Pulled the Trigger
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:13 pm
Picked up a 2012 R1200R Classic this Saturday after obsessing about one for a few months now.
Love the bike, but now its time to start modifying this bike to fit my short 5' 6" frame. Just ordered some Verholen Risers, hopefully I will not have to change cables or lines. I am waiting on the dealer for the BMW hardbags, and the engine crash bar. I think the dealer is having a tough time trying to finding a crash bar as BMW does not make one for the 11 and 12 models yet, I am told. Anybody have any ideas who makes one for the 11, or 12 model.
I am also in need of a windscreen that gives max wind protection but I can look through, anybody out there with a 11 or 12 model that is as short as me. If so have you found a suitable windscreen that provides the above.
The R1200R is going to take some getting used to as I am coming off a 2009 Yamaha Raider (Cruiser). I loved the bike, the looks, the sound, the looks I got from everyone and being in Wisconsin a Cruiser seems to be the bike of choice here. The one area I did not like was since my feet were so far forward all the weight was on my tailbone and every bump was not so fun. The main reason for the change was my wife got her license last summer and we got her a 2012 Triumph Bonneville and I just loved how light and maneuverable the bike is compared to my 762 lb cruiser. I felt that I needed a lighter bike and I looked at the Ducati Diavel and it was great but I thought I would either kill myself or lose my license in a week, then I looked at the R1200 and it felt right. I drive a BMW car and love it each time I get in and drive it and figured I would feel the same way about their bikes.
I know everybody states that this thread is useless without photos, If someone can let me know how to post them, I would love to.
Now just my luck, the unseasonably warm weather that we had for the last two weeks has departed and it is cold and windy again.
Love the bike, but now its time to start modifying this bike to fit my short 5' 6" frame. Just ordered some Verholen Risers, hopefully I will not have to change cables or lines. I am waiting on the dealer for the BMW hardbags, and the engine crash bar. I think the dealer is having a tough time trying to finding a crash bar as BMW does not make one for the 11 and 12 models yet, I am told. Anybody have any ideas who makes one for the 11, or 12 model.
I am also in need of a windscreen that gives max wind protection but I can look through, anybody out there with a 11 or 12 model that is as short as me. If so have you found a suitable windscreen that provides the above.
The R1200R is going to take some getting used to as I am coming off a 2009 Yamaha Raider (Cruiser). I loved the bike, the looks, the sound, the looks I got from everyone and being in Wisconsin a Cruiser seems to be the bike of choice here. The one area I did not like was since my feet were so far forward all the weight was on my tailbone and every bump was not so fun. The main reason for the change was my wife got her license last summer and we got her a 2012 Triumph Bonneville and I just loved how light and maneuverable the bike is compared to my 762 lb cruiser. I felt that I needed a lighter bike and I looked at the Ducati Diavel and it was great but I thought I would either kill myself or lose my license in a week, then I looked at the R1200 and it felt right. I drive a BMW car and love it each time I get in and drive it and figured I would feel the same way about their bikes.
I know everybody states that this thread is useless without photos, If someone can let me know how to post them, I would love to.
Now just my luck, the unseasonably warm weather that we had for the last two weeks has departed and it is cold and windy again.
