On my way to work today the LEOs were all out in front of the local 7-Eleven I stop at by the office. One of the motor officers had a new BMW (L.A. County Sheriffs Dept.). The headlights look very similar to the ST1300's. I got the nickel tour around the bike What I noticed right away is that the side cases open from the top, they don't flip out like the ST or older BMWs. I was talking with the officer and he said BMW makes the top opening case for the Police bikes, and that it was created because of gripe about the ST and BMW cases opening to the side. He made some interesting observations (he has only a few hundred miles on the bike).
1. cases are great that they open to the top, but could be larger
2. seating position is not great for shorter riders
3. seating position is not so hot for sitting on the side of the road with a radar gun.
4. Bike is damn fast!
5. All in all, he prefers the old Kawasaki Police 1000's for seat comfort, carrying capacity and ease of getting on/off the bike.
1. cases are great that they open to the top, but could be larger
2. seating position is not great for shorter riders
3. seating position is not so hot for sitting on the side of the road with a radar gun.
4. Bike is damn fast!
5. All in all, he prefers the old Kawasaki Police 1000's for seat comfort, carrying capacity and ease of getting on/off the bike.
