Customer ran out of coffee yesterday, said don't worry I'll run up the shop. Grabbed his lid and gloves, stabbed the starter on his bmw s1000rr and was gone......my old crate would of stalled 9 times and still not been warmed up till well after we'd finished our coffees. Spent last night Googling bmw m1000r bikes, working out if I could get a straight swop for the 916 !
Mate had 4 1000r final one being the M1000r, fully loaded lovely bike. Just too heavy and powerful for most of the Welsh roads we rode. It was his final bike, doesn't ride any longer.
To be honest I'd be better off with a cheaper middle weight adventure/sports tourer and keep sps till I'm tooooo old.
Great bikes, dead easy to ride and pull like a train in all gears! Borrowed one to go the NW200. Couldn’t stop playing with the anti stall set up… witchcraft I tell thee…
His preference for riding was either a Triumph Street Triple or a KTM 790, but for posing on the BMW won out every time. His second favourite was his Hypermotard think it was the model before the 950, too old to be riding anything other than flat barred bikes as when I do ride they're all day affairs not suited to sports bikes for me.
Sold it and got an 890R which then got sold for the Monster SP which then got traded for the current Streetfighter V2. All much more useable on the roads
I bought a 300cc kymco for £1350. It's bloody brilliant. I'm not precious about it getting wet/dirty . It's great for exploring different smaller roads but will also top out at 96mph. Four of us have them now, great cheap fun biking.
