The most boring bike

[Big Dave]

If money was no issue I would own a R 1200 GS.

It is and I own a KLR 650.

[mossy1200]

blackbird ^_______________________________________^

agree.had one and it liked scraping fairings if you rode hard.Suspension oem is very lacking.But i have owned a cx400 and thats a less fun bike LOL

[Oscar]

If money was no issue I would own a R 1200 GS.

It is and I own a KLR 650.

An 1200GS?

If money was no object?
Really?

I call bullshit...

[mossy1200]

New Plymouth.
The one I rode had a few mods on it. It wouldn't idle, vibrated like a bastard. I actually WANTED to like it! Maybe I should try another some time.

If you put anything higher than 95 octaine they wont idle.the compression is to low for 98.
mines stock with gpr cans being the only performance change.

[Ocean1]

The 1200s is up 35hp on the 1100 and down 30kg of weight.Its a different bike with claimed 127hp.Sure its not inline 4 power but its not a lazy motor like the others.they had(not sure if still do)a boxer cup in europe racing them.48degree lean angle before scraping tappet covers i think from memory.Grab his and ride it.Maybe its not your thing but i loved it and think idd run faster lap times on it than my old race bike if fear of dropping it wasnt a issue.

Yeah, I've ridden 1200's, just not an S. It'll be a couple of months before I see the friend, we'll see.

If money was no issue I would own a R 1200 GS.

It is and I own a KLR 650.

The brother has one. He got it for a very friendly price, but says he'd just as soon have a non-R, shorter, less impeded with kilos of pointless bling. Supurb touring machine, very flexible but for me lacking that single unique hit.

[mossy1200]

[QUOTE=Oscar;1130293057]An 1200GS?

If money was no object?
Really?

I call bullshit...

LOL you stop on a bmw and people will try strip it for parts while you take a dump behind a bush.

[EJK]

If it can wheelie, then it's fun.

[Big Dave]

[Big Dave]

I'd also own a Road King, a HP2 Megamoto, a Buell XB12X, the KLR and a Vespa GT300ie.

[James Deuce]

Honda CB1000 "Big One". It just "is".

[puddytat]

This was my most boring which, I purchased new.....
and sold 4mths later.
What was I thinking
Mind you the only other thing in the shop at the time was an MVX..

[GrayWolf]

I haven't ridden an MT-01. kiwifruit got off my GSX1400 onto one and described it as 'wheezy'.

Personally I quite like the MT-01's looks but I suspect that the motor is still in cruiser tune and doesn't quite match them.

Edit: I would've test-ridden one last year before I got the Sporty, if Road & Sport hadn't had such an unpleasant approach. The salesman's apparent terror that I might not buy a new Harley after all lost him the whole kit and caboodle. Sales guys: if someone test-rides a new bike and then gets off it and takes an interest in some second-hand unit that you'll make less money off of, at least have the decency to conceal your frustration and pretend you're still keen to sell him something.

As always, I enjoyed my dealings with AMPS the following weekend.

I ride with a local who owns an XR1200 with PC, flowed pipes and K&N.... MT motor is not in cruiser tune......
my bike is 'neck n neck' with the above XR... so XR performance, big block revs....

[GrayWolf]

If you put anything higher than 95 octaine they wont idle.the compression is to low for 98.
mines stock with gpr cans being the only performance change.

thats odd, mines an 09 model and bog standard motor wise, idles and runs best on 95-98... go figure?
I cant comment on how much difference tyres will improve handling, this one the previous owner had an ohlins fitted and the front re-tuned at CKT. I know it handles far better than a standard one, and the pevious owner traded it for an SP (ohlins forks and rear) and reckoned it was better untill he had CKT work on the SP, that now is better than mine.

[ducatilover]

bmwr1200s

Stop it, the more you post pics the more I get reminded of when I first looked at them

[GrayWolf]

most boring I've ridden? have to be the GL400 Honda gutless to the extreme and need to rev the nuts off it.

most boring bike I've owned? Honda XL250 (original single exhaust model)