Price

[berliner]

found some prices in the Boxer Forum. Don't know if they are official.

Preis: 11.200,-- EUR
ABS: 1.050,--
ASC: 275,--

[chris]

This is official from the bmw newsletter:
"the new R1200 R will be available from BMW Motorrad dealers in mid-September, priced at just £8,295 on the road"
Presumably this is the basic price with no goodies.

[riceburner]

This is official from the bmw newsletter:
"the new R1200 R will be available from BMW Motorrad dealers in mid-September, priced at just £8,295 on the road"
Presumably this is the basic price with no goodies.

Fook - that's a grand more expensive than the Rockster ever was!! :eek:

[lee1980]

I like the new R1200r but at that price I am tempted by the R1200s at
£8995 for 700 more u get a lot more it seems, then i guess the major cost is in the engine and transmission.

Then the r will suit me more round town

[AllanCook]

I called my dealer to see if he knew the price of the new R1200R, and he really had no idea except to compare the price to the R1200S, which lists for $14,700.

A British review quoted an OTD price of 8,295 pounds sterling. At today's exchange rate, that is $15,627. That seems high, though.

If BMW boosted the price of the current Roadster ($10,990) by 25 percent, the new price would be $13,737. Twenty percent would be $13,188.

I predict $13,000-$14,000, a 20 to 25 percent increase. Probably closer to $14,000.

[socalrob]

I predict $12,500 to $13,000 for a base R1200R. I predict the new 800's will come in at $9,000 in base configuration.

The R1200S is a specialty bike that will sell to those who want it kind of regardless of price. Thus BMW can make more profit off it. The R1200R is meant to be the entry level boxer, BMW, I think, will cut their margins on it thin to keep getting new riders into the boxer camp.

My dealer wishes they would have that $700 Ohlins option that you can get with the S offered on every boxer. I agree.

[Biff's R]

My dealer wishes they would have that $700 Ohlins option that you can get with the S offered on every boxer. I agree.

So do I.

I figure the new R stripped down will be in the $11,500 range. Fully loaded with bags etc will top out at around $14,000.

[red baron]

Base price for the R1200R will be just above USD 13,000, ABS slightly above USD 1,000, ESA about 900, Heated grips about USD 240 and so on. Looks to me like a fully equiped r1200r including bags will be close to USD 16,000. Not exactly a bargain.
Red Baron

[Biff's R]

I will probably wait several years, and then pick up one that has been lightly used for $7k.

[Deans BMW]

Here in the US we are looking at a base of $13,025.00

[AllanCook]

That's a pretty doggone specific number, Dean. Where'd you get it?

[Slipstream]

Here in the US we are looking at a base of $13,025.00

Personally, I think BMW is smoking the weed if they think they'll sell a naked bike in any large numbers at a price of $13,000.

[AllanCook]

I love Beemers, and I'm willing to pay a small premium for a new R (even though it galls me that it won't come standard with heated grips and a center stand), but I'm no sucker. If the new roadster is much more than $13K, I may have to give some serious consideration to my second choice, the Ducati Multistrada, which is available for just under $12K. Or maybe even my third choice, a Buell Ulysses, which also is available for just under $12K.

[johno]

Allan, whats a Moto Guzzi 1100 Breva cost over there?
Would be my choice over the other 2 you mentioned.
I rode a Multistrada, and not worth owning in my opinion.
Not a patch on the Beemer.

[AllanCook]

The Breva V 1100 lists for $12,490 here in the U.S. I looked at one last week after a friend who runs a BMW shop told me he would choose it over the new R. It is a slick-looking bike (my daughters thought so, too), but I wasn't crazy about the ergonomics or the speedo/tach cluster, which looked a little odd and chintzy to me.

I have looked at the Duck a couple of times. It is beautiful and the ergonomics are spot-on for me (I'm pretty tall), and it's gotten very good reviews in its most recent iteration, but the cost of operating an Italian bike is pretty high, higher even than a BMW, and the number of mechanics competent to work on them is relatively small. Same for the Guzzi. Since I'm not especially mechanically inclined, reliability and cost of operation are big issues for me. That's why I'm holding out to see what the Beemer is going to cost.

[new2BMW]

The Breva V 1100 has weight and power similar to the R1150R but with a longer wheelbase. They are nice bikes, but the lighter more powerful R1200R, The S4R Monster or the Triumph Speed triple do a lot more for me than the Guzzi.

I'll stick with my Mt-01 for a while. It handles better than my Roadster, weighs the same and the 115 lb/ft of torque is hard to beat anywhere but top speed runs.

[NCGS]

[quote="AllanCook"]That's a pretty doggone specific number, Dean. Where'd you get it?[/quote]

check out BMW's website:

109hp / $13,025 is just the starting point - it's going to be an expensive bike when optioned out with ABS, heated grips, etc.

http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/bikes/bike.jsp?b=r1200r

[AllanCook]

I've ordered mine sans ABS and heated grips. The stoppers are so good on this bike that ABS seems redundant; in Texas heated grips are mostly unnecessary. I don't think I ever used them before; if it becomes an issue I'll do it later. I'll put on a center stand at the first service interval.