I screamed the bike through its six-speed gearbox on the straights, and tipped it hard into the many tight bends behind a similarly angled bike whose rider´s knee occasionally brushed the ground. Then I wound back the throttle, and held on tight as the four-cylinder engine punched the bike forward.įor the next few miles it was a memorable ride. With my left thumb, I pressed a round button on the BMW´s handlebar to activate the electronic suspension adjustment, then jabbed it twice more to change the front and rear shock setting from Comfort to Sports mode, firming up the damping. If I was going to keep up and follow him, I couldn´t afford to delay. This rider was quick and neat, and looked as though he knew where he was going. The guy on the blue-and-white K1200S flashed past me while I was cruising along in relaxed fashion on an identical bike, enjoying the view of the spectacular Alpine scenery near the German-Austrian border. Four cylinders, electronic suspension adjustment, 180mph performance – this is the new territory for BMW.Ĭan they cut it in the white-hot sportbike sector of the market? Time will tell, but Roland Brown reckons they´ve got a very strong chance indeed. The BMW K1200S is perhaps the most significant new model from the German factory in the last 20 years.
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