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Offline beemuker

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2018 K1600B WTF?
« on: September 22, 2021, 01:55:09 PM »
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2021, 03:14:26 PM »
Interesting custom job! 
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2021, 04:22:04 PM »
Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on September 22, 2021, 03:14:26 PM
Interesting custom job!

What's custom about it? Looks pretty stock to me.
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2021, 04:35:19 PM »
I'm massively impressed by the effort to make a BMW K1600 into a Ducati.  I mean, heck, the owner could have just gone out and bought a Ducati, couldn't they?  The attention to detail is awesome.
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2021, 05:42:37 PM »
Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on September 22, 2021, 04:35:19 PM
I'm massively impressed by the effort to make a BMW K1600 into a Ducati.  I mean, heck, the owner could have just gone out and bought a Ducati, couldn't they?  The attention to detail is awesome.

BMW is going after the cruiser market with the B. (Like they tried earlier with the R1200C.)It's mostly made for North America to get a slice of HD's market share. Over on the K1600 forum there's a fair amount of riders who switched from HD.
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2021, 06:00:18 PM »
Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on September 22, 2021, 04:35:19 PM
I'm massively impressed by the effort to make a BMW K1600 into a Ducati.
Quote from: frankenduck on September 22, 2021, 05:42:37 PM
BMW is going after the cruiser market with the B.
think  :popcorm
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2021, 07:51:24 PM »
Glad they finally got rid of that PITA driveshaft and went with a rubber band.
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2021, 10:32:31 PM »
I wonder if the wooden block you have to use with the stand an is included.?
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2021, 01:20:00 AM »
Quote from: beemuker on September 22, 2021, 10:32:31 PM
I wonder if the wooden block you have to use with the stand an is included.?

Not as much as our antique Ks but my K1600GT leans a bit too much on the side stand. I purchased an aftermarket add-on pad for mine so it's a bit more vertical on the side stand.
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2021, 06:59:21 AM »
Duck, are you seeing the same pictures as the rest of us? 
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2021, 09:18:44 AM »
Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on September 23, 2021, 06:59:21 AM
Duck, are you seeing the same pictures as the rest of us?
It's possible humidity in the rain forest of the Great Northwest is creating mildew on terminal screens. It it isn't removed, this is what happens.  :laughing4-giggles:
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2021, 10:37:43 AM »
Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on September 23, 2021, 06:59:21 AM
Duck, are you seeing the same pictures as the rest of us?

Arrgh, it morphed into a stock K1600, or it was all just another hallucination. 
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2021, 02:08:53 PM »
Quote from: Chaos on September 23, 2021, 10:37:43 AM
Arrgh, it morphed into a stock K1600, or it was all just another hallucination.
Ha. they went to a lot of trouble to make that BMW look like a Duc, I guess nobody liked that headlight, so they reversed it.  :laughing4-giggles:
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2021, 03:22:59 PM »
Quote from: beemuker on September 23, 2021, 02:08:53 PM
Ha. they went to a lot of trouble to make that BMW look like a Duc, I guess nobody liked that headlight, so they reversed it.  :laughing4-giggles:

The headlight is more or less the same at the other K1600 headlights from 2011 when the K1600 came out.  (And the K1600's adaptive headlight moves when you lean into the turns.)

When did the Duc bagger come out? BMW's came out in 2017.

Like BMW, Guzzi came out with a bagger in 2017 too. (they all want bagger market share.)
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Re: 2018 K1600B WTF?
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2021, 03:38:33 PM »
Quote from: frankenduck on September 23, 2021, 03:22:59 PM
The headlight is more or less the same at the other K1600 headlights from 2011 when the K1600 came out.  (And the K1600's adaptive headlight moves when you lean into the turns.)

When did the Duc bagger come out? BMW's came out in 2017.

Like BMW, Guzzi came out with a bagger in 2017 too. (they all want bagger market share.)

I was talking about the Ducati headlight being ugly. but i only saw  it from the side. Is the BMW's similar to the disappeared Duc? I've not seen that either.

Man , that Guzzi's riding position hurts my back just looking at the pic.
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