Jim, what was your favorite part riding it.
Every year I sit on it at the bike show, comfy seat.
Hi Al and thanks for asking.
there is a lot to like about the bike I rented. Handling is great. I left it on sport two up as soon as I found it felt perfect to me. Power is immediate and supreme once I found dynamic mode. Instant throttle response anytime every time. This is the quickest revving and de revving motor I have ever ridden. Kind of hard to rev match for downshifting with zero flywheel effect but another thing you learn to do as you go.
this bike has a Sargent seat and we were both comfortable. No sore butts ever. The seating position is much like my ST1300 with the aftermarket bar things I installed on the ST. The passenger foot pegs were good for my wife. I put lowering doodads on the ST for her.
the infotainment stuff and
especially navigation was totally cool. I got VERY used to that luxury in a hurry. That may prove troublesome going back to my ST.
The bike is gigantic but that disappears once you get rolling. The low speed fueling is annoying but there may be a solution for that. There is no solution for needin a BMW dealer to massage it every so often. I prefer doing my own work and maybe that's possible as well.
overall a great bike. Maybe the best big tourer. Have not ridden them all! In basic feel and enjoyement it's not light years ahead of my ST though. In tech and power yes it's light years ahead.
And it sounds SO good when it's on song.
Review over.
