My Wife's Bike Arrived

Man alive, those are some pretty impressive specs! I have been looking at their whole line up for weeks. I really dig that K 1600 B, very sharp looking and 130+ pounds of torque! Beautiful bikes they are putting out now days. I just wish they were not going to the whole half a swing arm thing on so many models. I just can't get past that look. Congrats ...

 

congratulations

 

Loverly looking bike, but expensive for what they are considering the engine is based on the old twin cam that was replaced in the GS and other boxer bikes from 2013 and now puts out less than the Rninet it replaces did due to the latest EU emissions shoite?

Looks far better with the 2 clocks rather than the letterbox TFT option and the additional electronics over the Rninet will appeal to many too I guess. I did like the Rninet though so will have to go and drool over one when my RS goes in for it's 1st service.

 

All the shaft drive bikes have single sided swing arms. No faffing about with cleaning and adjusting chains or wheel alignment. BMW have recently commited to changing every shaft drive at 60,000 kilometres/37,000 miles free of charge too BMW do have bikes that have the disadvantages associated with chains if you want one though Have a test ride, what could possibly go wrong oh and take your debit card

 

I get it. I just don't like the look, or the shafts. Die hard swingarm / chain guy I guess. o O ( M 1000 R )

 

I've never thought the service costs of the boxers were that high to be honest and that they were individually cheaper than Triumph though IIRC Triumph service intervals are longer than BMW (10,000 vs 6,000) but that's only an advantage for trumpet owners if they do more than 6k a year as both still require you to have an annual service if you don't reach the 6k/10k interval. I can't remember if it was here or on the other forum but someone had just paid £330 for the 1st annual service on a Triumph 660 where as I paid about £80 less than that for an equivelent service on my 1250GS that also included the brake fluid being changed. Another advantage for Triumph is the interval between valve adjustments, the boxer is 12k but I think the newer Triumphs are now 20k? Mind you the valves are easy to get at on the boxer.
The only time servicing costs effected whether I bought a bike or not was in 1995. I was looking to get either a FireBlade or a Ducati 916 until the Ducati dealer told me the cost of a standard service was going to be £600. I walked away from that one.

 

First service (after the 600m break in service) on the Triumph twins is 10k or 1 year with valve check/adjust at 20k which isn't bad for screw & locknut type valve gear. (Edit....) Shimmed setups usually go much longer and are a lot more faff.

Edit.......at least it would be if they were screw and locknut and not shims!
WTF am I talking about, getting bikes mixed up obviously.

 

Congratulations… I’m on my second R nine T now.

 

Wishing your wife many safe and fun miles on her new bike! .

 

Congrats to your wife on her new bike! May she spend many fun and safe miles on it, @Markus.

 

Bloody lovely

 

Markus.
Awesome bike. Yes I bet the good lady loves it. Joe

 

Mine is a 2019 9T and I wanted ‘old school air cooled’. It’s a real feel good riders bike plus I made a touring kit for mine.
I did really like my 2013 bonneville that I had for years but always found when I entered the garage it was my R1150 Rockster that I took for a ride most times. The answer to that was a retro (ish) and boxer combined = R9T plus add my design luggage system and I also then could tour and mile munch. Home servicing is easy and it’s a bike with real character. No brainer!!