Goodbye And Welcome

@littleade: I'm lucky. It is to high for her

 

@Mrs Visor: She will change her Tiger 900 into a YAMAHA XSR 900 in black with some addons.

 

@Sandi T and all other interested some impressions after 3.000 km on my BMW R 1250 RS:
The engine is a kind of "Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde". The motor is equipped with the so called "Shift Cam System". Some technical details from BMW for "nerds" :
For the first time, BMW ShiftCam technology is being used in a BMW bike production engine - a technique for varying the valve timing and valve lift on the intake side. At the heart of this technology is a one-piece intake shift camshaft that has two cams per valve to be actuated: a part-load and a full-load cam, each with a different and optimally designed cam geometry. While the part-load cam was developed with a view to optimizing consumption and running culture, the full-load cam is designed to optimize performance. By means of an axial shift of the intake camshaft, the intake valves are actuated either by the part-load or the full-load cam, depending on load and engine speed. This displacement - and thus the use of part-load or full-load cam - takes place via a switching gate on the camshaft and an electromechanical actuator engaged there. The different design of the cam geometry also varies the intake valve lift. While the full-load cam provides the maximum valve lift, a reduced valve lift is available via the part-load cam. With the partial load cam, the intake cams for the left and right intake valves differ in stroke and angular position. This phase shift causes the two intake valves to open with a time delay and to different extents. The advantage of this phase shift is that the fuel-air mixture flowing into the combustion chamber is swirled more strongly and burned more effectively - which means optimum fuel utilization on the bottom line.
This means:
The driving characteristics and road holding are ingenious. Up to 2.500 - 3,000 r.p.m it is very smooth and handsome. You can cruise in the 4. or 5. gear through the town (50 km/h) and accelerate afterwards outside without any issues. Above the motor switches to a "rocket engine". You can realize the switching due to a different sound during the acceleration.
Depending on the speed driven, the following fuel consumption results.
Highway speed: +130 km/h (of course only in Germany! ) approx. 6.0-6.5 l/100 km
+200 km/h in Germany: it can also be a bit more
Country road cruising: Consumption of under 5 l/100 km is possible at any time! I currently ride the bike with an average of about 5.5 l/100 km (highway/city mixture).
The only change I will do in the future will be a new set of tires. Actually the bike is equipped with Michelin Road 5. I will change to Continental Road Attack4 which I used on my Honda before.