Please talk me out of a used K1600GT

[Dr Jekyll]

Plenty of these about for under £10k, completely unnecessary for the kind of riding I do or would even like to do. Unreliable and with horrifying repair bills no doubt. But something about it being sheer extravagance while also oddly functional, like it's a 2 wheeled Lear jet, make it almost irresistible.

[Dr Jekyll]

I came across a report from a K1300GT owner who took his bike in for a 35000 mile service and also asked for new pads and discs and a handling issue to be investigated. The service itself came to £500 odd and the brake consumables about the same. Other bits and pieces mainly to do with suspension at both ends came to another £4000, most of this was necessary just to get it through an MOT.

On the other hand Simon Hargreaves explained in Ride magazine that the K1300 (maybe K1200 can't remember) is a much better tourer than the R1200RT because it only takes half as long to get from 90 to 120 in top gear.

So hardly my kind of bike. Though admittedly probably less extreme than the K1600.

[Dr Jekyll]

It's interesting that the depreciation is so high, looking at BMW PCP offers they quote a £8948 GFV on a model with a £17490 list price. Based on three years at 15,000 miles a year.

I really don't see that as realistic.

[Dr Jekyll]

Wedg1e said:

Baryonyx said:

I'm sure they're about 330kg!

About the same as a Pan Euro then, but somewhat nippier.
I recall a big BIKE mag tourer test with the K1600, an R-something BMW, the FJR13 and the 1300 Pan Euro.
Seem to recall they decided the K1600 was the mutt's nuts, the FJR was second, the other BMW third and the Pan last
By pure coincidence that whole issue was full of glossy adverts for BMWs.
Good to see that all that is sugar-coated is not palatable.

I saw that test as well and to be fair they didn't say the Pan was a bad bike. It was just that since the Pan came out other manufacturers have started including various handy gadgets while the Honda is much the same as it was 15 years ago.