Guess again, Tricky Ducky. The K1300S weighs 503 dry, with luggage rack, abs, and a large order of schweinbrauten. My K1200S weighed in at just over 800 with side luggage and top bag full, gas, oil, water. and me in the saddle. Lighter than Turbo in similar nick on his old 4S (although he's grass fed). I removed ten pounds with a muffler change. The tranny is klunky for sure, but the gearing is fine.The buzz goes away with proper tuning and use.
Don't believe the haters.
I just rode the Triumph 800 Explorer, big fun.
All of these bikes are more capable than me.
pg
DD
--- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com, Richard <tricky_dickey1558@...> wrote:
>
> Nothing is better than a dressed ST 4
> That Bimmer must weigh 700 plus pounds
> My Bimmer has a klunky trans as well seems to be their style
>
> Sent from Tricky's I pad
>
>
> On 2012-06-23, at 3:23 PM, Robert McNabb <rockingm_50remuda@...> wrote:
>
> > Test rode a BMW K1300s today. The long and short of it, it doesn't do it for me...
> > Buzzy about 4k, clunky in the transmission, just a lack of pzazz, and the inline 4 just doesn't have the beat I like. Has good power, does every thing I ask, handles the twisties pretty nice. I was behind the test rider on the S1000rr and he wasn't that great a rider so I could have smoked him had the
> > BMW ride leader not been.....the leader... So yea, it's got some power...but I found myself thinking, my old ST is better than this. So, at the moment the leaders in my quest for a new(er) bike are the Multistrada 1200s and a low miles ST4s. (The ST4s just because I like the looks better than the Multi ;))
> >
> >
> > Robert McNabb
> > Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia
> > ST4 1999 RED
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
0 comments:
Post a Comment