K1200S Panels in Carbon Fiber

[OSM62]

Hey,

At the Bikermeeting, they present a K1200S completly in carbon.

weight of the K1200s:

Stock = 245 kg/539 lbs
with carbon parts = 237 kg/522 lbs

Price between 3000 and 4000 Euro.

[spalding12]

very interesting
but the have to get rid of those yellow wheels for THAT bike
why would they put all that carbon fiber on that bike..... and the high-gloss black color.... to leave the wheels yellow?

they need to be black as well

greg

[SHIVA]

Nice job. The black frame on the bike is a great match. They obviously swapped the panels on a sun yellow/black bike. The bike looks stunning. What it needs in addition to black rims, are black exhaust/pillion peg bracket and a CF exhaust. The exhaust alone will further reduce 18 lbs and bring the bike close to 500lbs. S

[TRAINER]

I could only imagine how much that cost - ZOINKS!

[SHIVA]

Michael is saying about 4000 Euros.

[Solaris]

4000 EUROS!!!!

Did the guy ran aout of money to put a CF exhaust pipe? The original one looks quite..... weird in that CF covered bike!

That's----- bloody expensive anyway!!! No thanks!

[Che]

If you have to ask how much it costs then you can't afford it anyway.

[agilani01]

http://www.ilmberger-carbon.de/k1200s.htm

[Guest]

Would it be possible to get a custom Carbon Fiber "wrap" to go over the existing exhaust can? Even if it's not real CF, at least it would have the CF look to match the rest.

I wish BMW would have gone the whole way with the multi-color bikes and not cheesed out on things like the rear peg/exhaust hanger frame. If they were willing to paint the frame black, they should have made a black version of that as well. I guess they figured that it would match the exhaust (since it's the same on all color schemes of the bike) and therefore they could save money by making only one type for all of the bikes.

I'm considering taking an extra set of panels and making an all black high-gloss version of my bike that I can swap when I want to, but I have the silver frame so I'd need to consider whether I'd leave it that way or have some kind of removable tape or something to make it look black. Also, I have two stock exhaust cans and one Laser HotCam, so I'd like to take one of the stock cans and cover it in a heat-resistant Carbon Fiber wrap - or maybe just have it painted black, if I can find a high-gloss paint that that will adhere to both the high-polish and matte stainless and be heat resistant.

[evoluzione]

kl3640,

we have been doing a booming business of black powdercoating the footpegs, hangers, etc.. we also have a local ceramic coating business that can ceramic coat your entire exhaust (including muffler) in nice satin black. it runs about $400 and we can do it on an exchange basis.

[CarbIntegral1US]

I have to agree with the gentleman above. The bike looks awesome but those yellow rims really have to go. Can any of you imagine The carbon integral helmet, the pro race suit and this bike with some black rims>...... (having mental image overload.)

[OSM62]

Hey,

all Parts now availble like this:




Parts ans prices here:


http://www.pack-parts.com/index.php/cPa ... a5d7b196af

[Kevlar]

Michael,

Are you the distributor for this stuff?

I am interested to know what is the quality of this product.

Also, does the exhaust hanger eliminate the rear passenger peg?

I particularly like the tank panels. I need to lose the ugly matte silver on the black/yellow bike.

Thanks.

Mark

[OSM62]

Michael,

Are you the distributor for this stuff?

Mark

No.

[evoluzione]

we are a distributor for the cfp carbon parts. we are located in southern california and can ship thoughout the u.s..

[jewilson]

Hey,

all Parts now availble like this:




Parts ans prices here:

http://www.pack-parts.com/index.php/cPa ... a5d7b196af

SO THE TANK CARBON FIBER COVER, DOES IT COMPLETEY REPLACE THE PLASTIC TANK/BATT COVERS? OR IS IT JUST A COVER?

Cheers

[wfm]

Just curious. Do you have a weight comparison between the stock and CF pieces? How much weight did you save?

[jewilson]

This forum always amazes me. The majority of people on this board will not respond to you. Maybe BMW riders or Snob or their mechanically literate.

[Solaris]

Without knowing the product I can say with 99% degree of accuracy, that it is made in carbon fiber. It´s not only a sticker or something.

[Ignore Amos]

Do you have any thing nice or useful to say???

This forum always amazes me. The majority of people on this board will not respond to you. Maybe BMW riders or Snob or their mechanically literate.

I see you have 32 post and I don't have any interest in reading any of them if they too are sooo negative.... You know most people have busy lives and are not just sitting around waiting to answer your questions...have patience- I have found nothing but curtious and knowledgeable posts at this forum. I saw in another part of this forum that you were bashing BMW's..and the K1200s in particular, your opinion is welcome but doesn't seem well informed- do you own a K1200S/R? ridden one extensivley? if you do or have- I find your opinions curious.

[Solaris]

I was polite to reply, but I agree with Ignore Amos.

I also have red some opinions of yours about BMW and I found them strange (not to say aggressive). Any reason for that?

As far as I was able to see, since I joined this Forum, most people here is polited and more or less well-informed about this bike. Most of they (us) are owners or serious candidates to be.

It's not that your opinion is not welcome. It's just the tone that might have/should be...let's say.... improved. But this is only my opinion.

In a nutshell: Your're welcome, mate. Just take it easy and cool down.

[Eka]

SO THE TANK CARBON FIBER COVER, DOES IT COMPLETEY REPLACE THE PLASTIC TANK/BATT COVERS? OR IS IT JUST A COVER?
Cheers

I think this was a reasonable question (without caps lock). I think those are completely replacements. After this question i'm only 99% sure anymore. Those frame protectors and maybe something in the exhaust caps are just covers. Correct, if i'm wrong.

[huecodoc]

This forum always amazes me. The majority of people on this board will not respond to you. Maybe BMW riders or Snob or their mechanically literate.

Maybe you meant to say "Maybe BMW riders are snobs or they're mechanically illiterate."

This is a thread spanning July to January. Patience, just a little.

[jewilson]

This forum always amazes me. The majority of people on this board will not respond to you. Maybe BMW riders or Snob or their mechanically literate.

Maybe you meant to say "Maybe BMW riders are snobs or they're mechanically illiterate."

This is a thread spanning July to January. Patience, just a little.

I'm not trying to offend to you all; however the majority of questions I’ve asked seem to go unanswered. Of course I don't think everyone that has a Beemer is snob, nor do I believe all the folks here or mechanically literate. I was determined to get a response from some of you, so I took this approach. It like the fuel injection mapping issue with the bike, the guys in Europe seem to have no problems with their 5.1 software load, however ask an American owner and they can get a straight answer from the this forum or the service depart/dealer.

Do I own a BMW, yes its a K1200s with Two Bother exhaust and Evolution filters and I had it four months. The K12s is something that just a little bit paradoxical for me; it got all these wonder features, however it seems that execution was not followed through on some of the very important features. I find it bizarre that a company like BMW that builds world class autos and race cars have released a bike with so this many unresolved issues as the K12s has. I don’t want to wait till 2007 for the problems to be sorted out.

Even with it virtue not intact, I really like this bike. The motor is as smooth as glass and it has a super ride on the HWY. However the bike steers like a tractor, is it the steering damper, the some say remove it other say don’t. When I running through a slow speed corners the fuel mapping goes will go to lala land, gee four carburetors would be better.
Man I’d buy power commander in a second if it on was available.

Ok having said that, BMW should be making a concerted effort resolve some of the sloppy engineering and production implementation they sold us. I want to be happy with this bike and not concerned the brake servo will fall on a mountain road.

Being an engineer myself there is a point in time where development stops and you have to sell product, however the QA department seems to have been working for market this time around. Hopefully if we raise enough of a stink these issues will be resolve. Sending me a letter telling if I use the back brake to much I might have problem is not the way to do it.

Sorry if I have offended any of you

Cheers

BTW the carbon fiber looks great

[Ignore Amos]

Jim, Thanks all for your comments

As I again am surprise by some to them but now have a better understanding of your sediments...so...as I see this forum as a place to exchange thoughts, ideas and to share a common (well mostly) interest/passion in the bikes we've chosen to own. I feel pretty fortunate as my bike really hasn't shown any of the charactoristics that you've mentioned (some throttle issues initially but the twin filter kit seems to have solved it) and I don't think it handles like a tractor- but I've never driven a tractor!

I hope that as a group (individuals and vendors)we can address issues that some of these bikes have displayed-

cheers