Originally Posted by Old Fox

Great stuff there Haroon. A tremendous effort to collect, collate and put up info this detailed.

Love German engineering for its sheer solidity and user-friendliness. The removable mirrors, the sheer simplicity of seat height adjustment, the suspension adjustment accessibility all reek of thought and sympathy for the rider. These are true blue honest to God touring machines and don't pretend to be anything else. Just great!

What amazed me most was the 19Ah battery that comes as standard. Compare that to the puny 8.6 Ah they give with the R1. I have to keep one projector lamp permanently disconnected to allow the horns to be effective when the cooling fans were working on the bike. The battery just isn't able to take the load of all three (the fans, the lights and the horn). Crazy!

Thanks for this amazing 'walk-through' through the world of BMW bikes.