Why is this cl k1200 so cheap?

[beemuker]

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

[richarddacat]

Why?

14yrs old and its a K bike?

[beemuker]

so would you prefer an r? are they more expensive used?

[The Mighty Gryphon]

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.

[richarddacat]

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.

[johnny]

k motos with a 2 or 3 or 6 in the model number are over engineered pieces of whack...

whack whack whack...

j o

[beemuker]

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?

[johnny]

k75s was good the day it left the wooom... most likely you were too... butts age changes everything...

j o

[F14CRAZY]

Wow that is cheap.

Perhaps it has a salvage title?

[richarddacat]

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

[Kontoboy]

 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."

[beemuker]

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

[bocutter Ed]

rightfully earned the moniker "Flying Brick."

Can a "transverse-mounted, inline-four" be called a brick?

[Kontoboy]

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.

[F14CRAZY]

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."

edit:

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

[whiteout]

What were they asking for it? The CL ad had been taken down when I first saw this thread.

john

[beemuker]

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.