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Title: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: beemuker on March 20, 2015, 12:16:37 PM
is it because it's an rs? looks to me the more 'naked' ones go for more used. I can also see the :look: may not be to everyones taste. but for a long trip this looks the ticket.I live about 5 hrs from Seattle, I'd like to take er for a spin.hmm, do I really need 2, I just got a K75s thaT I have to finish settng up.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/mcy/4911049111.html
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: richarddacat on March 20, 2015, 12:19:27 PM
Why?

14yrs old and its a K bike?
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: beemuker on March 20, 2015, 12:26:00 PM
so would you prefer an r? are they more expensive used?
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: The Mighty Gryphon on March 20, 2015, 12:42:55 PM
When I look at a 1200 I see nightmare to work on.  $$$$$ at the dealer, hours and hours out in my garage, even for basic maintenance jobs.  Very scary on an older bike.
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: richarddacat on March 20, 2015, 12:53:41 PM

so would you prefer an r? are they more expensive used?
Personally if it's not an Airhead I'd pass on any late model R.
Haven't priced either lately but I feel there's less love for old K's.
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: johnny on March 20, 2015, 01:31:26 PM
k motos with a 2 or 3 or 6 in the model number are over engineered pieces of whack...

whack whack whack...

j o
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: beemuker on March 20, 2015, 01:33:53 PM
k motos with a 2 or 3 or 6 in the model number are over engineered pieces of whack...

j o
so K75s, I'm good?
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: johnny on March 20, 2015, 01:47:15 PM
k75s was good the day it left the wooom... most likely you were too... butts age changes everything...

j o
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: F14CRAZY on March 20, 2015, 03:54:56 PM
Wow that is cheap.

Perhaps it has a salvage title?
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: richarddacat on March 20, 2015, 04:23:31 PM

Wow that is cheap.

Perhaps it has a salvage title?
Looks about right per NADA.

http://www.nadaguides.com/Motorcycles/2001/BMW/K1200RS_-1171cc/Values
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: Kontoboy on March 27, 2015, 10:43:33 AM
 Buyer beware.  The k1200 '98-04 are prone to leaking rear main seals and to final drive bearing failures, expensive repairs beyond most home mechanics capability.  Other than that they have been reliable and powerful mounts that have rightfully earned the moniker "Flying Brick."
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: beemuker on March 27, 2015, 11:34:13 AM
Buyer beware.  The k1200 '98-04 are prone to leaking rear main seals and to final drive bearing failures, expensive repairs beyond most home mechanics capability.  Other than that they have been reliable and powerful mounts that have rightfully earned the moniker "Flying Brick."
so are the earlier K's more desirable [k100/k1100] from a repair standpoint
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: bocutter Ed on March 27, 2015, 12:46:48 PM
rightfully earned the moniker "Flying Brick."

Can a "transverse-mounted, inline-four" be called a brick?
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: Kontoboy on March 27, 2015, 05:41:56 PM
I believe many K-bike riders would say the older K's are more desirable, and the market prices bear that out to an extent.  I have an '87 K75 and a '99 K1200RS but to me they are very different bikes each with their own quirks and qualities.

I wouldn't apply the Brick moniker to the transverse K's.  They haven't earned it, they don't have the longitudinal brick look to the cylinder head, and I'm just a old fart set in my ways.
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: F14CRAZY on March 27, 2015, 07:21:36 PM
Buyer beware.  The k1200 '98-04 are prone to leaking rear main seals and to final drive bearing failures, expensive repairs beyond most home mechanics capability.  Other than that they have been reliable and powerful mounts that have rightfully earned the moniker "Flying Brick."

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Buyer beware.  The K75 '85-95 are prone to having stripped driveshaft splines and needing moly grease eveyr other season, expensive repairs beyond most home mechanics capability.  Other than that they have been reliable and powerful mounts that have rightfully earned the moniker "Flying Brick."[/quote

moral or the story: if it's not one thing it's another

Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: whiteout on March 28, 2015, 11:28:28 AM
What were they asking for it? The CL ad had been taken down when I first saw this thread.

john
Title: Re: Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?
Post by: beemuker on March 28, 2015, 06:08:39 PM
What were they asking for it? The CL ad had been taken down when I first saw this thread.

john
I don't remember {CRS disorder} I think 2,500 or 3k.