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All this isn’t to say the six isn’t exciting to use, just that it has a remarkably different character to most other motorcycle engines. It’s an all-new engine intended to adapt the traditional benefits of BMW’s luxury performance cars to a new flagship touring bike. Even feel — something traditionally absent from large motorcycles and problematic on ones with alternative front suspension — is extremely good.

The GT competes with (admittedly less expensive) bikes like the Kawasaki Concours 14 and Yamaha FJR1300, absolutely blowing them away with its handling, flexible engine performance, quality and feature content. But, the GTL will also out handle and outperform either of those, with a full-size adult reclining on the back rest in complete comfort.In practice, that means full-throttle, multi-gear acceleration runs don’t scare the crap out of you the same way they would on the S1000RR but you’ll be able to access a very healthy amount of acceleration at any speed in any gear.

All the way down, they’re just high enough to interupt vision, while all the way up, looking through two sheets of plastic (visor and screen) feels weird and there’s a curious amount of forward pressure against your back and helmet as the air curls back against you.Come join the discussion about performance, accessories, modifications, touring, classifieds, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more! iDrive remains a good example, where that car system was traditionally panned by reviewers who only ever experienced it for hours or days at a time, owners operating it in the long term where able to learn to operate it easily after spending weeks and months with it. While the K1600 would literally run rings around the Honda, the Goldwing is going to shrug it off with its much more relaxed riding experience. It also uses a level of equipment normally seen only on exotic superbikes — the valve and clutch covers are magnesium, for example. Sadly I can only think of 4 options and most of them will appear to be sarcasm although it's not intentional.

Roll on the throttle and you can be confident the rear wheel will stay in line as the huge spread of torque shoves you out of the corner. That broad torque curve is also way more friendly to fast mountain road riding than a peaky four-cylinder. I struggle to reach my Big O' from sex but we found a way to incorporate a small vibe to counteract that obstacle.I’d actually play with the three levels of optional seat heigh available at no-cost from dealers before fitting a different screen. Still you'd think they wouldn't want direct links to pornography in threads all over their main forum. Riding the K1600, the front and rear tires are able to communicate what they’re doing to you in an immediate, intimate way normally reserved for sportsbikes. I repeatedly found myself trying to turn down the stereo volume and instead resetting the oil change service intervals.

For the most part the community has been good at keeping this talk mostly inside the designated porn thread. Extreme care has been taken in packaging that engine so its size and configuration doesn’t negatively affect the bike’s dynamics or ergonomics. It uses a dry sump so it can sit as low as possible, dropping the center of gravity; the cylinder sleeves only sit 5mm apart, making that slimness possible; the gearbox is a triple stack design, making it incredibly thin too.Tilted forward at 55 degrees, the frame passes over, rather than around the 22-inch width and making the whole bike surprisingly slim.