It's a 2006 K6 1000, standard apart from screen, brake hoses and hugger.
Fuel tank is 18 litres and it will do around 200 miles to empty. It's very comfy for a sportsbike, and will take soft luggage. I just use a tail pack and keep down to one spare sock.
Pillions must be certified first, as it's really grim on the back. I've not taken a pillion on this one, but I had a K2, and 2-up it was wheelying on the power at 120 in third - great fun, kind of make-believe MotoGP!!
It's a big pussycat really, and holds few surprises, although you need to be careful in the first 2 (or 3) gears. Fuelling is spot on, it'll pull top strongly from 40mph, and will indicate 174 with 2 gears to go.
It's basically all they rave about in the mags, but it's nigh on impossible to do it justice on the road.
I really recommend that everyone should try riding one (not necessarily mine) as it's quite an eye-opener.
What is "Fast Bikes" beef with the R1200S?
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Ja,it was quite an eye opener when I tried last years model.The one with one ugly exhaust pipe.This years model comes with two ugly pipes and a few kilos more also...
Even with BMW making the R1200S just as "sporty" as the mighty GSXR with leaving the passenger pad off as also the practical but "heavy" centerstand and despite the "sportier" because smaller 17 liter tank the mighty GSXR is still faster...
But everything is relative;to the MotoGP heroes the GSXR1000 must feel like a heavy,underpowered lump a.k.a. sports-tourer despite being as useless (no bags,nock rack,no pad for the missus,no centerstand) and even sportier than their MotoGP bikes with the 18 vs 22 liter tank...
Maybe it time even for Suzuki to offer a shaft driven,two up bag/rack/stand version with MotoGP tank-size;GSXR1000-ST anyone?!
I'd still rather have the R1200S-T since I really don't like boring 4 cylinder car engines...
Even with BMW making the R1200S just as "sporty" as the mighty GSXR with leaving the passenger pad off as also the practical but "heavy" centerstand and despite the "sportier" because smaller 17 liter tank the mighty GSXR is still faster...
But everything is relative;to the MotoGP heroes the GSXR1000 must feel like a heavy,underpowered lump a.k.a. sports-tourer despite being as useless (no bags,nock rack,no pad for the missus,no centerstand) and even sportier than their MotoGP bikes with the 18 vs 22 liter tank...
Maybe it time even for Suzuki to offer a shaft driven,two up bag/rack/stand version with MotoGP tank-size;GSXR1000-ST anyone?!
I'd still rather have the R1200S-T since I really don't like boring 4 cylinder car engines...