Tuesday, January 06, 2009

2007 BMW K 1200 GT reviews

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  • Big-bike touring: Captain Kirk would have approved (Motoring.co.za)

    Big-bike touring: Captain Kirk would have approved

    Model(s) covered: 2007 Kawasaki 1400 GTR, 2007 BMW K 1200 GT, 2007 Honda ST 1300 Pan European

    The weather gods weren't kind when we rode from Johannesburg to Hazyview. They were amusing themselves by seeing just how much rain and fog they could dispense before making us turn around and go home.

    But they weren't counting on the weather protection of the Starship Enterprises of the biking world we were straddling: Kawasaki's 1400 GTR, BMW's K1200 GT and Honda's ST 1300 Pan European.

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  • BMW's K1200 GT: Prince of long-distance bikes (Motoring.co.za)

    BMW's K1200 GT: Prince of long-distance bikes

    Model(s) covered: 2007 BMW K 1200 GT

    RAF Hawkinge in southern England was the British airfield closest to German-occupied France during the Second World War's Battle of Britain. The intensity of aerial combat above it saw this part of the Garden of England nicknamed "Hellfire Corner".
    Many young men died here and the wreckage of their Messerschmitts, Hurricanes and Spitfires is still sometimes unearthed in fields. Many mechanical relics are on display at a museum that occupies part of this old airfield that is popular with men fascinated by the technology with which Winston Churchill's "few" fought.

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