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14-05-06, 04:41 PM

It was a brilliant free day out, lots of food, loads of bikes to try and chavy girls

Ive not ridden enough similar bikes to be evry informative and can only give my ill formed opinions but...

I posted about the 800 elsewhere. I dont like the looks but I thought it was a lot of fun. DAS riders with a bit more to spend might go for it I reckon. The lack of chain will be a tempter for the mechanically ungifted older newbie (rioghtly or wrongly). I dont like the looks but the naked should be nice. I liked the 800 so much I shortly after nearly fell off my GS in celebration

The K1200R is great fun, although the bars are a little sports-like for my liking. Id have liked to seen a wider set on it. It feels only part like a naked bike. Then again Im used to very wide bars. But its a rocket from just about any point in the rev range.
It didnt feel very involving TBH but you are just doing everything so quick. I wonder if this is the 'Honda bland' feel

. My GS feels a much more involved ride although much less smooth and much much slower of course. I'm not up to speed with the figures as I'm not that interested in sports bikes and I bet a blade and a GSXR1000 whips its ass but the K1200R has two things that they dont IMO: a real head turning presence (a la Buell) and a rarity value.

14-05-06, 04:41 PM	#5
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	It was a brilliant free day out, lots of food, loads of bikes to try and chavy girls Ive not ridden enough similar bikes to be evry informative and can only give my ill formed opinions but... I posted about the 800 elsewhere. I dont like the looks but I thought it was a lot of fun. DAS riders with a bit more to spend might go for it I reckon. The lack of chain will be a tempter for the mechanically ungifted older newbie (rioghtly or wrongly). I dont like the looks but the naked should be nice. I liked the 800 so much I shortly after nearly fell off my GS in celebration The K1200R is great fun, although the bars are a little sports-like for my liking. Id have liked to seen a wider set on it. It feels only part like a naked bike. Then again Im used to very wide bars. But its a rocket from just about any point in the rev range. It didnt feel very involving TBH but you are just doing everything so quick. I wonder if this is the 'Honda bland' feel . My GS feels a much more involved ride although much less smooth and much much slower of course. I'm not up to speed with the figures as I'm not that interested in sports bikes and I bet a blade and a GSXR1000 whips its ass but the K1200R has two things that they dont IMO: a real head turning presence (a la Buell) and a rarity value.