Having a play with Mr B-King

[GS TRV]

Seeing as my darling Busa was having a service it only seemed fair to have a play with a demo B-King

Interesting looks for sure

 

[GS TRV]

First impressions? This thing is ENORMOUS

 

[Deleted account 230523001]

C`mon.......whazza power like???? and the handling.

 

[GS TRV]

Cute wee console

 

[GS TRV]

The heart of the matter - based on the K8 Busa - any similarites?

read on

 

[GS TRV]

Looks? Well not sooo bad looking if you manage to get it at the right angle

 

[D6]

prefer the k1200r bmw

 

[GS TRV]

I have a nice 75mile test route with all manner of terrain. The first part is a 15 mile Autobahn route.

After settling in to a fairly upright position - a LOT diff from the Busa and definitely ideal for round town etc. On the inital a/bahn stretch this proved to be it's downfall The engine lumbers along in a relaxed way with oodles of torque - at 80mph this is fine but anything more and you'll be doing an Eddie Lawson impression while the wind seems to want to blow you off the top. I tried to max it out over a long open stretch but the buffetting was well scarey at 220km/h and i had a 540D BMW trying to get past - just my luck not to have the Busa tonight

A/bahn B-King 0 Busa 1

 

[GS TRV]

Comfort - its a winner

Nice deep padded and wide rider's seat make it well comfy

Only downside would be the forward edge of the pillion perch - kept digging in to my back and forcing me to sit futher forward than I would have liked. Just a personal thing. All together though, the bar/footpeg/seat arrangement makes a comfy perch and more relaxed than what I'm used.

Score after Comfort B-King 1 Busa 1

 

[Blackal]

I don't think I've ever been offered any loan bike - never mind a BKing

Saw one with Akrapovic cans - certainly helped out the aesthetics for sure

Al

 

[Nick Marshall]

quite liked it

Seeing as my darling Busa was having a service it only seemed fair to have a play with a demo B-King

Interesting looks for sure

but that back end is SO SO WRONG!!!! not that bad with the 2 bros silencers, anyway gave it a miss and got another K1200R...

 

[Arsey]

but that back end is SO SO WRONG!!!! not that bad with the 2 bros silencers, anyway gave it a miss and got another K1200R...

I would concur with the great Nicklaus Von Marshall :

Still bloody ugly though.

 

[GS TRV]

before we talk about going let's talk about stopping

As u see from the foto we are not talking the wooden half-ass BUsa K8 brakes - THESE are the real deal and literally a gentle one-fongered dab on the lever is sufficient to bring you sliding forward on the seat big time - best brakes I've used on the road ever

Only letdown are the forks which reminded me of a 650Strom i used to own - completely undersprung resulting in fork dive of irritating proportions

but on brakes alone the B is the winner by a country mile

score after brakes

B-King 2 Busa 1

 

[GS TRV]

Engine - i lent the bike to a friend who owns a Tuono. He came back saying how enormous the bike felt and how peaky the engine seemed. He says his Tuono as it's a twin has much more grunt low down. I could only compare it to a Busa which feels a lot sharper and eager lower down. Mine has an R77 and that's it but the Busa definitely feels quicker and obviously isnt limited aerodynamically so you can actually use the power - a/bahns permitting of course.

After engine

B-King 2 Busa 2