I hope BMW does very well with these bikes. They seem to be very nice.
All I can say after owning it for 3 weeks, today, and putting 550 miles on it (that’s 150 past break-in) is:
1. It is built like a BMW. All class, great engineering, everything in its place, and it all works well so far!
2. Goes like stink to an 8.5K rpm red-line, until my eyeballs hurt (and I wear a nice, light Shoei X-11 full face helmet), stops linear with upright dive-avoid ABS as fast or faster than it goes. (If you overdo the front brake, the suspension tightens; do it in the right range and it doesn’t).
3. Handles with leg pushes (arms nearly superfluous) with low COG, light on its feet, side to side flick-ability, but stable in the wind, and going straight as an arrow referenced to a white highway line at 85+ through mountain passes.
4. Gets a solid 60+ mpg, I have filled its 5 gallon tank 2X since I own it (my third tankful was Friday night, so it still full). My car will pull 22 mpg riding the same stretches).
I love it. Have a rear seat cover, LED replacement taillight, and RKA tank bag and sport saddle bags on order for it, too. Should have all those things, and pics to go with by the end of the month (the RKA order ships 4/27/07).
I want saddlebags that go on AND COME OFF with no mounting hardware left. Week-wise, the tank bag alone will do.
Anyone want to buy a nice Chase Harper set of tank bag and saddlebags (the tank bag is magnetic) at a low price?
By the way your ST is nice-I almost bought one before my last bike, a Suzuki Bandit ABS edition. All three have the same riding position. I guess we like it, but I’ve never had leg cramps. I use my legs like the Pridmore’s taught me to do 11 years ago in CLASS. It is much easier to do on this low COG bike. You can’t believe what a low COG 400 lbs bike can do just with leg throws.
