Took the R1250R to work today. As it’s only 7 miles to work I took the long way home. Well, I need to give it a longer to run to help run her in.
It’s a long time since I rode the demo bike. But yeah, I find the throttle very sensitive and immediate, and the bike is generally sensitive to input as a whole. Was definitely happy to discover the gearbox is as sweet as a nut. I have no idea why road riders want quick shifters – the beemer snicks through the gears just as smoothly as my old thou.
I did occur to me on my ride home that I hardly ever touch the brakes on this thing – the engine breaking is quite pronounced.
Oh and that torque – you twist the throttle, there’s then a sort of farty noise and it just sits up and takes off. At some point I need to switch the traction control off as I’m sure it’s keeping the front wheel down all the time. I’m limited to 5000rpm running in – but that’s 90mph – so yeah plenty of fun to be had on this even running it in.
The one thing I don’t like at the mo is the mirrors. I’m used to the mirrors being forward of me, plus when I do look in them it’s a different perspective you get than from the Fazer’s mirrors. It’s like I have to think to use em, and think again when using them.
Still lots of salt and grit about but it’s done dry so not sticking to the bike, but there’s so much of it about and with so little traffic it’s accumulating here and there – a bit of a hazard.
Anyway, probably take it to work tomorrow, and I think I’m due a detour to my favourite butchers on the way home.