Molan
Registered user
So I've been riding for 30+ years and owned all sorts of different bikes. For the past 10 years or so I've tended to have a rotating three bikes in the garage:
One large Beemer cruiser - was an 1150RT, currently a K1200Gt
Some sort of chopped Harley - most lethal was a 2.3 litre drag monster
A never ending merry go round of sports bikes - Ducati, Aprilia, MV Agusta, Suzuki Gixxer etc
In between there's been the odd Buell and an Aprilia Caponord (love Aprilia V-twins - hated the Capo!)
Of all the 'iconic' bikes out there I've never owned a GS, although I've ridden a couple of the 1150's and a 1200A.
For years I've been commuting 80'miles a day and the RT and K1200GT have been fabulous for this. However I'm nowmworking from home most of the time and want to get back into riding for fun a bit more
Sold my RSVR Factory last autumn and now hope to shift the latest Harley and the, high mileage GT and buy a GS.
I was tempted to go for a new water cooled one but I like the idea of the 'classic' air cooled R series so thought I might try and track down a nice recent 1200.
First thought was to go for a triple black as I thought they looked pretty cool but my local dealer was trying to convince me the Rallye was a better buy and would hold value more.
To be fair he had both in stock and, from what I could make out, the Triples were all specced out to be more or less the same as the Rallyes - they were certainly all the same price.
So my question is - which do I go for, are there things in the Rallye that make it any better than the Triple or is it just colour option stuff?
Any thoughts or advice most welcome
One large Beemer cruiser - was an 1150RT, currently a K1200Gt
Some sort of chopped Harley - most lethal was a 2.3 litre drag monster
A never ending merry go round of sports bikes - Ducati, Aprilia, MV Agusta, Suzuki Gixxer etc
In between there's been the odd Buell and an Aprilia Caponord (love Aprilia V-twins - hated the Capo!)
Of all the 'iconic' bikes out there I've never owned a GS, although I've ridden a couple of the 1150's and a 1200A.
For years I've been commuting 80'miles a day and the RT and K1200GT have been fabulous for this. However I'm nowmworking from home most of the time and want to get back into riding for fun a bit more
Sold my RSVR Factory last autumn and now hope to shift the latest Harley and the, high mileage GT and buy a GS.
I was tempted to go for a new water cooled one but I like the idea of the 'classic' air cooled R series so thought I might try and track down a nice recent 1200.
First thought was to go for a triple black as I thought they looked pretty cool but my local dealer was trying to convince me the Rallye was a better buy and would hold value more.
To be fair he had both in stock and, from what I could make out, the Triples were all specced out to be more or less the same as the Rallyes - they were certainly all the same price.
So my question is - which do I go for, are there things in the Rallye that make it any better than the Triple or is it just colour option stuff?
Any thoughts or advice most welcome