interesting color..with stripes.....a different blue then I thought it would be...but it maybe a camera color.....akra exhaust included?moxnix wrote:![]()
R1200R Color Poll
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Alex G. - San Francisco Bay Area - Member # 642
08 R1200R
07 GSX R600 - Totalled by EX SO
08 R1200R
07 GSX R600 - Totalled by EX SO
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indigoid
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Interesting. I don't like it, though. Was hoping for a somewhat more muted blue. Colours like that belong on Suzuki GSX-R 1000 and other outrageously quick sportsbikes IMHO, not BMW nakeds. I really don't think the pinstripe suits it either
'07 Dakar motard, '08 R1200R destroyed, and a gaggle of old Toyotas
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Saw a white '09 parked in front of Brown Motor Works in Pomona, CA today. No, I didn't have my camera. The white paint looks good by itself but doesn't seem to go well with the flat grey/silver finish on the wheels, swing arm, etc. The frame tubes were black, btw. I still prefer my black '07 with all the decals removed.
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The black seat doesn't match...
this bike asks for a clear one. 
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famousperson
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Nice blue! Very BMWish. The pinstripes give it even more class.
'07 R1200R
Life Member #599
NAUI Inst. #1434 (since 1969)
Life Member #599
NAUI Inst. #1434 (since 1969)
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I like Blue although I have four Black bikes. The stripes just don't make it. First they are too wide and second they look like they were just stuck on because someone decided that the bike had to have stripes on it. I have a friend that will put the traditional thin Beemer stripes on my black R1200R but neither of us can see a good design on this (R1200R) tank. If anyone has a picture of a R1200R tank that has been striped please post it.
Opps: forgot IMHO
Opps: forgot IMHO
Harry Costello -- Jersey Shore
2007 R1200R
1974 + 75 CB125S
1971 R75
2020 Guzzi V85TT
BMWMOA 57358
2007 R1200R
1974 + 75 CB125S
1971 R75
2020 Guzzi V85TT
BMWMOA 57358
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This bike was a dealer painted bike, not a BMW factory bike. 
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ok....this explains it.....i didn't think that BMW would pick this shade of blue in the first place.....
Alex G. - San Francisco Bay Area - Member # 642
08 R1200R
07 GSX R600 - Totalled by EX SO
08 R1200R
07 GSX R600 - Totalled by EX SO
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Hey troops,
I have the metailic grey - and I love it.
My dealer actually swapped the grey off a newish demo (it had 300km on it) with a new black bike on the floor so I didn't have to wait 3 months for my colour to come in. So the service books say its black - may be a problem at resale - but who cares - thats a long way off!! (Highly reccomend Worthington BMW - nth of Sydney - they have the right can do attitude that made buying the bike easy)
Very happy.
I have the metailic grey - and I love it.
My dealer actually swapped the grey off a newish demo (it had 300km on it) with a new black bike on the floor so I didn't have to wait 3 months for my colour to come in. So the service books say its black - may be a problem at resale - but who cares - thats a long way off!! (Highly reccomend Worthington BMW - nth of Sydney - they have the right can do attitude that made buying the bike easy)
Very happy.