New R1200S

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omg1010
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New R1200S

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Good morning folks,

some of you will recall me having been active here about the R1100R model which I still own. However I had put my hands on a wonderful R1200S in Palermo/Italy which had lately arrived by truck. Obviously some modding was required :mrgreen: to bring the bike to my taste.

Basically I changed the valve heads to powder-coated black, mufflers from italian company HPE and exhaust from the italian company ZARD. Also a slightly elevated windscreen. Also I installed front turnsignals in black/smoke and mini-turnsignals rear.

Fotos before https://picasaweb.google.com/omg9500/R1 ... directlink
Photos after https://picasaweb.google.com/omg9500/Fo ... directlink

Hope you like it.

Best regards from Germany.
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Nice! I still like that R1100 though!
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The S model really hit my "drool" spot!
Sweet bike!
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Pure Art! =P~ =P~ =P~ =P~ =P~
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Oliver-

That's a nice dyno chart for the S. Assuming the performance was measured after the modifications?

So how do you choose between two excellent motorcycles?!
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Mornin Mark,

the dyno chart shows before and after (the reprogramming of the ECU). Just by re-programming the gain was about 10 HP and 5 NM of torque. Bike runs fine and smooth as silk. Its a huge difference over the 1100R (which I still love though and I think I'll keep her ...). The choice is easy, once I am on my own (most of the time) = 1200S, once my financial controller decides to join = R1100R ... :lol:

Latest pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/1003408169 ... os20120408

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Good thinking!!!!!
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Good looking bike. BMW have made some very stylish boxers in the past that somehow seem to be lacking from their current production.
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