Hope you specced the ground running lights thingy to locate your pound of butter in the dark ?
I hear reports that the first batch of 2022 K1600s for the UK have been delayed until April - detail scant at present.
Could it be Chips/Brexit/Production problems? ....... Anyone know more?
Got an invite from my dealer to the launch BBQ in 2 weeks time, going to be a damp launch without the bikes
It then slid to mid-April, then mid-May and is now the end of May. It had apparently set-off to the UK but then got held-up and maybe returned from whence it came. Patience is a virtue and virtue is a grace.
I was though talking to the sales fellow at Park Lane, who went to the BMW 1600 staff launch in Malaga. Despite it peeing down with rain and being cold, he had a good time. Which is nice.
I am planning to pick up my 1600 GT next weekend.
To me, the most interesting thing is the big TFT screen. Having never owned a TFT screen bike prior to my 850 GSA, I have really got to like BMW’s Connected app. It certainly looked good when I saw it lit up at the London show in February and I enjoyed it on the day long test ride I had on the RT. You can see it running in this video:
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I don’t usually watch many vlog videos on any bikes , not least as the verbal blurb is often pretty dull but seeing the screen in these was worth it.
The bike is almost an automatic at the moment as it can, if you really must, go from about 30 mph in 6th, all the way to 150 mph or faster.
I agree though, the engine would suit a DCT. I guess though that BMW are conscious of the extra weight it would bring.