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It took me a while to warm up to this bike but DAMN I think I wanna own one. 120 h.p. and reasonably light as well. Too bad about the price however(I'm assuming it's the usual Beemer-gouge....)

Not my cup of tea, but it is MUCH easier on the eyes than the other new Beemers.

mmmm....me likes
definetely a pretty bike.The styling seems minimalist comparted to older models, which is a good thing imo.

even BMW is lapping up the cafe influence these days...

I'm still not sure if I'm board with the body work on the top 1/2 and no body work on the bottom half. It looks like the bike was supposed to have a full set of body work and they just sliced off the bottom 1/2.

keysman wrote:I'm still not sure if I'm board with the body work on the top 1/2 and no body work on the bottom half. It looks like the bike was supposed to have a full set of body work and they just sliced off the bottom 1/2.

Like this:

Or this:

Or this:

I dunno. I grew tired of the shrink-wrapped look a long time ago. I gotta see the engine....

See I like all of those better than the BMW. The Suzuki has the painted frame to tie the bottom 1/2 to the top, the Laverda has the tail section that angles downward toward the engine, and the Kawai has that chin spoiler. Maybe that's what the R1200S needs, a chin spoiler.

However maybe a different paint scheme on the R would win me over. I love the look of this R1100S but I never really cared for any of the other paint schemes.



I guess it's the power coated wheels on this one that tie's it together for me. The wheels and the under seat exhaust on BMW are quite hot though.

Oooh this paint scheme looks nice!



Click on the image, I uploaded a number of photos of the R1200S to our gallery.

I have to agree the bottem end definately looks unfinished.

I like the bottom-end styling(or lack of). If it had tubular bars and the fairing was up higher...... it would be super-awesome.