steve Parry BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
