2009 BMW K1300R on test!

MCN’s Andy Downes is on the new BMW K1300 launch in Spain with three new bikes being ridden for the first time – the K1300 R naked bike, the faired S and the touring GT model and has now just stepped off the new BMW K1300R after riding the new K1300S earlier today. This is what he has to say.

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“If anything the roadster R is even better than the sports-tourer S I rode earlier – except for the tyres, that is.

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“The R is fitted with Continentals which aren’t a patch on the S’s Metzelers. That said, the R is a great bike.

“It’s great to hustle around the tight Spanish hairpins near Ronda, surprisingly there’s decent weather protection and there’s lots of nice detailing, too – it comes with crash mushrooms and mini indicators, for example, all as standard.”

Read more in the January 21 issue of MCN.