Another John Clark loan bike!

[Man-of-Mystery]

Road this home today. It was a surprisingly nice ride.



I don't get on with the LCD display. Most of the time it's black on brown and scarcely visible...



... and of course I don't get on with the single indicator button, finding it a strain on my old arthritic thumb. Perhaps the most alarming thing, however, is the kick to the left when you blip the throttle. I don't know if this was due to the way this particular bike was set up, or is a characteristic of the model, but it's a long time since I felt a boxer yaw in that way. Other than that, it was a pleasure to ride.

[andy griff]

I felt the same with the dash on the test ride, but 1200 miles on I am very used to the display and its fine. There is a brightness setting if its too dim for you.

The computer does so much, it takes a while to work it all out - but much if its a loaner !

[Man-of-Mystery]

I felt the same with the dash on the test ride, but 1200 miles on I am very used to the display and its fine. There is a brightness setting if its too dim for you.

The computer does so much, it takes a while to work it all out - but much if its a loaner !

Yes, I felt it might have been worthwhile to have a read through the manual to see what was what, but it was just a case of jump-on-and-go.

[dave the german]

What did you think of those "funny" forks?

[Man-of-Mystery]

What did you think of those "funny" forks?

Same as those on an R Nine T aren't they? Didn't really make an impression one way or the other.

[dave the german]

Conventional forks were the one thing I didn't like on the RS

[Topcat]

Had one for the day on Saturday along with a F800R. The R12R had a real torque reaction thing going on, some right handers it needed a good counter steer push to get it turned. Not all the time, I think it depended on revs and possibly the road surface. Anyone had the same with the RS (because that is very nice ) and I'm tempted?

A good bike on the whole and for once a bike that I felt it was a little to short for me (they do a higher version), plus it would need a fairing for what I want it for. No issues with the forks Dave, but I ride an old Bandit daily and have got used to 'em by now. It's only after a long weekend with the R12S that I get the funny front end thing again

Liked the F800, good bike and handled very well.

[Man-of-Mystery]

Hi TC. I'm glad I wasn't alone in noticing that torque. Remarkably nice-looking bike, but I thought BMW had solved that particular feature/problem.

There's an urban story going round that when various police forces changed from Norton Commandos to Boxers, a large number of coppers crashed on left-handers, because they opened the throttle too soon and too harshly. That's going back a few decades.

I love the bike's lightness. If BMW dealt with that torque, and gave me the indicator buttons on each handlebar, I would retire Captain Black buy one.

[metropolis2k]

What did you think of those "funny" forks?

Same as those on an R Nine T aren't they? Didn't really make an impression one way or the other.

I found them way too soft on the R9T I test rode. The S1000R didn't have the same feeling (probably much firmer anyway plus the dynamic suspension helped).