Hello all,
I’ve just been out on an S1000xr for around an hour or so from Pidcock BMW at Long Eaton. As you all are no doubt aware a very VERY capable bike, I tested all the modes love the Dynamic mode love the way it makes the bike react to the slightest twitch on the throttle. With only an hour I will say that there is no way I got close to the edge of the bikes pretension or a full understanding of each of the modes however I gave it a good go. I do like the fact that you can swap modes on the fly.
Much like the K’s I’ve had "of which I've had three a K1200s and two K1300s's" I do like the fact that you can blip through the suspension modes on the fly much like the riding modes.
At around 1.75 meters I found that the bike is a little tall for me, after a chat with one of the sales guys, there is a lowering kit for the bike which would make the bike just about the right height for me. There is one other issue I, the handlebars are too wide for me, I felt that my shoulders were being stretched out to the limit.
I like wide bars but they are just too wide, at close to fourteen and a half thousand pounds for the bike and the extras I’d have to buy the bike needs to be close to perfect for me but alas it’s not, I’m now in a bit of a quandary about the bike.
Does anyone know if there are some aftermarket bars that are 75mm or so narrower?
