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The Highlights:

Ownership: Single owner since new (Purchased 2007).

Mileage: 50,xxx km.

Status: High Road certified mechanically perfect

Suspension: Wilbers 630/641 Shocks ($3,000 upgrade) – transformational handling.

The Mechanical Ledger:

Full 50k Service: Including brake fluid flush and system check ($1,000).

Ignition Coils (Nov 2019): All four replaced ($1,400).

New Clutch (Nov 2017): Fully addressed the common K12 grumble ($3,000).

Tires: Michelin Road 4s (Approx. 60-70% life remaining).

The Ride Experience:
This is a fantastic bike, and I’m selling it only because I bought a 2015 K1300s M, same bike with more farkles (and for a lot more money).

For those who are not familiar, it is an exceptional bike, combining stupidfastness, great handling, and comfort. This bike does it all – BMW’s “hypersport touring” bike that, when it came out, set the lap record for motorcycles at Nürburgring, the gold standard of racetracks. Yet, super-comfortable to do a week of 5-6 hour days 2-up (at sub-light or warp speed) with both you and your passenger getting off happy. 0-60 mph in 2.9, real max speed 280 km/h. There’s really no new bike to compare.

Very, very fast, and very smooth. It’s happy cruising around at legal speeds, powerful enough at fairly low revs, but when you start hitting the powerband at 6K (redline at 11K), it becomes a wild animal, with a sound between a big cat closing on the kill and the turbines of the Death Star spooling up to destroy a planet. And you’ll hit well over 200 km/h very quickly if you want (and I know it’s still pulling at 260). Handling is surprisingly good for a big bike - it feels like a lot smaller one, and it’s good in the twisties. The Hossack front end prevents brake dive. The Wilbers make it very agile. You’ll have no trouble keeping up with, and even staying ahead of, your Ducatisti friends, and your body won’t hurt after the ride.

BMW pulled no punches with the engineering, which was way ahead of its time, and really unmatched. It’s a shame they dropped this line; in my opinion, it’s the best bike BMW made, and if they were making new ones, I’d buy one immediately.

A few reviews, tech explanations:
https://www.k-bikes.com/threads/absolutely-the-most-detailed-description-of-the-k1200s-ive-come-across.3076/
https://www.webbikeworld.com/bmw-k1200s/
https://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/bmw/2005-bmw-k-1200-s-2799.html
https://soundrider.com/archive/bikes/bmw_K1200S.aspx
https://www.roadrunner.travel/motorcycles/bmw-k1200s/
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/bmw/k1200s/2004/


The Caveat:
Full transparency: The bike has minor cosmetic gouging on the fairings from low-speed parking lot drops during a technical skills course. It’s purely aesthetic; the bike has been professionally inspected and remains as sharp as ever. If you want a mechanically sorted K1200S that handles better than any stock bike on the road, this is the one. And if you wanted to, $750 or so will get you new aftermarket fairings.

Excellent, except some cosmetic damage to fairing

Vancouver