R1200R Loan Bike- Interesting
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:32 am
X (main dealer)have loaned me an almost new black R1200R to splash my way home and then to work on.
First impression is that it is very light compared to my own R1150R and felt like a 250cc trail bike in its ability to squeeze through the traffic queues for about six miles though the city 'rush hour'. How can you american guys not be allowed to do this? I'd have been dead from exposure and a 40 minute trip would have taken two hours if I had sat in the l o n g tailbacks?
Once the traffic cleared the small screen was not big enough and my chest soon became cold. Was glad to get in a bath and also dry the leathers off.
Drier today, but still around 3°C, so hope to have a more pleasurable trip over the moors back to the main dealer in Y (up north).
The large oil cooler behind the front wheel, getting spattered with the road salt, is still the silliest idea ever. Even if I had a large lottery win I could not stand such an obvious mistake.
First impression is that it is very light compared to my own R1150R and felt like a 250cc trail bike in its ability to squeeze through the traffic queues for about six miles though the city 'rush hour'. How can you american guys not be allowed to do this? I'd have been dead from exposure and a 40 minute trip would have taken two hours if I had sat in the l o n g tailbacks?
Once the traffic cleared the small screen was not big enough and my chest soon became cold. Was glad to get in a bath and also dry the leathers off.
Drier today, but still around 3°C, so hope to have a more pleasurable trip over the moors back to the main dealer in Y (up north).
The large oil cooler behind the front wheel, getting spattered with the road salt, is still the silliest idea ever. Even if I had a large lottery win I could not stand such an obvious mistake.
"gregor" i have to agree totally about the 1200r being lighter and a lot nimbler than the 1150r + the oil cooler 
stupid place to site it. 
as for filtering grate but some other countries carnt ride in a slow controlled manner or go round corners 
I had a lone bike from Robson's in york and enjoyed a days ride a round the twisties on the east coast whitby to spurn point 
biggest smiles or ages 
next meet 20 may