Super Fast, Super Strong Cool Bikes

BMW Motorrad ushers in a new era for sport-touring riders with the fast, fun and versatile K1200GT. Based on the enigmatic K1200S and K1200R platform, the K1200GT offers up all the performance you could possibly need from a touring machine while simultaneously providing creature comforts that will endear it to Beemer aficionados as well as those not yet afflicted with a taste for BMW’s Teutonic quirkiness

BMW North America chose the rugged red-rock desert of Northern Arizona as the backdrop for the U.S. launch of this latest addition to the super-sport-touring class. The K1200GT is stacked with components and numbers that look great on paper. Topping the list is a motor that produces a claimed 152 horsepower, EVO Paralever rear suspension, Duolever front end and a rock-steady aluminum composite chassis wrapped in aerodynamically-friendly bodywork. After spending a day at the controls of the new K, I can honestly tell you that getting from Point A to Point B with saddlebags full of sundries has rarely been so much fun. (more…)