Pauly S
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whats the going rate for a nice one with full luggage?
whats the comfortable riding/autobahn bashing speed on the bike? is the fairing as good as the 1150rt, ive ridden that, the fairing is fab.Gomez saw a nice one on ebay the other day...not sure if it had the luggage though...hope you find one soon
Morticia
whats the comfortable riding/autobahn bashing speed on the bike? is the fairing as good as the 1150rt, ive ridden that, the fairing is fab.
ive ridden loads of 1150s but never an 1100, any noticeable difference in power?/performance.

I'm currently using an R1100RT as a loan bike, it's great to ride - after giving it a good fettle it is without doubt one of the smoothest 1100 bikes i've ever ridden.
Ask the customers who've used it , two have tried to buy it off me - todays customer is coming back tomorrow to take it out on a longer test ride and wants to throw lots of spondulicks at me for it..
i'm coming to the conclusion this may be the way to go,whats a 30k bog standard bike worth in nice fettle.?

I tavelled across Gemany on one a few years ago. 500 miles in 6 hours including 3 stops for food & fuel.whats the comfortable riding/autobahn bashing speed on the bike? is the fairing as good as the 1150rt, ive ridden that, the fairing is fab.

whats the going rate for a nice one with full luggage?
i bet he wont sell for £2.5k? thats my budget, that allows me to buy a 2009 800gs as well.There is a very nice 1150RT for sale on here right now.![]()
i went to watford to have a look at '98 r1100rt, a very nice machine indeed, 22k, side cases, tank bag,sat nav mount,corbins f and r, for £2950, what a first class cracking machine,all good, except i hated it, couldnt get on with it,it was just cramped by comparison with the gs, it felt all wrong.
Its a shame really on paper it ticked all the right boxes, but i just didnt feel at home on it.
Ah well,that ends this thread.Its strange really i had an 1150 rt and that felt fine, i seem to remember the bars being a lot wider on the 1150rt too.Dunno, bloody motorbikes..
details here,be quick though was a nice bike wont hang round long
Shame you didn't adjust the seat to a higher poistion.
If it's on it's lowest setting, you're too close to the foot pegs and your knees will feel like they're round your ears...
Takes 30 seconds and there are a useful few inches of adjustment.