06-23-2015, 01:47 AM
Sold my R1200GS and got the CB. Considered an R but costs just irritated me too much.
BMW great bike, smooth and powerful. After more than fifty years they definitely have the bike right. Maintenance expensive, parts outrageous. Not a do it yourself friendly brand, special tools out the wazoo. Plenty of farkles around though. Wife rode a BMW for several years also, sold it to a neighbor who still rides it. Good bikes but they are definitely German - good and bad.
I bought a CB for more than $10,000 less than an R1200R. That's a lot of gas money.
Price wasn't only factor but I figured I could get the new CB to ride every single day and pick up an older R100 for restoring and wasting riding time on. Never too many motorcycles in the garage.
BMW great bike, smooth and powerful. After more than fifty years they definitely have the bike right. Maintenance expensive, parts outrageous. Not a do it yourself friendly brand, special tools out the wazoo. Plenty of farkles around though. Wife rode a BMW for several years also, sold it to a neighbor who still rides it. Good bikes but they are definitely German - good and bad.
I bought a CB for more than $10,000 less than an R1200R. That's a lot of gas money.
Price wasn't only factor but I figured I could get the new CB to ride every single day and pick up an older R100 for restoring and wasting riding time on. Never too many motorcycles in the garage.