06-10-2023, 05:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-10-2023, 05:57 PM by TriangleRider.)
I spent today at the National. Air quality is back to a typical east coast summer...bad but with no visible smoke.
The rally was good and seemed well attended. Other than the smoke, the weather this weekend has been outstanding.
Holy crap, BMW sells a lot of GS's. Probably 2/3 of the bikes were GSs, with K16s coming in a distant second. Just about every GS had the required aluminum bags. There were a decent number of RTs, but I only saw four RSs, including mine, and one 1250R. As rare were the 4-cylinder bikes with one S1000XR and one S1000RR spotted.
Vendors reflected the heavy ADV rider population. Those guys have the space and money to farkle and the aftermarket knows it. It makes sense why there are so few aftermarket parts for the 1250R and 1250RS. Why would anyone bother designing anything that doesn't fit a GS?
The rally was good and seemed well attended. Other than the smoke, the weather this weekend has been outstanding.
Holy crap, BMW sells a lot of GS's. Probably 2/3 of the bikes were GSs, with K16s coming in a distant second. Just about every GS had the required aluminum bags. There were a decent number of RTs, but I only saw four RSs, including mine, and one 1250R. As rare were the 4-cylinder bikes with one S1000XR and one S1000RR spotted.
Vendors reflected the heavy ADV rider population. Those guys have the space and money to farkle and the aftermarket knows it. It makes sense why there are so few aftermarket parts for the 1250R and 1250RS. Why would anyone bother designing anything that doesn't fit a GS?