Mark Barnes - the philosophical approach to his RS

[Grumpy Goat]

So thanks to Ray posting about this article, I gave in to my curiosity and read it. I will confess, I was able, for the first time, to make it through to the end! Perhaps it is because it is about the RS ... but two things I can say about my take on the article.

1. It is not a review of the RS per se, and
2. I am exactly aligned with his view (even though I have not yet read ZAMM) and I did like what he had to say about his perception of it and its Quality. So much so that I will be linking to the article on the RSWb website.

Still don't know if I will be reading his articles ... at least not as an imperative. Maybe I will continue to make attempts, but given that BMW ON magazines are typically stored on my nightstand, the articles have to be Good and to have a more direct Quality for me to make it to the end ... Good and Quality, of course, meaning different things to different people.

The article reminds me that after 6 years of owning the RS I am yet to do a "review" - as an owner - on either my website or my YouTube Channel. I keep mulling over in my mind how I should approach it, and probably because I have so much to say, I keep procrastinating. Contrast that with the current "second bike" the Yamaha Tracer 900 GT. I recently put up a video about 5 things each that I love / hate / find "meh" about that bike and have a couple other review-type videos. But none of that for the RS. Yet.

One thing is for sure ... I have never gotten off ANY bike I have had thus far and said "What a bike!" or felt the same feelings as I do towards the bike, as I do after a good ride on, or a long distance tour with the R1200RS. Maybe that is the same manifestation of Quality that Barnes is alluding to.