Well doesn't take long I guess. One of the Local Honda dealers has a USED K1600GTL already! Traded in on WING??
FWIW, that term appeared in Honda's US marketing literature for the 2003 ST1300.It is a new niche that I would term as luxury sport touing.
The editors at Motorcyclist reached a similar conclusion. Though I'm not in the market for either of those bikes, I have become curious to read what other moto journalists have to say. Comparing these bikes head to head is kind of like comparing Granny Smith apples and Delicious apples...both apples but with different personalities. Interesting that MCN and Motorcyclist both concluded that the K1600 is much better as a GT than a GT-L.I made a mental note to read the article when it came out and now I know what she meant.