I doubt you read Bike magazine because if you did than you would know they don't pull any punches in reviews and aren't worried about offending ad buyers. They are funny, irreverent, and relevant. Based on what you say about mags you mentioned ... you would like Bike.
Except for the Bike review I mentioned all the other K1600 reviews I have seen (I don't get MCN) were based on short test rides at the official press release of the bikes in South Africa, which included Bike and every other magazine or motojournalist that happened to get an invite. These were the first ride reports/reviews we have seen for about 3 months now. BMW did not allow any of the test bikes to be ridden at night in SA for fear of hitting baboons so none of the writers got to see how the adaptive headlight really works in the real world. Maybe that is why they didn't write about it.
Like the way I get my other news I don't get it all from one source and trust my ability to read or listen to different views and make up my own mind. I feel that folks that say they "don't believe the mainstream [fill in your blank] so I don't read or watch it" have very little chance of getting any view other than the one(s) that fits their already fixed view of the world.