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Author Topic: K 1200 R  (Read 893 times)

Offline Lucky_Lou

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K 1200 R
« on: August 08, 2011, 03:55:26 PM »
Looking at an add for one of these and it says "Electronic Suspension" anyone have any experiance with these..
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Offline dav

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Re: K 1200 R
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2011, 02:42:57 AM »
Lou, its just a pump on the rear shock which is controlled by a button near the blinker cluster. It has different settings, sport, comfort, two up etc... On my R1200R i have't used it much, i just keep it on the comfort setting which makes the rear shock 'spongey' ive tried the 'sport' setting but its to bloody hard & you can feel every little bump in the road.

But yeah, its the way of the future Lou, everything will be controlled by bloody senors & whiz bang electronic stuff. Not many 'basic' bikes left on the showroom floor these days.  
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Offline nhmaf

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Re: K 1200 R
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2011, 11:45:02 AM »
And more things that can go wrong and possibly leave you stranded on the roadside, too!
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