Brian from Colorado Springs CO

[Grumpy Goat]

   Made the mistake of stopping by the BMW dealership a few days ago. I was just killing time while my 690 enduro was getting new sneakers at the other dealer a few miles away.
   Saw this 2022 RS 1250 Sport sitting there with a “great deal on 2022s” sticker on it. Gorgeous bike and I fell in love and after a little back and forth I bought it. 

   I’ve been riding for a long time and have had a few different bikes over the years, from dirt bikes to sport to adventure bikes and even a few standards and one cruiser. Within the last few years I’ve sold the adventure bike, (to tall/heavy) got rid of the cruiser that I had used for longer trips before that, (I hated it for several reasons) and down sized to the dirt bike. You can’t really tour on a KTM 690. 
   I didn’t want another adventure bike for the same reasons I got rid of the last one and I don’t want a true touring bike because of their size and weight. The RS seems perfect so here I am.

Welcome to the Forum Community! Glad you were able to activate yourself. 

By comparing the other bikes you had to the type of riding you seem to want to do (when not off-roading with the KTM), it is clear to me that you will be very pleased with the RS. If you think you love it now, just wait until you start doing some longer trips like the ones you used to do on the cruiser. 

When I first got my RS it was definitely not love at first sight, as was the case with you. I saw it as some sort of "weirdo bike" that looks like a muscular sport bike but with two weird sticking out bits at the sides. Test rode it and was laughing my head off at how it weirdly was easy to ride, and how it was like a scooter or like a train or like a sport bike, depending on your mood and the twist of the wrist. Got it home after that and wondered, what the hell did I just go and do. That was, until I came back from my first long distance multi-day trip. The website RSWasserboxer.com was born just after that, and then this Forum Community followed.

It doesn't do off-road so your KTM will handle that need, but otherwise, the RS will be perfect for you, I think. Being in Colorado you will love riding it there as some of us did on our visit to Gunnison in Sept-2020.

Also, as Lee suggested, you might want to consider joining the BMW MOA because this association is very special in terms of the people, events, benefits, etc. So much so that even if you ended up not having a BMW (ownership somehow not required) you'd still want to be a member.