S1000XR

Mike....go have a test ride
All day comfy and thinks it's a sports bike

 

I have asked the local BMW dealer... But They have sold the test bike, so will wait till they get second hand one in.

 

are they nit getting another demo bike. The one I went to in Ellesmere Port have their original demo bike (without daytime running light) for sale now and have anew demo straight away. It only had 375 miles on when I took it out

 

They are ringing me when they are sorted.... I'm not in a rush, have to sell BM yet.

 

They have one in York.Not that far from you

 

I test ride one on Saturday......and it's a no from me it just doesn't justify its price tag.
I loved the quick shifter and the auto blipper stick it in dynamic mode and it cracks and bangs on the overrun the gearbox is really slick, the brakes were sublime. Wheelies a piece of p... and easily controlled with the massive handle bars, oh and i liked the heated grips!
The not so good;
The engine feels harsh and lacks mid range grunt, it'll get a lick on but you really have to be way up on revs not really sure this is what adventure bikes are supposed to be about, the power delivery reminds me of an old zx6r.
I had the bike for 3 hours the seat was more uncomfortable than the blades and the vibrations through the bars made my hands go numb.
The initial throttle response feels really vague I lost count of the amount of times I stalled it.
This was the se model with electric suspension the settings seem to be hard or rock hard and when really pushed (private roads only ) the front end was really light and fidgety.

Whenever I test ride another bike it always reinforces just how good the blade really is, I was glad to climb back aboard.

Next up Ducati multistrada.