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Title: K1 worship
Post by: billday on March 27, 2012, 04:52:42 PM

http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-k1 (http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-k1)

Title: Re: K1 worship
Post by: frankenduck on March 27, 2012, 05:23:28 PM

Did you read all of the comments?  Several non-believers there. :giggles

Title: Re: K1 worship
Post by: billday on March 27, 2012, 07:22:23 PM

Yeah, I think it's fun to read the gamut of feelings about the K from a wider sample of motorcycle nuts (as opposed to motorcycle nuts who live and breath K).

The guy whose blog it is, I liked his reverence.

Title: Re: K1 worship
Post by: mystic red on March 27, 2012, 09:43:07 PM

Betcha Leno likes them.8)

Title: Re: K1 worship
Post by: BobZ(IL) on March 27, 2012, 10:25:00 PM

Laughed out loud at the Hasslehoff comment.

Title: Re: K1 worship
Post by: Red on May 21, 2012, 12:37:13 AM

We got them in my town. I am impressed with the K1. I have not had the opportunity yet to ride one yet .... hope to some day ... I've had the fortune to spend some time picking a friends mind, who works on the Beemer bikes, about the K1. This one was getting  some maintenance service work done ... it sure is a pretty thing.  :drool:

Title: Re: K1 worship
Post by: johnny on May 21, 2012, 12:42:11 AM

the ergos are too situpish for me...

j o

Title: Re: K1 worship
Post by: TaosBrick on May 21, 2012, 03:40:19 PM

Yah, they sure looks Kewl. Havn't seen one in NM yet.

Title: Re: K1 worship
Post by: frankenduck on May 21, 2012, 03:51:01 PM

I was never a big fan of them and thought of them as the red-headed stepchild of the K family.  Then I bought that one on Fleabay last year.  Riding that in some canyons in SoCal and then up the coast certainly changed my feelings about them.  Aside from having the turning radius of a Mac truck (I think BMW did that to keep the mirrors from  hitting the fairing) they're a decent bike.  I forget what the FD ratio is but it's taller  and mine gets about 15-20% better mileage than other 4V Ks I've owned.

(http://home.comcast.net/~smithduck/tours/bmwr_k1/bmwr_pics/IMG_3343.JPG)